National Small Business Conference takes shape.

• Position: GOVERNMENT POLICY NOTES

Next month, NDIA's Small Business Division will call to order the fourth National Small Business Conference--"Critical Infrastructure Protection Opportunities." This year's event will be held in Houston, Texas, May 15-17, and is a valuable opportunity for small businesses, government decision makers and prime contractors to interface. The objective of this event is to assist small companies in identifying business opportunities to support the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense missions. The conference aims to strengthen the relationships between important government decision makers, key prime contractor players and small business leaders. This year's distinguished keynote speakers include Jay Cohen, DHS undersecretary of science and technology, and Peter Verga, principal deputy of homeland defense at the office of the under secretary of defense for policy.

Since 2002, NDIA's government policy team has been responsible for the organization of the Small Business Division. After much work...