One Little Email and We Might be Talking a Different Case

The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeal is down again for the second time in the last several months. I…

Continue Reading →

DCMA Criticized for not Following DCAA Recommendations on Incurred Cost Proposal Audits.

One again proving that the contractor should defend costs BEFORE DCAA makes its findings official. https://media.defense.gov/2017/Dec/18/2001857957/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2017-055.PDF  

Continue Reading →

Very, Vary, Variance

Let us take a break from the Technology Services, Inc (TSI) case and talk about a continuing flaw in most…

Continue Reading →

Really? Meals and Entertainment Expenses

While working on another project this morning, I recalled that twice in the last year; two separate DCAA auditors working…

Continue Reading →

Part Two – Early Childhood or “How DCAA, Contractor, and Consultant Can Ruin an Audit”: Souring the Milk

When the contractor bid on the Air Force contract they had no written policies and procedures, utilized a popular accounting…

Continue Reading →

17-2 Costs Related to Extraordinary Reviews of Unsettled Overhead Costs

One of the probably unforeseen outcomes of DCAA’s decision to spin off Chapter Seven of the Contract Audit Manual (CAM)…

Continue Reading →