This figure includes: direct Congressional war appropriations; war-related increases to the Pentagon base budget; veterans care and disability; increases in the homeland security budget; interest payments on direct war borrowing; foreign assistance spending; and estimated future obligations for veteransâ care.
Procurement Matchmaking matches small company sellers with participating buyers represented by government agencies and large business Prime Contractors. These buyers and sellers will convene for a series of one-on-one meetings that will occur throughout the event in a special matchmaking meeting room. Register for the ConferenceâIn order to participate in Procurement Matchmaking, each person must first register for the conference by completing the Attendee or Exhibitor Registration Form (Click here to register) and electing to participate in Procurement Matchmaking.
These hearings are conducted by a civil servant called a Hearing Examiner at the state level and known as an administrative law judge at the federal level. Legislative hearings occur in state legislatures and in the U.S. Congress, and are a function of legislative committees. They are commonly public events, held whenever a lawmaking body is contemplating a change in law, during which advocates and opponents air their views.