The Department of Energy is one of the largest civilian departments in the Federal Government. This is also an area of the government that has not suffered as much cutback as some other areas, making it...
Many government contractors are familiar with the System for Award Management (SAM) that recently replace several different government registrations including ORCA and CCR. What many contractors may not...
The Federal Government released their 2013 report on the Defense Acquisition System. This 126 page report looks at the performance of the purchasing system in the Government's largest arm and points out...
Government contractors must pay close attention to costs and whether or not the government considers them allowable costs or unallowable costs. The government outlines specific costs that they do not...
The phrase “pay now or pay later” has become known as the American way over the past several decades.Too often we make the decision to pay later which we all know from a personal perspective, always...
It always amazes me to hear about small business entrepreneurs who are successful in receiving SBIR grants or contracts from the government but suddenly have difficulty in collecting money or continually...
Identifying and allocating costs on government jobs is a big part of the government's concern about the contractor's accounting systems. The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) specify that "Before...
If small Federal Contractors didn't have enough to worry about with budget cuts and Sequestration and all there is also the unknown that relates to the pending changes in healthcare. Of course I'm...