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GCA Report 2003
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PPA Interest Required On Interim Payments of Cost Type Service Work
DOD Authorizes Provisional Payments of Fees Under Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contracts
DCAA Issues New Guidance On Auditor Use of Sarbanes-Oxley Reports
FAC 2001-16 Issued
NEW DEVELOPMENTS-FY 04 Defense Bill Passed
Q&A-The Senior Executive ceiling last few years
Q&A-Preparing claim to assert the government caused delay
SMALL/NEW CONTRACTORS-Shifting Certain G&A Costs to Overhead
NASA Contract is T&M and Hence Christian Doctrine Applies
A Price Realism Analysis is Needed on a Fixed Price Contract
Poor Planning Nullifies Sole Source Award
Loss Adjustment Does Not Apply if Government Causes Delay
Government’s Low Staffing Estimate is Valid
Use of Modified Total Cost Method is Invalid When Segregation of Costs Was Not Impracticable
GAO Upholds Award to Lower Priced Offeror with Neutral Past Performance Rating
CASES/DECISIONS-FOIA Trumps FAR on Divulging Incumbent’s Prices
TRAVEL-No Reimbursement for Clothing for Unanticipated Travel
DOD Restricts Multiyear Contracting to Long Lead Time Items
DOD Can Acquire More Items at the Same Price
CAS Board Drops Post-Retirement Benefit Changes
Proposal to Expand Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses
Industry Urges Quick Implementation of SAFETY Act
CAS Board Considers New Accounting Treatment of ESOPs
Industry Urges Quick Implementation of SAFETY Act
CAS Board Considers New Accounting Treatment of ESOPs
Controversy Over Outsourcing Government Work Heats Up
New DCAA Guidance on Preaward and Post Award Accounting System Audits
DOD Urges Funds to Close Out Contracts
Q&A- What our independent reseach & development costs
Q&A- The advantages of local & foreign government agencies
Use of a Material Handling Rate
Current Method - Overhead and G&A
Mentor-Protégé Parties Can Team For Small Business Set-Asides
General Comments
SMALL/NEW CONTRACTORS-Is Adoption of a Material Handling Rate a Good Idea?
FSS Award Rejected Because Services Were Not Included in Awardee’s FSS
GAO Rejects Claim for Unsubstantiated Attorney’s Fees
Board Has No Jurisdiction to Hear Subcontractor’s Claim
Government Contractor Defense Shields Service Contractors
Can Pass Through Profit on Entity Not Under Common Control
DECISIONS/CASES-Court Allows “Non-Eichleay” Unabsorbed Overhead When Work Is Not Started
NEW DEVELOPMENTS-OMB Circular A-76 Revised
FAR Council Proposes Changes to FAR Part 31
New Rule on Audit Access Rights for OTA Prototype Projects
FAR Council Revises Earlier Proposed Rule on Cost Impacts Due to Cost Accounting Practice Changes
OFCCP Schedules 2,000 Compliance Reviews of Pay Surveys
DCAA Issues Guidance on Accomplishing Timekeeping Review Requirements
New Policy to Reduce DCMA Source Inspections on Contracts Less than $250,000
SBA Proposes to Broaden SBIR Eligibility
OFPP Guidance on Contracting to Meet Emergency Needs
 
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