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Daniel M. Jacobs Daniel M. Jacobs is Chairman of *The Federal Market Group (FMG) that includes Government Business Solutions (GBS), Federal Market Publishing (FMP), and The Federal Market Institute (FMI), Washington, D. C. based organizations providing professional training, research, publishing and consulting services to government and industry in public contracts management. FMG also includes The EuroMarket Group* based in Brussels, Belgium and *FMG Middle East* in Tel Aviv. He has more than 30 years experience at senior levels in marketing, engineering, strategic planning, program and contract management and administration, contract negotiations, proposal preparation, claims, cost and price analysis and subcontracts in government and industry. He is a Fellow, past National President (1987-88), recipient of The Charles A. Dana Distinguished Service Award, the Honorary Life Member Award and a member of the Board of Advisors of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA). He is Chairman Emeritus, Board of Trustees, of the non-profit foundation, Contract Management Institute (CMI) and Chairman, Board of Advisors of Excel Institute. He is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), a member of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), a member of the Professional Services Council (PSC) and he is a Life Member of The American Legion. Mr. Jacobs holds a bachelors degree from North Carolina Wesleyan College, a Masters in Government Contracts from George Washington University School of Government and Business Administration. He has completed additional graduate work in engineering, business and contracts at Old Dominion University, The College of William and Mary and George Washington University. In addition, through examination, he earned the designation of Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM) and Certified Management Consultant (CMC). He served three years active duty with the U. S. Army and attained the rank of Captain. He is a certified instructor for Department of Defense procurement courses, a lecturer at the U. S. Postal Service Management Academy, the George Washington University, Marshall University, West Virginia University, Temple University, University of Houston and George Mason University. He is the principal director of the 21-course curriculum, Government Contracting Series, George Mason University School of Public Policy. In that curriculum, Mr. Jacobs teaches Finance and Accounting, Program Management, and Contract Administration. Mr. Jacobs is the subject-matter-expert for the General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Institute (GSA/FAI) government-wide training program on Source Selection and is a consultant to the President’s Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind Or Severely Disabled. He is a recipient of the “Hammer Award” for contributions to the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR). Widely published, he co-authored the acclaimed series of contracts-business perspective articles on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) appearing in Contract Management magazine. He is principal author of Building a Contract: Solicitations/Bids and Proposals - A Team Effort?, NCMA, 1990, 268pp. He is the author of, Federal Government Contracting: The System/The Process, FMP, 1989, 360pp., The Integrated Project/Team (IPT), FMP, 2000, 74 pp., and The Desktop Reference Guide for Contract Management, FMP, 2001, 1036p. Back to Top