A Practical Guide to the Incurred Cost Submission (ICS)
The workshop provides a detailed, step-by-step guide to the preparation and development of the Incurred Cost Submission (ICS). Whether you have been doing business with the federal government for many years or have just won your first contract award, you will be provided with the skills and tools that will help to ensure that your submission is accurate, adequate, and complete.

Advanced Government Contract Administration Workshop
A rare opportunity to spend two information-packed days with the nationally recognized authority on contract administration, Professor Ralph C. Nash, Jr., of The George Washington University.

Basics of Government Contracting
Review the entire federal procurement process from start to finish in a comprehensive, practical course that emphasizes the impact of the Acquisition Streamlining Statutes and implementing regulations on procurement activities.

Concentrated Course in Government Contracts
A specially devised intermediate - advanced learning and refresher program, including analyses of, and updates on new developments in government contracting. Coverage includes contract formation and contract administration issues emphasizing competition, commercial items, bid protests, changes, equitable adjustments, claims, and disputes.

DCAA Contractor Business Systems and Internal Controls
Learn approaches to achieving, maintaining, and documenting internal business system controls and behaviors to comply with government contract requirements and sound business practices.

FAR Workshop
Two concentrated days on how to understand and use the Federal Acquisition Regulation in your daily contracting activities, including an in-depth analysis of the FAR system, the key contract clauses, and contract forms. Provides comprehensive coverage of the FAR for new users and an advanced treatment of specific issues for experienced contract professionals.

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Fiscal Law for Government Contractors
This program will cover the budgetary process and its progressive stages, including agency authority and obligations, fund commitments, congressional limitations on appropriated funds, and violations to avoid.

Government Contract Accounting
Gain a solid, practical understanding of government contract accounting by learning about general accounting concepts related to government contracting, along with cost principles, cost accounting standards, accounting for claims, special accounting problems, and profit.

Legal Ethics for Attorneys
A comprehensive seminar on topics of legal ethics designed for lawyers in all fields of practice and jurisdictions. Coverage includes the concept of “legal ethics” and its evolution, present legal foundation for state rule-making authorities, ABA Model Rule 1.6 on Confidentiality, a comparison of typical state rules , a comparison of the professional duty of confidentiality to the closely-related topics of the attorney client privilege and the work product doctrine, and a review exercise, which we hope will evoke a lively exchange of opinions and perspectives.

ITAR Compliance: Disclosure and Audits
ITAR Compliance is a business imperative for companies in the defense industry and anyone involved in export. This course is designed as a participative workshop. A hypothetical case study will lay out the factual background to facilitate the discussion. A fictional company has found a potential export violation and must make some immediate decisions to ensure its compliance with the regulations. The course provides an opportunity to analyze and dissect the procedures that the company follows.

Legal Ethics for Attorneys
This comprehensive, interactive seminar covers topics of interest to lawyers in all fields of practice and jurisdictions - an opportunity for collegial reflection that also satisfies CLE ethics requirements.

Managing Subcontracts
This program focuses on the effective management and administration of subcontracts and complex purchase orders, from the pre-solicitation phase to final payment.

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Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI)
Designed for contractors, their legal counsel, and government agency procurement officials, this course will provide an in-depth analysis of OCI theory and practice to maximize business opportunities, avoid wasting bid and proposal resources, and show how agencies can identify and resolve OCIs.

Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software
This specialized program provides the most practical information possible on computer software, patents, and technical data rights from the perspectives of both the government and contractors.

The Masters Institute in Government Contract Costs
This is an advanced course on government contract costs that includes updates on critical cost issues each year. New developments are covered first, followed by a discussion of current trends and initiatives in auditing. FAR issues including allowability and allocability are analyzed along with cost principles and the cost accounting standards. Also examined are pension cost issues, merger and acquisition issues, the impact of organizational changes, and cost accounting practices.

The Masters Institute In Government Contracting
The first day examines the “system” of government contracting and how it works. The second day dissects changes and equitable adjustments and includes a copy of the definitive text on changes for each participant. The third day is devoted to source selection issues and contract negotiations. The fourth day examines and explores claims and termination issues. The fifth day explains costs, critical developments in costs, and the cost accounting standards.