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unallowable costs
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Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Government Contracts Cost and Pricing: Accounting for Unallowable Costs
By Keith Szeliga, Lillia Damalouji
Welcome back to the Cost Corner, where we provide practical insight into the complex cost and pricing requirements that apply to Government contractors. This is the third article in a…
Government Contracts Law
Let Me Clear My Throat: DCAA Course Corrects on “Expressly Unallowable” Costs
By Alex Major, Franklin Turner
Cough…cough…ahem…cough… Any contractor who has had the misfortune of dealing with the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) likely knows all too well that the agency is the Will Rogers of…
Inside Government Contracts
FAR Council Proposes to Disallow Costs of Congressional Investigations That Result From Adverse Legal and Administrative Proceedings
By Alan Pemberton, Covington Team
On February 17, 2016, the FAR Council proposed a rule that would add a new category of unallowable costs to FAR Part 31 -- costs of responding to an inquiry…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
DCAA Issues (Mis)Guidance on Expressly Unallowable Costs
By Terry L. Albertson, Steve McBrady, Skye Mathieson
On January 7, 2015, DCAA issued guidance to auditors for determining whether certain costs are "expressly unallowable" – and therefore subject to penalties – even when the regulations "do not…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Penalties for Expressly Unallowable Costs – The ASBCA Reconsiders and Ups the Ante for Contractors
By John W. Chierichella and Alexander W. Major Under FAR 42.709-1, penalties for expressly unallowable costs are to be waived when the expressly “unallowable costs under this proposal” are less than…
Health Industry Washington Watch
House Passes Small Business Health IT Financing Bill
On November 18, 2009, the House approved H.R. 3014, the Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act. The bill would create a new Small Business Administration loan guarantee program for the…