GSA EXPO 2012 – Aronson GSA Team Update, Day 2
Day 2 of GSA EXPO began with the opening of the exhibit floor. Starting this morning, hundreds of Schedule contract holders manned booths showcasing products and services from across all the major Schedules. Their goal: to connect with the thousands of federal, state and local procurement personnel in attendance this year. For non-exhibiting industry types like us, it is an opportunity to check-in with clients new and old and share experiences and intel with other players on the GSA Schedule landscape. Continue reading »
Do You eBuy?
Reporting live from GSA Expo 2012: Do you eBuy? If you don’t you probably will.
GSA eBuy Request for Quotes (RFQ) system continues to increase in usage and will likely increase even further in 2012. Continue reading »
Maryland Tax Alert: Securing a Big Tax Credit for Security Clearance and SCIF Expenses
Maryland legislature has enacted Senate Bill 296 which, beginning with the 2013 tax year and ending with the 2016 tax year, allows businesses (individuals and corporations) a Maryland income tax credit for expenses incurred in: (1) obtaining federal security clearances for employees; and/or, (2) constructing or renovating Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs).
The amount of the credit is up to $100,000 (dollar for dollar) of qualified expenses incurred in a tax year. Qualified expenses include expenses incurred in: Continue reading »
2012 GSA EXPO – Aronson is Attending and Sharing What We Learn
Aronson is going to GSA Expo 2012 and we can’t wait to tell you about it! Join us on June 7th for a complimentary webinar where we will share with you the highlights of the year’s premier GSA contracting event and other issues currently affecting the federal procurement world!
Presenters Hope Lane and Wade Prince of Aronson’s Government Contract Services Group will discuss topics that include:
Incurred Cost Submission Reminder!
For all contractors with a 12/31 year end, your Incurred Cost Submission (ICS) for your flexibly priced and time-and-materials contracts, that contain the Allowable Cost and Payment FAR Clause 52.216-7, are due June 30, 2012.
For those who are in need of a refresher course on how to prepare an adequate ICS, Aronson is teaching a class on Wednesday, May 16 for the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VACPA). Sign up today.
For those of you who just don’t have the time to prepare it yourself Aronson can help, contact us today. Continue reading »
Risk Management on a Budget (Part 1)
Companies face two threat origins: internal and external. Internal origins can be disgruntled employees, foreign nationals, or competitor espionage. Whether you are the CFO of a company or its payroll clerk, you’re targeted by external junk mail, cold calls, anything to get a dime from the corporate veil. What most accountants or business owners don’t typically think about is that they are also highly targeted, because cyber criminals know there is a very high chance they have the virtual keys to the corporate bank accounts.
Two of the most common attack vectors are Continue reading »
GSA Expo 2012 Rapidly Approaching – Aronson Will be There
The GSA Training Conference and Expo 2012 takes place May 15-17, 2012, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.
This is GSA’s premier annual event, averaging over 7,000 attendees, and 3,000 exhibitors. It offers excellent opportunities for GSA Schedule contract holders to network with hundreds of GSA and other agency acquisition professionals / program managers from all levels of government service. You can also Continue reading »
GSA Announces Preliminary Timeline for $12B OASIS Contract Vehicle
Contractors closely following GSA’s new $12B OASIS (formerly Integrations) contract vehicle won’t have to wait as long as they might have feared before this hotly anticipated RFP hits the street. At the recent Coalition for Government Procurement Spring Conference, Jim Ghiloni, the OASIS Program Manager, announced that he expected the draft RFP to be out Continue reading »
Recent DCAA Guidance (MRD) Part 3: DCAA Revises the Treatment of Proposal Preparation and Negotiation Support Costs
In March 2012, DCAA issued guidance in the form of Memorandums for Regional Directors (MRD). This blog post is the third in a three-part weekly series discussing these MRDs.
Memorandum for Regional Directors (MRD) 12-PAC-008(R) conveys the information from a Director of Defense Pricing, Shay Assad, memorandum issued on November 10, 2011, regarding the direct vs. indirect treatment of proposal and negotiation costs. Continue reading »
When Washington Spending Freezes Go South, Way South to Antarctica
Icy government spending conditions might make it feel like federal contract money is melting and disappearing into the ocean, but the only things growing in Antarctica are federal contract and grant opportunities.
Antarctica might be too cold even for (much) snow but it is not too cold for millions of federal dollars. Each year, the National Science Foundation finances researchers who temporarily inhabit the frozen southern continent, exploring the deep ends of the planet and the universe.
The U.S. presence in Antarctica began with regular U.S. Navy visits and settlements in the 1950s. Today, almost 3,000 scientists and support personnel Continue reading »
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