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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>GovCon : Secaf.org</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/govcon/archive/tags/Secaf.org/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Secaf.org</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>SECAF Awards Gala:  Nominations Being Accepted through March 10, 2009</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/govcon/archive/2009/02/20/secaf-awards-gala-nominations-being-accepted-through-march-10-2009.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:22:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9436836</guid><dc:creator>czmuda</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/govcon/comments/9436836.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/govcon/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9436836</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The First Annual SECAF Awards Gala&lt;/strong&gt; is the premier commemorative event honoring the small and emerging government contractors and the players in the ecosystem that rely on small business.&amp;#160; The 2009 finalists will be recognized and winners announced for each of the following categories:&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;pre&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;&amp;#183;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; SECAF Contractor of the Year (Under $6 million)&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;&amp;#183;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; SECAF Contractor of the Year ($6 to $12 million)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;&amp;#183;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; SECAF Contractor of the Year&amp;#160; ($12 to $25 million)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;&amp;#183;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; Small Business Partner of the Year (greater than $25 million)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;&amp;#183;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; Government Advocate of the Year -&amp;#160; Honoree&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;Due to high demand, we have extended our nominations deadline to &lt;b&gt;March 10, 2009.&lt;/b&gt;&amp;#160; Self-nominations &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;will be accepted. All award winners will be chosen by a judges committee and announced at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt; our Awards Gala on Thursday, April 16, 2009.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.secaf.org/nomination.aspx"&gt;Click here to Nominate online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="file:///\\fs_corp\secaf\Awards%20Gala%202008%202009\Nominations%20Application.doc"&gt;Click here to download Nomination Application Form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9436836" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/govcon/archive/tags/Government+Contractors/default.aspx">Government Contractors</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/govcon/archive/tags/Secaf.org/default.aspx">Secaf.org</category></item><item><title>18th Annual Total Compensation Survey - Now Open - Participate and see how your Organization Compares</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/govcon/archive/2008/09/03/18th-annual-total-compensation-survey-now-open-participate-and-see-how-your-organization-compares.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:51:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8923408</guid><dc:creator>czmuda</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/govcon/comments/8923408.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/govcon/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8923408</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /&gt;&lt;v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"&gt;&lt;v:stroke joinstyle="miter"&gt;&lt;/v:stroke&gt;&lt;v:formulas&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:formulas&gt;&lt;v:path o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f"&gt;&lt;/v:path&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"&gt;&lt;/o:lock&gt;&lt;/v:shapetype&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;SECAF invites your participation in the Total Compensation Survey of Mid-Atlantic Technology Companies. The 18&lt;SUP&gt;th&lt;/SUP&gt; annual survey is dedicated to serving the needs of small-to-medium size technology companies, including information technology and service firms, interested in obtaining competitive salary and incentive bonus rates for 30 benchmark jobs, ranging from the Chief Executive Officer to Programmer Analyst, Senior Software Developer, Network Engineer/Technician, and Tech Support/Customer Specialist. Benchmark job descriptions are provided to assist in making appropriate matches. The survey is the most comprehensive assessment of total compensation practices for technology firms in the Mid-Atlantic region.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;The 2008 – 2009 survey questionnaire can be found at &lt;B&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.knowledgebank.us.com/"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;www.knowledgebank.us.com&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt;. Respondents can either complete the survey on-line or download a copy for subsequent completion via mail/fax submission. Participants will receive a &lt;B&gt;FREE&lt;/B&gt; copy of the results. The deadline for responses is &lt;B&gt;Friday, October 3&lt;SUP&gt;rd&lt;/SUP&gt;.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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