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Registration Now Open!
When: Friday, August 13, 2010, from 9am to Noon
Where: Cruise Terminal #3, 220 Christopher Columbus Drive, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920.
Vendor deadline registration: July 20, 2010
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Deltek hosting, design, build, maintain voice and data network infrastructure services are provided by
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| What's on Your Mind? |
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If you are interested in any specific topics, please let us know so we can cover them in the upcoming issues. Thank you.
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| Ask the DCAA Experts |
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Email your questions to our former DCAA auditors ready to help
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Government Cost Accounting |
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Have questions regarding government cost accounting, such as fringe, overhead and G&A costs, ICE Models, Rate calculations & audits, FAR & DCAA regulations?
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| Selling to Government Made Easy |
Selling to the Government Made Easy
If you are an established business located in Central Florida and are interested in selling your product or service to the government, take advantage of the FREE counseling available through the Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) at the Small Business Development Center at UCF. Start your journey into the world of government contracting with the right tools and proven strategies.
Email Tony Espinosa, Procurement Specialist
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| Insurance |
As a Government contractor, how can you make sure your insurance coverage fully meets your needs and the industry requirements? With questions on Workers' Comp, General Liability, Auto Liability, Professional Liab, Employee Benefits
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Protect your brand and your product through timely and proper trademark and patent registration. Where do you get started?
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| GSA Schedules |
Let Gary help you win and administer GSA contracts, market, set pricing and manage your GSAAdvantage! catalog!
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| Legal Solutions |
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Ed can help with representing Government Contractors in bid preparation, bid protests, performance issues, claims, and disputes
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| Bid Proposals |
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For program management, proposal planning and development as well as system engineering, contact
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For International trade strategies & trade compliance solutions, including Government Regulatory Compliance & ITAR Agreements, contact
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If you attended GCAT's breakout training sessions on May 20th, we hope you found them very valuable and the gained knowledge will help your company become more successful in doing business with the Government.
Please stay tuned for more training sessions as we gear up for a busy 2010 and beyond. |
Government Contracting
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Interview with Lisa Barr, Director of Supplier Diversity and Strategic Alliances, DRS Tactical Systems, Inc.
Lisa, how did DRS's Diversity Program get started?
We always had a Small Business program at DRS. However, as we experienced tremendous growth over the last 5 years, we felt the need to develop and implement a more robust program with the focus on small business. This is how DRS' Supplier Diversity Program got started. Our focus is on meeting or exceeding our customers' requirements for small business utilization while minimizing our performance risk.
Who are your customers?
U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marines, and the U.K. Ministry of Defense are some of our larger customers.
How do you go about helping your customers meet their small business utilization requirements?
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| Your Guide to Successful Proposal Development | | | Use of Storyboards in the Proposal Development Process
Do you have questions for David? Send David an email!
For many years, people in the proposal development business have debated the merits and usefulness of storyboards as applied to the proposal development process. It is my belief that storyboards can be very useful as a tool for preparing good proposals. They can also be a terrible waste of time and effort and have horrible results if the technique is used improperly.
Storyboards for proposal preparation have been around for many years. I was first introduced to their use as a young GE Aerospace engineer in the mid-60's when we were teamed with Hughes Aircraft Company (now Raytheon Corporation) on a proposal activity in response to a US Air Force Request for Proposal (RFP).
It was rumored then that the storyboard process was based on a technique invented by Howard Hughes (the founder of Hughes Tool Company, which later became Hughes Aircraft Company) to make movies in Hollywood, CA. This was denied by the Hughes Aircraft Company Space and Communications Group proposal people adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport with whom I worked. They insisted they were responsible for the development of the technique many years after Howard Hughes owned and operated the company. Read the rest of the article
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You asked --- We answer: DCAA Corner
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Question:
We have a Government contract that states that travel cost will not be allowed on this contract. Does that mean that if we incur any direct travel cost on that contract we can not charge it direct but must expense as an indirect expense?
Answer:
If a cost is expressly unallowable by a contract provision you can not charge it to the Government either as a direct cost or an indirect cost. If a cost is unallowable in one place you can not make it allowable by charging it in another place.
If you incur direct travel on this contract you must classify it as an unallowable direct cost.
Answer provided to you by Milton Looney, former DCAA auditor. Have more questions? Email Wendy Tucker with Anglin Reichmann Snellgrove & Armstrong, PC. Wendy will be happy to pass your questions along to Mr. Looney.
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The Government Contracting Advisory Team | | |
GCAT can help you with:
- Marketing & GSA Schedules (including GSA Contract Administration)
- Accounting services (including assistance with Government cost accounting systems, audit/reviews, and DCAA representation)
- Insurance needs (including Defense Base Act/Foreign Exposures)
- Legal services (such as Intellectual Property Strategies & Contract Negotiation)
- I.T. Services, including DelTek hosting
- Proposal Planning & Development
- International trade strategies and trade compliance solutions, including CTPAT & ITAR
- Quick access to industry veterans and resources
- And much more!
The GCAT Members include:
- Debbie Goode, CPA, Hoyman Dobson
- Lenita Wright, Huckleberry Sibley & Harvey Insurance
- Ed Kinberg, Kinberg & Associates, LLC
- Steve Thomas, Hayworth, Chaney & Thomas, P.A.
- Gary Beckert,GM Beckert & Associates
- D.Travis Proctor and Kevin Smith, Artemis International Technologies
- B. David Krigelman, Krigelman & Associates, Inc.
- Beth Gitlin, Global Passages, LLC
- Kathryn Toomey, OnPoint Solutions Group, Inc.
The individual companies participating in GCAT are not affiliated with each other for any purpose other than providing educational programs for issues related to government contracting. Participating companies do not share fees and, have no obligation to refer client's to companies participating in GCAT and do not assume any responsibility or liability for information provided by any member of GCAT. |
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