One example of how USACE engineers connections between small businesses that want to win government contracts and the Army agencies that want to work with them is this matchmaking ses- sion in October 2015. It brought together small business 8(a) contractors from Iowa with federal small business program managers at the USACE Rock Island (IL) District headquarters to talk about needed capabilities briefings and contracting opportunities. From left are Dawnelle Conley, SBA; Dianne Wheeler, U.S. Army Materiel Command; Beth White, Iowa State University Center for Industrial Research and Service; and Bob Hickman, Kelly Wainwright and Tony Bell, Chenhall’s Staffing & HR Network. (Photo by John Dengler, USACE Rock Island District)