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Seventh Commandment: Thou Shalt Avoid Hostility
*This post is the seventh in the ten part series, “A Seventh Commandment Government Contractor. Ten Commandments” and will be released weekly. Each week will introduce a new commandment and run for ten weeks.* For someone coming into Government contracting for...
CAS 403 – Allocation of Home Office Expenses to Segments (Part 3 of 3)
*This is Part 3 of a 3-part blog. Each part addresses the fundamental requirements and techniques for application related to the standard, and provides specific examples. Part 1 addressed the basic requirements/techniques for allocating home office expenses to...
Sixth Commandment: Thou Shalt Avoid Political Intervention
*This post is the sixth in the ten part series, “A Sixth Commandment Government Contractor. Ten Commandments” and will be released weekly. Each week will introduce a new commandment and run for ten weeks.* In the Third Commandment, “Thou Shalt Start as Low as...
CAS 403 – Allocation of Home Office Expenses to Segments (Part 2 of 3)
*This is Part 2 of a 3-part blog. Each part addresses the fundamental requirements and techniques for application related to the standard, and provides specific examples. Part 1 addressed the basic requirements/techniques for allocating home office expenses to...
The Transformative Nature of Cyber: A PCI Blog Series
This is the first in a series of blogs on the theme of the transformative nature of "cyber." In this installment, we will begin setting the baseline for a dynamic discussion of a wide range of cybersecurity issues, starting with the definition of "cyber." We will...
Fred’s FAR Fact or Fiction: Nobody Cares About Contract Closeout
Fiction/Myth: “My manager just moved me into the Contract Closeout group. What a bummer! I want to be able to ‘feed the elephant,’ not clean up after it. Anyway, who cares about closeout? I don’t spend my free time at home sorting socks, and I certainly don’t...
Fred’s FAR Fact or Fiction: “I’m sure the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) is useful for contracting officers when they need information. But why should I, as a contractor, care about it?”
Fiction/Myth: “I’m sure the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) is useful for contracting officers when they need information. But why should I, as a contractor, care about it?” Fact: True, the FPDS is helpful to the government policy makers and the government’s...
CAS 403 – Allocation of Home Office Expenses to Segments (Part 1 of 3)
*This is Part 1 of a 3-part blog. Each part addresses the fundamental requirements and techniques for application related to the standard, and provides specific examples. This Part 1 addresses the basic requirements/techniques for allocating home office expenses to...
Fifth Commandment: Thou Shalt Document Thy Actions
*This post is the fifth in the ten part series, “A Fifth Commandment Government Contractor. Ten Commandments” and will be released weekly. Each week will introduce a new commandment and run for ten weeks.* When Congress was contemplating the passage of the Federal...
Organizational Conflict of Interest Challenges
Thirty-Nine in a Row! During the past two-and-a-half years, 40 Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) challenges have been raised in protests before the Government Accountability Office (GAO). And – with the exception of one protest where the agency waived a...