The free ChallengeHER Treasury event will educate attendees on growth opportunities in government contracting as well as how to participate in the SBA’s Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract program. Additionally, business owners can sign up to participate in Contract Connections – one-on-one meetings with procurement officials, government buyers and large prime contractors.

ChallengeHER is a national initiative designed to promote the WOSB Federal Contract Program, to bring more women-owned firms into the federal government’s supply chain and provide an avenue for government agencies to meet qualified women-owned small business contractors.

ChallengeHER is a joint initiative from the U. S. Small Business Administration, Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) and American Express OPEN, the small business division of the financial services company.

A sample of participating organizations are below and a full list can be found in the agenda:

·         NASA

·         U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

·         Homeland Security

·         Verizon

·         Accenture Federal Services

·         General Dynamics Information Technology

·         Trigent Solutions