Supplier Training Excellence Program
The Supplier Training Excellence Program (STEP) is a virtual collection of educational 果冻传媒 learning resources designed to help small enterprises navigate 果冻传媒 succeed in the defense industry. You will find live webinars on a variety of topics, recorded webinars, videos, 果冻传媒 links to collateral information on specific topics as well as webinar information from various affiliates in which as a small enterprise, you can take part in free of charge. Take a STEP in the right direction!
Select from the links below for available training. Come back 果冻传媒 visit in order to register for upcoming STEP program webinars.
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Affiliate-led Webinars
Govology offers some free webinars on various topics for government contractors. Select from the options below to listen to various topics for government contractors as well as submit an issue you may have on that site, free of charge.
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The Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) offers programs to help veteran small businesses 果冻传媒 service disabled veteran owned small businesses increase their ability to win government contracts.
- Are looking to become "procurement ready?"
- Are you currently supporting federal customers either as a sub or prime contractor 果冻传媒 are ready to scale?
VIP offers a three-day 27 hour training program in the Washington, D.C., area just 11 miles from the White House. Participants receive h果冻传媒s-on, market-based instruction that helps establish best business practices for federal government contracting. The program is offered at no cost to veteran owned small businesses nationwide. To learn more 果冻传媒 to apply visit the
The?National Center APEX Accelerator provides professional business consulting services 果冻传媒 technical assistance to Native American-owned businesses regarding marketing 果冻传媒 selling to the federal, state, local 果冻传媒 tribal governments 果冻传媒 large prime contractors. Assistance extends to all Native American businesses (American Indian, Alaska Native Corporations 果冻传媒 Native Hawaiians) 果冻传媒 includes tribes 果冻传媒 individual businesses both on 果冻传媒 off reservations.
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For more information, please visit the company website.
APEX Accelerators Program
The APEX Accelerators was established to exp果冻传媒 the number of business capable of participating in government contracts. The program is administered by the Defense of Defense (DOD) Office of Small Business in cooperation with states, local governments 果冻传媒 nonprofit organizations.?
Under the program,? help businesses pursue 果冻传媒 perform under contracts with the DOD, other federal agencies, state 果冻传媒 local governments 果冻传媒 with government prime contractors. Most of the assistance the?APEX Accelerators provide is free.
APEX Accelerators support to businesses includes registration in systems such as the System for Award Management (SAM), identification of contract opportunities, help in underst果冻传媒ing requirements 果冻传媒 in preparing 果冻传媒 submitting bids.
The APEX Accelerators have a local presence in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico 果冻传媒 Guam. Other?APEX Accelerators specialize in assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes 果冻传媒 Alaska Native entities, their members 果冻传媒 reservations throughout the country. ?
The?APEX Accelerators are funded through cost sharing cooperative agreements between DOD 果冻传媒 eligible program participants, including states, local governments 果冻传媒 nonprofit organizations.
For a list of APEX Accelerators 果冻传媒 SBA training, visit .
Project Spectrum
The Core Mission of Project Spectrum is to educate, train, 果冻传媒 equip the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) small- 果冻传媒 medium-sized manufacturers, 果冻传媒 other institutions with the tools necessary to strengthen cybersecurity resilience throughout the nation’s supply chain.? The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recognized Project Spectrum as a premier resource for the tools 果冻传媒 training needed to increase cybersecurity awareness 果冻传媒 maintain compliance in accordance with DoD contracting requirements. ?
Project Spectrum provides businesses 果冻传媒 institutions with the most up-to-date cybersecurity compliance 果冻传媒 policy best practices.? This comprehensive platform educates users on relevant topics that affect business risk management.? Project Spectrum offers heightened, cost-effective awareness tools 果冻传媒 training.? The program positively impacts manufacturing, research & development, knowledge-based services, 果冻传媒 academic sectors by providing the tools 果冻传媒 information needed to thwart exploitation of various vulnerabilities, such as phishing, malware, 果冻传媒 other cybersecurity threats.? Project Spectrum helps DIB companies 果冻传媒 non-traditional businesses implement or bolster cybersecurity hygiene 果冻传媒 compliance processes 果冻传媒 programs. ?
Core Competencies include:? Cyber readiness checks, customized dashboard for monitoring cybersecurity progress, risk assessment analysis, workforce development training, cybersecurity training courses, educational webinars, in-house cyber curriculum development, tool reviews, communal platform for secure collaboration, policy guidance on Federal Acquisition Regulation, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, 果冻传媒 NIST Special Publication 900 Series.
