Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming United States policy and government procurement, presenting both opportunities and challenges. This webinar will explore the rapidly developing AI policy framework under the Trump Administration and is designed for legal and policy professionals involved in government contracting. Attendees will gain critical insights into the Administration's new AI Executive Order and Memoranda, how they start to establish a strategy relating to areas such as AI innovation, transparency, accountability, and safety, and how to position their systems to align with these new policies. Learning Objectives:  Compliance and Competitive Advantage: Understand the compliance requirements for high-impact AI use cases, including pre-deployment testing, impact assessments, and continuous monitoring. Learn how prioritizing American-made AI systems can provide a competitive edge.  Intellectual Property and Data Rights: Navigate complex IP and data rights clauses in AI contracts to ensure transparency, portability, and government access to necessary data without vendor lock-in.  Nontraditional Procurement Methods: Explore the use of Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements and other innovative procurement methods that streamline the contracting process. Register now to secure your spot in this essential webinar. Gain the knowledge needed to align your AI systems with the administration's new federal directives and successfully engage in federal AI procurement.

This session focuses on the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements reflected in the IRS IRA tax credit. Commercial companies with limited or no experience receiving federal funds (i.e., have never operated as a government contractor) are being faced with strict rules that govern employee pay and benefits associated with IRA tax credits. These rules require increased process controls and record retention procedures. This session outlines the requirements associated with the prevailing wage and apprenticeship programs and reviews the differences between these requirements and the Davis Bacon and Related Act regulation. This session also covers establishing compliant practices, as well as best practices and common problems with monitoring ongoing compliance. Learning Objectives: By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:  Know the basic requirements associated with prevailing wage and apprenticeship programs  Understand the differences between prevailing wage / apprenticeship programs and the Davis Bacon and Related Acts  Learn how to establish compliant practices utilizing your Company's people, processes, and technology  Recognize how to monitor and track ongoing compliance with the requirements, including techniques for monitoring subcontractor compliance

FAR Part 12 regulates commercial item acquisition. Selling a commercial item to the Federal Government sounds easy right? Wrong. The Federal Government wants to make sure it is getting a fair and reasonable price and ensure it is a commercially available item. This session will cover what determines an item or service to be commercial and how to effectively support price reasonableness. Learning Objectives: By the end of the webinar you should be able to:  Identify commercial items and commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items;  Determine how to classify an item as commercial and document commercial items with an adequate commercial item determination (CID);  Support price reasonableness with the appropriate method of analysis (price or cost); and  Understand the DCMA Commercial Item Group's role in the federal acquisition process.

Arguably an OTA allows the USG to contract faster without all the baggage of a traditional FAR based contract. In theory an OTA is a blank piece of paper that the USG and a contractor may negotiate the terms of the resulting Agreement (note the use of the term "Agreement" vs "Contract." The term "Contract" is defined in the FAR as a procurement contract.) But as anyone who negotiates contracts knows, there are always sticky clauses. This session will cover some of those sticky clauses. Learning Objectives: This second and final session will cover the following topics:  Legal Considerations  Intellectual Property  Financial Considerations  Foreign access to Technology

This session will be the first session, held in two parts and focuses on the federal labor compliance regulations included within specific federal funding opportunities. Government contractors face increased requirements to pay their workers a minimum stipulated wage and fringe benefit rate per hour. This session will provide an overview of each regulation's requirements including determining the applicability or coverage at the contract and employee levels, wage determinations, and violations. Learning Objectives: By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:  Understand the basic requirements within the Service Contract Labor Standards, Davis Bacon and Related Acts, and the Walsh Healy Act  Know how to determine coverage at the contract and employee level

This timely webinar will highlight key differences between major types of life sciences government contracts and programs across multiple agencies and multiple phases of the product lifee cycle. In addition, the session will highlight key compliance considerations, emerging issues arising under the new Administration, and continuing issues relating to intellectual property, domestic sourcing, supply chain government contract issues and limitations on use of non-US persons/entities in performance of government contracts. After this webinar you will have learned: (Learning Objectives)  Key compliance considerations  Emerging issues arising under the new administration  Continuing issues relating to intellectual property, domestic sourcing, supply chain govt contract issues and limitations on use of non-US persons/entities in performance of govt contracts

This course will provide the basis for why companies should want to enter into OTAs, a brief history of the changes to OTAs, key elements of an OTA and the Statutory Basis for OTAs. Learning Objectives: This initial session will cover the following topics:  Current Spending Trends  Statutory Basis  Key Elements of an OTA

The session provides an overview of the cost impact process, with a specific focus on the parties involved in the review and audit, along with expectations from DCAA. We will discuss the factors that contribute to a cost accounting practice change and the requirements to submit a Cost Impact, including identifying the change, determining the impact population, calculating the impact and driving toward resolution. We will touch on many of the key deliverable expectations included in DCAA's Cost Impact Adequacy Tool and likely areas of emphasis during the audit. Learning Objectives:  Overview of the Cost Impact process, including parties involved  Characteristics of a Cost Accounting Practice Change  Understanding the difference between a General Dollar Magnitude and a Detailed Cost Impact  Common risk factors to think about that may be raised during a Cost Impact proposal audit  Overview of DCAA's Cost Impact Adequacy Tool

This webinar will provide an overview of the landscape of new U.S. tariff actions under the current administration. Understanding how the different tariff actions work is essential to identifying your company's supply chain risk and creating tariff mitigation strategies. Persons who would benefit from this webinar, include, but are not limited to, business executives, contracting specialists/administrators, project managers, purchasing specialists, import and export compliance officers, logistics personnel, and legal and financial advisors. The webinar will conclude with a 10-minute Q&A session to address any questions. Learning Objectives:  Brief overview of the new U.S. tariff actions.  Primer on U.S. customs law and regulations.  Discussion on potential tariff mitigation strategies.

The session provides guidance on how to navigate a DCAA accounting system audit. The webinar takes a lifecycle approach. It begins with understanding the different accounting system and associated audit requirements, to supporting the audit process, through audit reporting and corrective action. This course emphasizes the practical realities of an accounting system audit by offering tips and tricks to get out in front of audit findings, managing auditor/auditee relationships, avoiding common pitfalls, and facilitating timely corrective action if adverse audit findings surface. Learning Objectives:  High-level overview of the accounting system requirements  Understanding and differentiation of accounting system audit types and associated approaches  Developing strong working relationships with DCAA  Common DCAA data requests to expect and the rationale behind them  Sensitive areas and common contractor pitfalls during accounting system audits  Tips and tricks to get in front of potential audit findings and facilitate timely corrective action