Most of the core requirements for contracting with the Federal Government originate in the Federal Acquisition Regulations or FAR. These series of documents describe in great detail the how and the why...
With all the threat out there right now from Continuing Resolution to Sequestration to more deficit reduction pressure it is hard to find the positives some times. Certainly, there will be programs cut,...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released their Omnibus SBIR/STTR solicitation this week. There are several agencies within HHS that have topics including the National Institutes of...
Last week I wrote about the budget crisis and how this might affect the DCAA. I think it is also worth while to talk about what this might mean to the entire Department of Defense and government...
Well, we avoided going over the fiscal cliff on January 1st but the issue with sequestration of the budget was only postponed. Congress, as they have become accustomed to doing recently, pushed the...
Many people think that to be compliant with DCAA requirements you cannot use QuickBooks for your accounting system. While QuickBooks is not designed to meet the FAR and DCAA requirements (it is not a...
In the previous two articles in this series we looked at what is required for a DCAA timekeeping system and what types of systems will meet these requirements. Today I want to look at how the DCAA...
Last week we looked at the DCAA requirements for Timekeeping on a government contract and this week I want to explore the different types of systems. The DCAA Contract Audit Manual describes two types of...