Yesterday we introduced the Section 803 provision in the 2018 NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) that will require the Defense Department to begin farming out some of its incurred cost audit functions to commercial firms. Though the probable soon-to-be law does not specify a particular percentage or dollar value of audits to be shaved off of DCAA’s (Defense Contract Audit Agency’s) current workload, the general tenor of the provision sounds like the sharing will be substantial and on-going.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: DCAA to Share Audit Function With Commercial Firms – Part 2
New Regulation Formalizes Ombudsman Practice and Identity for IDIQ Contracts
An ‘ombudsman’ is an official charged with addressing and/or investigating the interests of individuals’ or companies’