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A Marketing Inquiry - Is it too late to bid?
New Business Development - The Real Concerns for the "Truly Small Business"
How is SBA Improving Lender Oversight?
Andean Trade Preference Act
Bush: Provisions in small-biz bill 'constitutionally suspect'
Proposed contracting rule would benefit women-owned businesses
Agencies to reap billions of dollars from stimulus package
Contractors Increased Revenues - (Survey Finds)
VA tightens rules for veterans contracting program
Executive Compensation Cap - $487,000
OMB seeks more contracting oversight, Insourcing - Contractors should watch this issue!
Report finds interagency contracts rife with inefficiencies
Government Shutdown? As a Contractor, Some Thoughts and Issues To Consider Now!
Rental/Occupancy/Lease costs Allowable with Restrictions
Direct Labor Hours versus Dollars as Allocation Base
Profit/Fee - Recommending Fee amounts to your vendors
Private Aircraft
Immigration Fees-direct or indirect?
Time and Materials
Inquiry
Results of A Dishonest Bid
Inquiry 102(A)
Commercial Pricing to Avoid Audit
Reflecting the Impact of Inflation in Your Price
Compensatory Time
Fully Burdened Labor Rates
Fraud Indicators
Key Fraud Indicators Part 2:
OFPP Executive Compensation Caps
FRAUD INDICATORS Part 3 Indirect Costs
The Six Deadly Words to Avoid in Proposals
Depreciation Costs
Handling Fees
Wrap Rates - Multipliers - Whats the Deal?
Purchased Labor - Accounting Options To Consider
Determining Base Labor Rates
Financing Options
Timekeeping
Indirect Rate Agreement
How Far Can You Go with Quick Books Pro?
Joint Venture (JV), Teaming Agreement (TA), and Special Business Units (SBU's) PART 2
SERVICE CONTRACT ACT
Financial Capability Check
Comparing Estimated to Actual Costs - Why Bother?
Joint Venture (JV), Teaming Agreement (TA), and Special Business Units (SBU's)
The Non-manufacturing Rule: What’s the deal?
Eleven (11) Examples of Deficiencies in Cost or Pricing Data - What to Avoid!
Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) versus Cost Principles
General Contractor Indirect Cost Allocation Base Options
Accounting, Cost, and Financial Policies
State Income Taxes - Allowable or Unallowable?
Clerical Effort - Direct or Indirect? Maybe Both?
Government Purchase Cards – How are you accounting for Processing and Administration Fees in your accounting system?
Fee/Profit – Key Determinative Factors – FAR 15.404-4
Can G&A be applied on Materials and Material Handling?
Fee Applied to G&A?
Facility Security Officer (FSO) - Overhead or G&A
Incurred Cost Inquiry: Travel & Client Expenses - Are they B&P or G&A cost?
Adding Markup on Direct Travel - What is Reasonable?
Limits on A&E Overhead Rates - Are There Any?
Setting up allocation spreadsheets (efficiently and least costly)
Travel Vouchers - Options for handling how timing of processing impacts accuracy
Indirect Pools and Bases - Are we Double-Dipping? Advantages/Disadvantages to Number of Pools?
Another Top 10: "DOs" & "DON'Ts" In Government Contracting - by Sheppard Mullin (A Legal Point Of View)
Adopting a Material and Subcontract Handling Rate
Negotiating Indirect Rates LOWER than Projected Rates: Is it allowed?
Pricing by CLIN/Task/Delivery Order
Employee vs 1099 - Some Cost & Pricing Issues To Consider
SCA H&W Rate Increase Announced
Applying G&A on Subcontract Cost - T&M Effort
Assigning Fringes as Direct or Indirect
Professional and Consultant Service Fees allowable?
Indirect Cost - What's The Deal?
Direct Selling Commissions and Contingent Fees
Professional and Consultant Service Costs FAR 31.205-33
Adding Indirect Costs and Profit/Fee to Direct Travel - Allowable?
Employee Morale or Entertainment
Allowability of Lunches
FAR Overtime Bill Rates
What do FAR Part 31.205 and Cost Principles have to do with Construction or A&E Firms?
Bid and Proposal (B&P) Labor Tracking and Splitting Unallowables between OH and G&A
Keyperson Insurance: Allowable?
Exempt, Salaried, Direct Labor - Can you bill more than 40 hours for these people?
