Expert Panel Closes MSFT Annual GovCon Summit

PVBS was pleased to sponsor the “Government Contractor Expert Panel” that closed the 3rd annual Microsoft Government Contractor Summit on November 17 at the Marriott Fairview Park. The moderator was Tom Temin of Federal News Radio 1500AM.
Panel members were:

Kwesi Rogers President, Federal National Payables, Inc.
Ken Bricker, Managing Partner, Goodman and Company
Tony Bui, President, EMW

Questions posed [...]

PVBS Sponsors Goodman GovCon Update Events in NoVa and VA Beach

One of our accounting firm partners, Goodman & Company, will host its 14th Annual Government Contracting Update Seminar on Thursday, October 22, at the Tysons Corner Sheraton Premiere, as well as, Thursday, November 12, at the Westin at Virginia Beach Town Center from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  PVBS Vice President Paul Skurpski will present [...]

Changing Environment: Revised DCAA Audit Guidance is Another Concern for Government Contractors

Mark Roberts is a partner with Argy, Wiltse & Robinson, P.C. (Argy), a full-service, independent public accounting firm.  He has over 25 years of experience in government contracts having worked in private industry, public accounting and at a law firm serving as a consultant and litigation specialist. 
We continue to see a fundamental shift in [...]

Contractors lament death of partnering

Nick Wakeman, editor in chief of Washington Technology, talks about the challenges government contractors are facing these days with the DCAA. “While it has been several years in the making, government contractors say the ability to form partnerships with their customers has hit a new low.” Click here for the rest of the article.
For a [...]

EVM Solution with DecisionEdge Software

We are very excited about our partnership with DecisionEdge Software to bring government contractors a comprehensive but easy-to-use earned value management (EVM) solution. Government contractors need to have an EVM solution in place in order to comply with ANSI standard 748,  and most are looking for the easiest, least intrusive solution to meet compliance. We [...]

PVBS to Speak on DCAA Compliance at June 10 SECAF Event

 
PVBS Vice President Paul Skurpski will be a keynote speaker at the June SECAF meeting at the Tower Club in Tyson’s Corner. Along with Goodman & Company senior partner Ken Bricker, Skurpski will discuss what you need to know about the new DCAA Audit Requirements and the role of DCAA in your relationship with the Federal [...]

Good Questions for Fast Growing GovCons to Ask

We saw this on the DeAnder Associates web site. Good questions for fast growing government contractors to be asking.
DCAA is actively auditing vendors on the NAVSEA Seaport IDIQ contract to ensure their accounting systems are compliant and can handle CPFF jobs. ARE YOU READY?  CONSIDER THESE QUESTIONS:

Does your accounting system properly segregate direct (project/job specific) [...]

Goodman sponsors “Developments in Small Business Contracting” seminar

One of our accounting firm partners, Goodman & Company, LLP will be holding a “Developments in Small Business Contracting” breakfast seminar with the PilieroMazza, PLLC law firm on Thursday, August 28, 2008.
The seminar will feature an update on developments impacting different small business programs, including 8(a), HUBZone and Services-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. Tony Franco, partner [...]

The Pentagon’s $1 Trillion Problem

Conde Nast Portfolio.com posted an eye-popping article by Scot Paltrow this month called The Pentagon’s $1 Trillion Problem.  While the government’s financial systems might be in disarray, at least government contractors have solutions available to them to make their business flow much more smoothly.
Says the article:
Since 2004, the Pentagon has spent roughly $16 billion annually to [...]

More detail on Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (FAR 52.203-13)

Many of our high-growth government contractor customers are aware that they are now required to prepare a Code of Business Ethics and Conduct and to implement internal controls and tthics training.  Law firm Payne Hackenbracht & Sullivan, in their Federal Construction Contracting blog, explains the ramifications in significant detail.