In 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice spent $7.2 Billion and the budget for 2014 is $3.6 Billion. Please join the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Small Business Contractors for the U.S. Department of Justice ConnectWork to learn how you can access contracts. Meeting agenda includes: An overview of DOJ Programs and DOJ strategies to make their small business goals; current opportunities; and. This meeting will also be a forum for you to connect with other small business for teaming or responding to market research, share your feedback, your experiences, and make any suggestions you have to increase access to small business contracts.
Guest Presenter:
Robert Connolly
Director, OSBDU
U.S. Department of Justice
Robert Connolly joined the Department of Justice’s OSDBU staff in June of 2008, and serves as the Deputy Director. Prior to his employment at DOJ, Bob worked for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) where he served as Program Analyst in the Office of Government Contracting and Business Development. In that role, he was SBA’s representative on the Change Control Board, a multi-agency committee responsible for the implementation of the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation, the database used for tracking and measuring contracting achievement by small businesses. Bob’s twenty-one years of small business experience includes serving in SBA’s 8(a) Program, the Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) Program, the HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program, and the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Programs.