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Puget Sound Chapter NCMA

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 

 2:30-5:00 PM    Check-In, Networking and 2-Hour Mini-Seminar

Museum of Flight

“Avoiding Pitfalls with Government Customers When Doing Business with the Government and Government Prime Customers”

Please join us…. As we launch 2008 with special 2-hour Mini-Seminar!  We are in a compliance era of intense scrutiny.  What are the minimal requirements of a Commercial Company to ensure compliance when contracting with a Government entity or a government Prime Contractor:  Learn which contract clauses must be included in contracts and subcontracts.  Understand your obligations as a Commercial Contractor.  This 2 hour mini-seminar will cover the areas needed to satisfy an increased compliance program, including Socio-Economic Compliance, Buy American laws, Corporate Ethics, Billing Practices, Recordkeeping Requirements and Time Sheets, Small Business Subcontracting, etc.

Attendance certifications with 2.0 hours of training credit will be provided.

Speaker: William A. Shook, Esq. of the Law Firm: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP and co-author of Government Contract Law, 2^nd Edition.

Location, Parking and Museum Tours: The Museum of Flight is located at the south end of Boeing Field at 9408 East Marginal Way, Seattle, WA 98108. Parking is ample and free. At no additional cost, seminar attendees may arrive early or stay after the seminar to tour the Museum and a British Airways Concorde and an Air Force One Airplane. Airplane tours end at 3:00 PM and the Museum is open until 6:00 PM. www.museumofflight.org 

Agenda:

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM      Networking and Check in; South View Lounge (upper level)

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM      2-Hour Seminar

Reservations:

Price $40.00 Members / $45.00 Non-members, if payment is received by January 7th.

After January 7th, the price is $45.00 for Members and $50.00 for Non-members.

RSVP:

Contact Nola Schweiger by e-mail: nola.schweiger@boeing.com or call 206-766-2445 to reserve for this seminar.  For nametags, please provide your name and title (or the organization you support) and the company name for which you work.

Payment Options:

Checks: Puget Sound NCMA, Nola Schweiger, The Boeing Company, P.O. Box 3707, M/C 21-22, Seattle, WA  98124. 

Electronic Payment:  Via Paypal and available on our chapter website: www.ncmaps.org.

William A. Shook Bio

Bill Shook joined the firm in 1985. His practice focuses on government contract law and federal procurement policy, including business counseling and the representation of clients in bid protests and claims against the government. He has served as counsel for the Commercial Product Acquisition Team (COMPACT) which focused early attention on the government's lack of effort in buying commercial products.

Bill's practice places a particular emphasis on representing companies selling commercial products and services to the government. He counsels clients on the various aspects of procurement statutes and regulation and is an active litigator in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, at the Government Accountability Office and Boards of Contract Appeals.  Bill is the author of Government Contract Law 2^nd Edition published by Carolina Academic Press and is an adjunct professor of law at Washington & Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia.

He joined the firm after eight years of experience as chief investigator for the Subcommittee on Limitations of Contracted and Delegated Authority; as legislative investigator to Sen. Max Baucus on the Senate Judiciary Committee and as special assistant to Congressman John E. Moss on the House Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. In these roles, Bill investigated procurement activities of various federal agencies and government contractors.  His experience with working with procurement policy issues allows him to work with clients to seek legislative remedies when appropriate.

Bill is an active instructor for Federal Publications Seminars, a Thomson West business and has been teaching seminars on government contract issues since 1988.

Professional/Civic Activities

• Member American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association
• Former Vice Chairman, Committee on Commercial Products and Services, American Bar Association
• Member National Contract Management Association

Court Admissions

• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Bar Admissions

• Bar of District of Columbia
• Bar of Pennsylvania (Inactive)
• Not Admitted in Washington

Education

• J.D., George Washington University Law School (1986) with honors