This course covers FAR Part 31 Cost Principles, focusing on cost accounting and allowability in government contracts. Attendees will learn about compliant systems, key cost types, recent regulatory changes, and audit trends. The course also examines cost issues relevant to your organization, specifically for commercial entities under FAR 31.2.
This course provides an introductory foundation for participants to understand the FAR Part 31 total cost principles, including segregation of cost by contract, direct cost charging, indirect cost groupings, and proper allocation bases, identifying unallowable costs, and properly documenting expenses. Examples of these costs include direct and indirect expenses. This module also introduces typical indirect cost pools and allocation bases and provides an explanation of indirect rates.
This CPSR course module provides an overview of the DFARS CPSR requirements for the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA).
This course provides government contractors with a fundamental understanding of contract oversight, audits, and compliance reviews. Learn how agencies like DCAA, DCMA, and GAO assess contractor systems, distinguish audits from investigations, and navigate pre- and post-award compliance. The course also examines common compliance risks and strategies for navigating audit and review processes.
This two-day course covers key HR compliance requirements for government contractors, including employment regulations, recordkeeping, affirmative action, FLSA, DBA, SCA, executive compensation, and business ethics. Gain practical insights on postings, hiring, audits, and insider threats to ensure compliance and mitigate risks.
This Human Resources (HR) course package includes modules for critical areas of employee annual training and new employee onboarding training. Each module touches on a different topic that is either required or strongly recommended for training employees of government contractors.
This CPSR course module covers the DFARS CPSR Requirements for negotiations, contracting by negotiation, and negotiation documentation for purchases by threshold.
This CPSR course module provides an overview of a contractor purchasing system review. The course covers the purchasing system in general, the different agencies that perform CPSR reviews, when a CPSR review is required, the scope of the review, and the different criteria that are addressed during the review.
This course provides an overview of equal employment opportunity law, “protected classes,” what “harassment” in the workplace means, additional responsibilities for supervisors, and how to facilitate a workplace free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
This course discusses provisional billing rates and their importance. FAR 42.704 Billing Rates addresses the government’s regulation on establishing provisional billing rates.
This CPSR course module provides an overview of the DFARS CPSR requirements for purchase requisitions.
Often the timekeeping requirements for government contractors are a source of frustration for employees, but they are a necessary evil for all companies doing business with the U.S. Government. In this course, we demystify the rules and requirements around timekeeping with an emphasis on explaining why timekeeping controls are not only necessary but essential for the protection of both the employees and the company.
This CPSR course module provides an overview of the DFARS CPSR requirements for the Truthful Cost or Pricing Data Act (formerly the Truth in Negotiations Act or TINA).
Understand federal whistleblower rights and protections, mandatory employee notifications, and legal compliance for government contractors. This course covers employee rights, necessary notifications, and documentation requirements to ensure they understand their protections and how to report any concerns related to government contracts and grants.