Service Contract Act (SCA) contracts introduce a new layer of complexity and reporting to government contracts. Contractors must consider adjustments to the indirect rate structure such as a separate fringe pool or onsite and offsite overhead pools. Wage determinations instruct contractors on the minimum wages and fringe benefits required including the option for wages in lieu of benefits - a cash payment that is often miscalculated and posted...

In this webinar, Logan Brown, CEO at Exodus Intelligence, will explain the importance of vulnerability intelligence with the White House push to increase cyber defense, and the use of Exodus' methodology to analyze N-Day and Zero-Day threats. Exodus Intelligence employs some of the world's most advanced reverse-engineers and exploit developers to provide Government agencies the unique ability to understand, prepare, and defend against the ever...

Government contractors often struggle with customer invoice creation because of the varying requirements from customer-to-customer and contract-to-contract. QuickBooks Online and Desktop provide opportunities for efficient creation of customer invoices from time and expense data. The keys to success lie in proper setup of Items for labor category and expenses, and the automated synchronization of time and expense data. We find many clients spe...

Learn from staff at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) who will discuss the key programs to provide for a secure cyber environment for the nation s warfighters. DISA is exploring ways to operate in a secure information environment while creating an optimal user experience. As the lead IT service provider for the Defense Department, the users experience is of the utmost importance.

Government, defense and defense industry base (DIB) must meet the demands of both the DoD and the critical infrastructure players and map to critical controls laid out in NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, and the upcoming CMMC 2.0 to adequately protect Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). But, for many agencies and DIBs, it's a challenge to implement required information security controls to data in their...

Defense agencies rely heavily on being able to send and receive information in real-time to ensure mission-critical projects succeed. Atlassian's suite of agile tools allows teams to transform the way they create and deliver software. Join us on March 29th at 3:00pm (ET) as Ariel Partners' Chief Technology Officer, Craeg Strong, discusses their latest training initiatives with DoD personnel and how to best leverage agile practices with Atlassi...

It’s been almost a year since the Biden administration issued EO 14028: Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity to encourage Washington and the private sector to work more collaboratively, share more information and increase partnerships to confront the growing threat landscape. The EO mandated that federal agencies follow emerging private practices such as zero trust and more transparency alert reporting. So, how are we doing? In add...

The nation’s defense systems and capabilities are challenged as never before-- on the ground, in the air, on the seas, in cyberspace and real space. The military must rise to those challenges on all those fronts to ensure the nation is secure. Information technology remains warfighters’ and defenders’ powerful primary tool for their jobs. From cloud computing, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, to machine learning and...

You don't have to look far to find a headline about a recent breach or compromise within any sector but from a public sector, phishing was behind 70% of government breaches. As threat actors continue to innovate their approach to lure unsuspecting end users with clever, relevant, and timely phishing attacks, and this is showing no signs of stopping. Every corner of the public sector, whether it be education, federal, state, and local agencies...

Labor distribution converts hours into dollars and distributes those dollars throughout the GL and across jobs. Payroll journal entries record the employer's portion of employment taxes and offset salaries payable created by the labor distribution process. Both are necessary for the accurate calculation of indirect rates for government contracts. Errors often include failure to segregate labor accounts and properly account for employee deducti...