The acronyms FAR, CAS and DCAA should not put fear into government contractors. These terms and the regulations and compliance requirements that surround them are critical areas that must be understood by organizations doing business with the Federal Government – Particularly when cost-based acquisition is employed.

Cost-based acquisition places unique pricing, accounting, and compliance requirements on Government contractors. Cost-based acquisition relies on information from the contractor’s books and records including both historical and budgetary data when pricing contracts and when invoicing a flexibly priced contract. This webinar series will traverse the contract lifecycle – from pre-award to post award – and introduce the fundamentals for those new to cost-based acquisition or those less familiar with each of the four disciples: pricing, accounting, administration, and audits.  

The cost-based approach may require the submission of certified cost or pricing data; impose Cost Accounting Standards; oblige reporting requirements such as final rate submissions; and invoke Government audit rights on a company’s contract pricing, cost accounting and business systems.  

In this four-part webinar series, each session will acquaint the participant with a different aspect of cost-based acquisition and will tackle some of the unique cost-based acquisition requirements including:  

• Contract Pricing
• Contract Accounting
• Contract Accounting Administration
• Contract Audits

Register for the entire series or join us for an individual webinar that suits your business needs. Also, check out our multi-day courses such as Government Contract Accounting or Cost Accounting Standards for a deeper dive into the unique requirements imposed by Uncle Sam.

Deb Nixon will be our instructor for this 4-part webinar series. With over 30 years of experience as a career dedicated Government contracts practitioner, Deborah is the founder of Crosshair Advisors, and a retired Partner with Ernst & Young’s Government Contract Services practice where she worked for 25 years. Before joining EY, she held management positions with both large and emerging growth contractors including Motorola and General Dynamics.

As a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Washington, DC and Virginia, she was elected to two terms on the GWSCPA Board of Governors, where she chaired the Government Contracts Council.  Currently Deborah serves as a member of the Board of Advisors for Federal Publications Seminars.

Her educational credentials include a Masters of Business Administration in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from University of North Carolina’s Kennan-Flagler Business School where she was a Fellow and an honor student inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society; Bachelor’s Degrees in Finance and Economics from University of Maryland; Attended American University’s graduate accountancy program; and holds a certificate in Corporate Governance and Board Effectiveness from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management.