DCAA, DCMA, and Industry Compliance Update

February 19^th Agenda

DCAA, DCMA, and Industry Compliance Update

Public Contracting Institute

1727 I (Eye) Street NW

Washington, DC 20006

 8:30 am - Welcome 

8:45 – 10:15 am - Legal Trends Affecting Audits

Moderator - Jeff Newman, Partner, Thompson Coburn

Panelists 

Thomas Barrett, Senior Director, Legal, KBRwyle
David Drabkin, Chair, Section 809 Panel
Nygina T. Mills, Assistant General Counsel, DCAA 

Topics:

• DCAA’s Annual Report to Congress
• Section 809 Recommendations
• Updates to the TINA/CAS Thresholds and Recent DoD Guidance
• Cost or Pricing Data Disclosures and Certifications & the Sweep
• Remaining Observations on Incurred Costs, Audits and Otherwise
• Pentagon Audit, A Final Note

10:30 am – 12:00 pm - Incurred Costs, Billings, and Cost Accounting Issues

Moderator - Mary Karen Wills, Director, Berkeley Research Group

Panelists

Poppy Greer, Program Manager, DCAA 
Becky Aquino, Compliance Officer, Magellan Federal

Topics:

• Incurred Costs - CAS Hot Topics and Recent Developments
• DCAA Incurred Cost Audits
• Third Party Audits
• Cost Accounting Standards Developments

12:00 – 1:15 pm - Lunch

1:15 – 2:45 pm - Cost & Pricing Issues

Moderator - Bill Walter, Partner, Dixon Hughes Goodman
Panelists:

Ryan Connell​, Northeast Commercial Pricing Director, DCMA
Barbara Richon, Chief Policy Incurred Cost, DCAA
Laura Semple, Attorney, Smith Pachter McWhorter

Topics:

• Commercial Pricing
• Forward Pricing Rates
• Subcontracts
• Cost & Price Analysis
• Independent Research & Development (IR&D) 

3:00 – 4:30 pm - Business System Compliance

Moderator - Paul Bailey, Partner, Capital Edge Consulting
Panelists:

Ryan Connell​, Northeast Commercial Pricing Director, DCMA
​Poppy Greer,​ Program Manager, DCAA
​Vincent Perez, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton

Topics:

• DCMA/DCAA trends and statistics
  • Revisions to audit/oversight programs
  • Findings/recommendations
• Recent, relevant experience on compliance
  • Contractor challenges and successes
  • Best practices for resolving DCAA/DCMA findings and sustaining business system compliance
• Legislative Amendments affecting Contractor Business System requirements and oversight
  • Status of NDAA 17/18/19 requirements affecting business systems.