FEBRUARY 1, 2005 OCP To Participate In Area Procurement Conferences (Washington, DC) Herbert R. Tillery, Deputy Mayor for Operations and Interim Chief Procurement Officer announced that OCP will participate in several area procurement conferences to describe, for vendors, the DC Government procurement process and outline bidding opportunities. Contracting officers will represent OCP at the National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) Expo that will attract 200 minority contractors from across the metro area. Please visit the NAMC website. The 15th Federal Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Procurement Conference will be held on April 21 at the Show Arena in Upper Marlboro, MD. Along with OCP, dozens of federal and municipal government agencies and prime contractors will be present to discuss business opportunities. To register for this conference please access the OSDBU website. Co-sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the National Business League, the ProBiz2005 Small and Minority Business Procurement Conference will be held on May 9, 2005. Dozens of regional government procurement offices and prime contractors will be represented. OCP will provide comments about the DC Government procurement process and describe business opportunities. Please register for this conference by accessing the ProBiz website.