DCAA

Government be warned: Contractors do not have to keep cost reimbursement records forever

The defense contract audit agency or DCAA found out something the hard way. If it takes too long to audit cost reimbursement support documents held by…

Contracting

Aiming to speed procurements, DoD wants to reduce data demands on contractors

Defense

Defense acquisition workers seeing a new era in training

Contracting

Alan Chvotkin: Contractors face delays due to cost audits

Federal Drive

Amid $52 billion plus-up, DoD looks to trim spending on service contracts, health care

Defense

Thornberry takes aim at commercial items, contract audits and services contracts

Defense News

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Will the Trump administration help or hurt defense reforms?

Defense News

Federal workforce sees slight increase in number of Hispanic employees

Workforce

NASA CIO to retire in December

People

Pentagon’s Ginman reflects on four decades in Defense procurement

On DoD Podcasts

Audit backlog may hinder DoD’s contracting ability

Federal Drive

Leadership from the top, well-trained workforce are key to DoD audits, experts say

The Pentagon faces an uphill climb in getting ready for an audit of its consolidated financial statements by 2017, outside experts said Thursday. Nonetheless,…

DCMA leads acquisition ‘revolution’

The Defense Department said it intends to not just rebuild its acquisition workforce in numbers, but also make sure those employees have access to new…

GAO: DCMA hampered by contingency contracting, DCAA

The contract management agency has added staff in recent years and sought a pivot in strategy, the GAO found. But DCMA still faces issues, such as contingency contracting and its reliance on DCAA, that impact its ability to meet its mission, GAO’s John Hutton said on In Depth with Francis Rose.