Doing Business with the Government Webinar - Authorization & Appropriations for Defense Technology: How Congress Impacts Your Business

If you want to support the warfighter with new defense technologies, you need more than a great product: you need to understand how Congress works. This 1-hour webinar will give you a practical, insider's view of the evolving processes the U.S. Congress uses to authorize, fund and oversee defense technology programs, and how those decisions affect opportunities for companies of all sizes.

From R&D to production, understanding how the legislative process works can help you compete more effectively for government contracts.

You'll learn:

• The evolving role of Congress in the technology funding ecosystem
• Key committees, and how Members of Congress and their staff influence outcomes
• How the Pentagon and other agencies work with Congress
• Where Congress gets its information on technology issues
• The differences between authorization and appropriation, and why both matter
• When and how you can engage to make your case
• How tradeoffs are made in funding decisions, and what that means for small businesses

Who Should Attend:

Small business leaders, government affairs teams, and anyone who wants to win and grow federal contracts in the defense and national security space.