Small Business SB Shared Interest Group SIG 2009 Mid-Year Update

1. Small Business (SB) Shared Interest Group (SIG) 2009 Mid-Year Update

3. SB SIG 1H 2009 Planned Activities and Accomplishments Re-energized SIG Re-aligned mission statement to ACT-IAC with input from SB SIG members Held regular well-attended monthly meetings Meeting attendance averages 25; last meeting had 40 attendees Significant increase in attendance over 2008 Engaged and met with GAP members Started up 3 task forces (more on next slide) Created SIG Facebook page Monthly Program Topics Federal Outlook for SB in 2009 Delex Decision Impact on Small Businesses (also published paper to portal) Recap and Takeaways from the Small Business Conference Firm Fixed Price Contracts from SB Perspective Panel Working with Small Business Liaison Officers (SBLOs) Panel Techniques for Responding to RFPs Contributed to Small Business Conference Planning Committee and SIG members acted as note-takers for event Staffed booth at IAC Community Fair

4. SB SIG 2H Planned Activities Programs DCAA Audits: Top Ten Things Small Business Get Wrong Meet the OSDBU Working with Large Business (LB) Task Force 9/16 Training session on marketing to large businesses 10/14 Outreach/counseling event for SB/LB 11/4 Mentor Prot�g� panel with industry and government State of Small Business Task Force Conduct online survey Interview Government officials Prepare and present review of preliminary results SB Professional Development Series Create SB roadmap/syllabus Identify and engage training/education resources Determine professional certification credits (PDU/CEU) per course Continue to work with GAP Conduct two GAP meetings Each GAP members acts as an advisor to one of the task forces