The legislative and regulatory priorities change from one President to another, sometimes dramatically. The government contract area is highly regulated and these changes can have significant impacts on contractors. This update will forecast what contractors should expect from the incoming Administration in the next 4 years. Learning Objectives:  Emerging Legislative Priorities  Early look at impact on contractors

New regulations, executive orders, class deviations, statutes, protests, and litigation all ensure that the compliance landscape for government contracts is always evolving at a breakneck pace. These changes can be difficult to track, but Federal Publication Seminars' Quarterly Update gathers the most significant changes and distills them for government contracting professionals. That usually (but not always) includes updates to:  Cybersecurity requirements  Changes to labor regulations and enforcement  Domestic preferences; and  Small business regulations Each session will be jammed packed with the latest information and is a valuable tool in staying up to date in an ever-changing environment.

Multi-segment corporations play a significant role in government contracting, leveraging diverse capabilities across industries. However, the structure of having multiple segments report to a centralized home office isn't limited to large corporations. Contractors offering a mix of commercial and government products or services can benefit from segmenting these lines of business with centralized management and shared services. While this structure provides operational advantages, it also introduces unique compliance challenges under government contracting regulations. In this session, we'll start with an overview of regulatory requirements and guidance for cost accounting in multi-segment and home office settings, then explore the benefits and challenges of multi-segment structures in government contracting. By the end, attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of:  Definitions of segments and home offices in government contracting  FAR and CAS requirements related to multi-segment and home office cost accounting  Operational benefits of multi-segment structures  Compliance challenges associated with multi-segment accounting Learning Objectives: Upon completing this webinar, participants will be able to identify key compliance requirements for multi-segment corporations in government contracting and apply best practices for structuring segments and home offices to align with regulatory standards.

A contractor's Disclosure Statement is its benchmark for conducting business with Uncle Sam. We'll kick off this web series with an overview of the CASB Disclosure Statement. Specifically, we'll discuss the applicability and trigger requirements for CAS and the Disclosure Statement. Next, we'll discuss the Disclosure Statement and define the cost accounting practices described within it. The first session will preview the web series and establish the foundation for the following 3 sessions, where we delve into greater detail and provide perspective on some of the most often raised compliance challenges.

Completing the benchmark which we call the Disclosure Statement involves a multidisciplinary team comprised of functional areas that may include Accounting/Finance, Human Resources, Treasury, Program, and Pricing members. In this session, we walk through the Disclosure Statement -- Specifically, the cover sheet, eight parts of the Disclosure Statement, and the continuation sheet. We'll describe the resources supporting each section and the requirements.

Once documented, now it's time for customer inspection. Learn the fundamental audit and administration expectations when supporting adequacy and compliance audits. Disclosure Statements are subject to two types of audits: Adequacy and compliance. The adequacy audit is a barrier to entry audit, meaning the lack of a "clean" opinion can impede a CAS contract award. Additionally, the compliance audits include audit programs identified to each of the 19 standards. In this session, participants will become familiar with the common audits supporting CASB Disclosure Statement compliance and identify conventional risks and readiness strategies to help mitigate audit risks.

Uh oh, we've got a revision, update, or change -now what? In this final session, we explore revisions and updates to the CASB Disclosure Statement and changes to cost accounting practices. We'll describe the difference between administrative changes, changes to cost accounting practices, and the exceptions provided for in the regulations and guidance.