The PCI Compliance Symposium

2020 and 2021 have brought many new requirements for contractors and subcontractors, with further impending requirements expected.  As such, new and experienced contractors will benefit from this symposium convening experts to discuss the changes and new developments, as well as their wide-sweeping implications, including:

• New Compliance Standards on CMMC;
• the DoD Assessment Requirements;
• Updates to the regulations surrounding cost and commercial items; and
• Updates to DCAA’s audit programs

Agenda:

Day 1 – October 12

10:00-11:30am – Supply Chain/Foreign Sourcing Regulatory Updates

This panel will address issues concerning supply chain and foreign sourcing.  This will include:

• New Buy American and Trade Agreements Act Issues
• Section 889 as well as updates to sanctions related export controls

12:00pm-1:30pm – New Issues in Cost and Commercial Item Determinations
During this panel we will cover:

• Current Cost and Pricing Updates
• Commercial Item Assertions

2:00-3:30pm – Legal Update
During the second panel, we will discuss the most important new legal issues facing government contractors in 2021 and 2022

• DoJ’s Anti-trust enforcement priorities
• FCA enforcement areas of interest
• Notable Agency Compliance Updates
• Quick Summaries of noteworthy claims and protest cases

Day 2 – October 13

10:00am-12:00pm – DCAA Audit Updates
The DCAA has issued updated audit programs to include Accounting, Estimating, MMAS Business Systems, Post Award Audits (Defective Pricing) and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS). Understand your audit risk exposure with addition of independent accounting firms and DCAA’s renewed focus on non-ICP audits.  

• Covid-related audit issues
• DCAA GFY 2022 audit initiatives
• CAS and TIN (defective pricing) audit focus

1:00-3:00pm – CMMC, and the DoD Assessment Requirements
During this program, we will discuss the impending CMMC requirements as well as the new DoD Assessment Requirements.  Our discussion will includes

• Updates to the staggered implementation of the CMMC
• Summary of the new DoD Assessment Requirements
• Issues in Ransomware Policy