The Shape of the Recovery

Stephen Fuller, PhD, the Dwight Schar Faculty Chair and University Professor; and Director, Center for Regional Analysis, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, gave a fabulous lunch time keynote, “The Shape of the Economic Recovery,” at the 3rd annual Microsoft Government Contractor Summit on November 17. Click The Shape of the Recovery, Stephen Fuller [...]

Great MSFT Site for Federal Business

Microsoft has launched a very cool site called the Public Sector Idea Bank that demonstrates many of the solutions it offers Federal Government customers. Check it out.

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 [...]

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.
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How to Best Work with the DCAA During the Obama Administration

 
The following article was submitted by Richard Marksberry, Partner in the MidAtlantic practice of Tatum, LLC. During the last four years Mr. Marksberry has, as the CFO, led the selection and implementation of accounting systems for three federal contractors each with sales over $100 million annually.  He was recognized as one of the “Top 10 [...]

Dynamics NAV Supports Recovery Act Reporting Requirements

 
On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed Public Law 111-5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act”, “Stimulus Act”), which included a number of provisions to be implemented in Federal Government contracts.
 
Effective March 31, 2009, interim Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.204-11 went into effect that implements this mandated clause.  This requires the [...]

Three Things to Do to Prepare for EVM

 
Rob Hirschmann, Corporate Vice President with Projility, a Vienna, Virginia based 8(a) government consulting firm focused on implementing effective project portfolio management and earned value management solutions, is a good friend of PVBS.  Projility’s ‘Easy EVM’ suite is based upon a complete Microsoft solution platform. Here’s an interesting article he submitted to us concerning EVM [...]

Holland & Knight Legal Tips Now on PVBS Web Site

William J. (Bill) Mutryn, a partner in Holland & Knight’s Northern Virginia office, and co-Leader of the firm’s national Corporate and M&A Practice Group frequent answers legal questions concerning mergers and acquisitions for our newsletter. He practices principally in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, corporate governance and finance. Over the last few [...]

We’ll be at the Grant Thornton Government Industry Roundtable on February 24th

 
We attend Grant Thornton’s Government Contractor Industry Roundtables. The next one is on the morning of February 24 and features Stan Soloway, President and CEO of the Professional Services Council (PSC) and Norm Duquette, who will discuss the latest trends in the sector. They’ll also provide an overview of GT’s 14th Annual Government Contractor Industry [...]

Government contracting industry profits remain modest says recent survey

 
(As reported by David Hubler of Washington Technology)
Although the government contracting industry’s profits remain modest, 55 percent of government contractors reported revenue increases from federal business in 2008 and only 18 percent reported a decrease, according to a new Government Contractor Survey by Grant Thornton LLP.
Only 14 percent of the contractors participating in the survey [...]