Congressman J. Randy Forbes is hosting a Government Contracting Seminar for minority-owned and women-owned businesses to be held at the Nicholas Student Center at John Tyler Community College, Chester Campus on June 2^nd, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.  The seminar is free and open to any minority-owned and women-owned business person in the Fourth District who is interested in gaining insight and information into contracting to the federal government.

Congressman Forbes will be joined by representatives from the Crater Procurement Assistance Center, the Small Business Administration, and a successful small business owner.  

This seminar will provide minority-owned and women-owned businesses who contract to the government with an overview of the federal registration process, including, small business regulations and Central Contractor Registration; an overview of small business programs, including 8A, Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone and Mentor Protégé; information on tools to use in government contracting and on how to look for opportunities in the federal government.   

For more information on this seminar, visit:

http://forbes.house.gov/ConstituentServices/chesterfieldgovcontracting.htm.