DCAA COMPLIANCE BLOG

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The Department of Defense braces for Sequestration.

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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...

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Will Sequestration help the DCAA?

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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...

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Can I use QuickBooks for Government accounting?

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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...

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QuickBooks for Government Contract Accounting and DCAA Compliance

DCAA Timekeeping Requirements - Part 3

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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...

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DCAA Timekeeping Requirements - Part 2

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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...

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DCAA Timekeeping Requirements - Part 1

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For many new government contractors and/or small government contractors, it may be confusing as to what is required and why it is required relative to timekeeping and timekeeping records. This is a very...

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Indirect Rates Management

I talked about this topic a couple of years ago on the Tech Biz blog.  I think it is important enough to re-post and re-visit now. 

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SBIR prime season Now

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As we have discussed in this blog previously, there are 11 agencies that participate in the SBIR program. In addition, 5 of these agencies also participate in the STTR program. Right now there are quite...

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