Intra-company Transfers and Pyramiding of Cost and Profit
Revised ASSHTO Guidelines for Compensation/Bonus
Precontract Costs FAR 31.205-32
Development of direct labor bases and impact of overtime premium.
Direct Cost and Documentation
Tracking Cost Versus Developing Pricing for Bids
Advance Agreements FAR 31.109
Allowability of Distribution of Profits
Impact on Labor of Declared Holiday by Executive Order
Screening for Unallowable Cost - Protect Yourself
To Your Health - What can 1 Apple a day give you?
To Your Business Health
Exercise's Hidden Treasures
What Goes Around Amen
Change Your Thinking
Faith or Feelings-Which Should You Tust?
Quality of Life
When I asked God
In the Spirit
A Thought For You
IF YOU...
Exercise for the Bottom Line and Faith
Food for thought
Inspirational Insight
16 Ways to Reduce Stress During the Workday
Keep Your Integrity - Improve Your Prayer Life!
Beauty of Mathematics!!!!!!!
Net-Worth or Self-Worth - What's Your Focus
No Matter What - Maintain Your Integrity!
Anxiety - It can be overcome
Risk can be a good thing
Satans Tactics To Keep People from God
It's Not Fair!
Love Your Enemies - Can it be done? How?
Is Sitting Bad for Your Health and Waistline? What the Surprising Research Reveals
Without Love as the Basis, Everything Else Is Nothing!
Do Right in Business, Not Just in Church
101 Ways (more or less) To Cope With Stress
Poise under Pressure
How Satan Keeps Christians from Christ
Get Some Sunshine
The Greatest Want of the World
Is Failure An Option?
General Question on Support for Taxes
Paul Gunns Secret Health Strategy
Requested to Reduce Price Proposed - Case 14A
Top Five Mistakes Small Business Managers Make
Contracting officers need training in critical areas, survey finds
Marketing Hints and Keeping Up to Date
Listen to What the Client Wants!
Overhead Rates (Marketing and Continuing Education Costs)
Freedom of Information Act - FOIA
What is WAWF?
Federal Contractors and Teleworking. Is it allowable and can it be proposed?
An Open Letter on Cost and Pricing by Paul Sr.
Minimum Wage for certain Federal Contractors
Former VA Official Admits Fraud
Audit Blues?
Total Time Accounting and Uncompensated Overtime - Are You Giving Away Hours?
Will DCAA approve your accounting system?
Accounting System Review - What may be requested
DCAA Pre-award Reviews
DCAA Sample Statement of Condition and Recommendations
Potential Impact of DCAA Internal Issues on the Small Government Contractor
Complying with and Impressing the DCAA
The Relationship Between DCAA and DCMA - (Paul Sr. recommendeds this as a must read!)
Is DCAA Saying No More Audits under $10 Million? That's What I Am Hearing. Beware!
Compensatory Time Policies and How They Can Impact Labor Accounting for Government Contractors
Demystifying the Pass/Fail, Adequate/Inadequate, of DCAA Pre-award/Post-award Accounting System Surveys/Audits
DCAA Contract Accounting System Requirements - You Can Do It!
FAR Amended to Include Guidance on Adequate Incurred Cost Submissions (ICS)
Audit Alert - Allowability of Lodging, M&IE - FAR 31.205-46
Ineligible Dependent Health Care Benefit Costs
FAQ's of Contractors to DCAA
DCAA Checklists You Should Never Be Without
Fast G&A and Fringe Calculation!
The DCAA - They Do Matter
Audit Alert: T&M/LH Contract Hours Targeted For Disallowance
Paid Time Off (PTO) – Can it be shared and how best to do it?
Accounting for Vendor Discounts
Time Sheet Records Retention
The Small Contractors Accounting System
Line of Credit - Payback in Full or Monthly Payments?
H&W Inquiry on SCA Employees
Policy Manual Template
Code of Business Ethics and Conduct - One Option to Get Yours Started!
GSA Formal List of Tips (Checklist)
Indirect Support Travel that exceed JTR
Professional and Consultant Service Fees allowable?
Logos and Emblems – Can they be Allowable?
Denying Access of Data to Prime
Inquiry on Adequacy of Chart of Accounts
CAS and DCAA Applicability - Responding effectively to a Primes apparent unreasonable request
Limitations on Pass Through Charges - Current DCAA Guidance
G&A Unallowable Costs – Out of the Pool, Into the Base?
Timekeeping Lag between Cut-Off and Payday