Wednesday

8:15 - 8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Administration

8:30 - 10:45 a.m. (0.15 Break at 9:30 a.m.)
Legal and DoJ Matters
Discussion of settlement and judgments from recent civil fraud and false claims, penalty assessments, and emerging issues.
Derek Santos, Deputy General Counsel, Department of the Air Force
Justin Chiarodo, Partner, Blank Rome
Chad Braley, Managing Partner & CEO, Capital Edge Consulting
Paul Bailey, Partner, Capital Edge Consulting

11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Updates in Cost & Pricing for Inflation and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data
REA and EPA entitlement discussion to backlog and forward pricing consideration as a result of inflation and supply chain disruption
Changes in today’s environment regarding Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data
Jon Bencivenga, Director, Capital Edge Consulting
Anthony Kim, Partner, Capital Edge Consulting

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch / Break

1:15 - 2:45 p.m.
Contractor Purchasing System Reviews - Hot Items
New trends and expectations in DCMA CPSRs, recent lessons learned from other contractors through their reviews, understanding the new post-exit briefing process impact on the contractor, and other realities of the CY2022 CPSR, including DCMA reviewing the system in a purely virtual fashion.               
Chase Kunk, Managing Partner, Capital Edge

3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Cybersecurity / CMMC
The current state of cybersecurity, including CUI, NIST 800-171 and CMMC.
Buddy Dees, Director of CMMC within the Office of the Chief Information Security Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S))
Robert Metzger, Shareholder, Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, P.C.
Lt. Col Jason Holman

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Thursday

8:15 - 8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Recap of Day 1

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Incurred Cost Submissions
Discussion of forthcoming changes to the ICS Schedule, filing extensions and hot button questioned costs
Matt Popham, Sr. Vice President Government Compliance, Leidos
Marie Salamone, Partner, Capital Edge Consulting
Roberto X. Picón, CPA, Division Chief of Policy Incurred Cost (PIC) Division, DCAA

10:15 - 11:45 a.m.
Commerciality - Hot Items                                                                                                                                   
DCMA Commercial Item Group “by the numbers” over the last year in their support to PCOs and other functional elements of DoD, recent and upcoming regulatory and NDAA environmental considerations including the NDAA-driven documentation requirements when asserting commercial items 'of a type', and the CIG’s in-progress and upcoming initiatives.                                   
Ryan Connell, Deputy Director CIG, DCMA

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch / Break

1:15 - 2:45 p.m.
Supply Chain - Domestic Preferences and Other Sourcing Restrictions
BAA, TAA, and waivers, new and updated sourcing restrictions
Ryan Roberts; Partner, Sheppard Mullin
Paul Bailey; Partner, Capital Edge Consulting

3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Business System Audits
DCAA changes and expectations from updated audit programs, recent lessons learned from contractors, audit preparation readiness, initial request for information
Chad Braley, Managing Partner & CEO, Capital Edge Consulting
Anthony Kim, Partner, Capital Edge Consulting
Bruce Stout, Director of Government Compliance, Battelle
Robert Eason, Division Chief of Accounting and Cost Principles Division (PAC), DCAA