tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97685134337018982.post2952786422819903804..comments2024-01-15T09:13:26.421-08:00Comments on PNWC's Government Contracting Update: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016Paul D. Cederwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210528610954446990noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97685134337018982.post-91034077657175858102015-12-01T12:24:37.768-08:002015-12-01T12:24:37.768-08:00The "questioned costs" are easily refute...The "questioned costs" are easily refuted or have no merit. Sustainment rates are around 10% I would guess. It has nothing to do with being more diligent or working harder. The questioned costs are "pie in the sky" to make their stats/metrics look better. It is embarrassing to even ask for justification on some of these issues. Oh AND they are 5-6 years behind. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97685134337018982.post-73931742168342523652015-10-01T11:19:26.563-07:002015-10-01T11:19:26.563-07:00"or inability to work hard at sustaining repo..."or inability to work hard at sustaining reported findings, than on DCAA itself". How hard is that? I've seen CO's reflexively agree to audit findings and put the burden of proof squarely on the contractor without breaking a sweat.Accounting Grunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15025697837134228050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97685134337018982.post-53576462477234025662015-09-30T10:38:20.870-07:002015-09-30T10:38:20.870-07:00It is worthy of note that Section 893 should resul...It is worthy of note that Section 893 should result in DCAA ceasing all non-Defense audits on the date the Act becomes effective. Initially, this will be due to the provision that DCAA is legally barred from performing such audit (meaning that contractors do not have to cooperate with them) on the effective date of the Act, and even once DCAA catches up with the incurred cost backlog they will have to return DoD funding dollar-for-dollar for any non-DoD funding received. This represents and effective cut in DCAA's budget of about 10% (the amount of reimbursable audit funding received per annum over the past few years, that will no longer be available under one provision or the other). It is also worthy of note that no additional DoD funding was provided under the Act to offset this cut. Therefore, there are serious questions as to how DCAA is going to pay the staff hours previously used for non-DoD audits, that are now expected to be used for DoD audits without any funding for those hours from DoD. Unless DCAA can find savings elsewhere in its budget, it is hard to see how it can maintain its current staffing levels. This has serious long-term implications -- which may be seen as good or bad depending on ones perspective and stake in the matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com