2024 Agenda
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Day 1
June 25, 2024
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Kim HerringtonVice President, Government FinanceL3Harris TechnologyFormer Director/Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense
Jason MackVice President of Government ComplianceJacobs
Jamie PereiraDirector, Government Accounting and ComplianceDraper
Mark SmithChief Government Compliance OfficerBAE Systems
- Budget uncertainty
- How to manage ESG reporting
- Inflation and interest rates
- Workforce challenges from recruiting to hybrid work
- Managing global supply chain pressure
Networking Break
Steve GilmerDirectorCohnReznick LLP
Robert MetzgerChair of Cyber Privacy PracticeRogers Joseph O’Donnell PC
Tom TollertonPrincipalFORVIS
- Overview of the new proposed rule
- What to expect from the certification process
- Compliance challenges to address
- How will this impact other cyber disclosure regulations?
- What is the expected implementation date?
Technology Innovation: How Government and Industry are Evaluating the Risk and Benefits of AI and Data Analytics
Justin CarderChief Digital and AI OfficerDefense Contract Audit Agency
Anthony KimVP, Government ComplianceCACI International
Drew LewisDirectorBaker Tilly
- Role of data analytics within DCAA: structure and intent of team
- Use cases for data analytics and AI within common audits
- Tools and techniques currently in place
- Industry best practices: Identifying trends and monitoring controls
Business Systems Audits: Lessons Learned and Potential Changes to the Business System Process on the Horizon
Jennifer DesautelAssociate DirectorDefense Contract Audit Agency
Nathan GeesamanDirector, Government Regulatory ComplianceAccenture Federal Services
Marc SalkoCorporate Vice President, Government Compliance & AccountingLeonardo DRS, Inc.
Mark D. TaylorRegulated Industry AdvisorCognitus
- Common audit findings among contractors
- Best practices for purchasing and estimating systems
- Status of potential changes to the business system rules
- What happens after the audit is over
Networking Break
Pricing Considerations: Best Practices, Recent Trends, and Regulatory Updates Affecting Government Contract Cost and Pricing
Giacomo ApadulaPrincipalRSM US LLP
John D. PeacockSenior Vice President ASRC Federal
Mark QuirkVice President Industry Compliance & Regulatory AffairsManTech
- Strategic pricing trends & considerations
- Forward pricing rates
- Subcontractor pricing considerations
- Dealing with inflation
- Cost & Pricing Data and TINA audits
Sean BamfordAssociate General Counsel, Government Contacts and CybersecurityLockheed Martin
Kent KiffnerSenior Director, LegalKBR
Stephanie HardenPartnerBlank Rome LLP
- Impact of the Booz Allen settlement
- Contract Disputes Act requirements for negotiating and litigating contracts
- Raytheon, Sikorsky and more ongoing cases
- Increasing number of whistleblower complaints and False Claims litigation
- Continuation of Covid claims re Sovereign Acts defense
Networking Reception
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Day 2
June 26, 2024
Continental Breakfast
Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
Neil GardnerDirector, Government ComplianceNorthrop Grumman Innovation Systems
Grace MureithiCompliance ExecutiveClark Construction Group
Noah LeidenPartnerBaker Tilly
- Mandatory disclosures dos and don’ts
- Business system reviews self-assessment
- Working effectively with DCAA/DCMA
- How and when to involve senior management
Networking Break
JK AierSenior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Global Engagement Associate Professor of Accounting George Mason University
John L. McClungAccountant & CAS Board Manager, Office of Federal Procurement Policy Office of Management and Budget
Matthew PophamSenior Vice President & Director - Government ComplianceLeidos
- Status of Conformance of CAS to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) – Open cases
- Discuss CASB Federal Register Notices
- Application of CAS to Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDVs) contracts
- Section 809 Panel recommendations Relative to CAS
Networking Luncheon
Unilateral Changes in Cost Accounting Practices: How to Prepare the Cost Impact and What to Anticipated from the Regulators
Anthony KimVP, Government ComplianceCACI International
Barbara MichaelSenior Vice President Government CompliancePeraton
- Need for conducting ROM cost impact analysis for materiality
- How to calculate the cost impact
- Implications of October 2023 DCAA and DCMA guidance
Traci DillonExecutive Leader, Government Business & ControllershipGE Aerospace
Alex DelaCruzDirector of Government ComplianceAeroVironment Inc.
Jennifer FlickingerPartnerHKA
- New focus on CAS audits
- 19 different standards but which are most important?
- CAS 403.404. 409
- Administrative requirements, including preparation of the Disclosure Statement and post award contracts
Networking Break
Luis AmbroggioVice President Contracting and CompliancePCSI
David CozartDirectorCoherent Aerospace & Defense, Inc.
- More pressure to increase small business contracting -and what it means for large and mid-sized contractors
- Flow down terms and conditions
- Certified cost or pricing data considerations
- Small business sub-contracting tips
- How to account for affordability and obsolescence
Matthew HerdmanVice President, Corporate ComplianceASRC Federal
David S. DolginContracting Officer, Office of Acquisition and Grants Management (OAGM) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Benefits of pre-audits
- Differences in approach and scope
- The audit acquisition process
- Conflict of interest issues
- Risk assessments and audit continuity
Peter HermanSenior Director, Regulatory Affairs & ComplianceArcfield
John PolcariDirectorHKA
- Potential focus on idle facilities costs
- Continued challenges with mergers and acquisitions and external restructuring
- Impact of grant awards from CHIPS Act and Infrastructure Bill
- Predictions on potential changes post-election
- Conference take-aways that will impact 2025