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Procurement purchasing card perils: Will you be the next headline?

American City & Country

In January, Local 10 news in Miami reported that a former Miami-Dade School Board member used district-issued credit cards to rack up more than $100,000 in personal purchases that included everything from refrigerators to a trip to Disney World. Are these controls being performed and operating as intended to detect or prevent the risk?

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Government Contracts Cost and Pricing: The Truth in Negotiations Act, or Whatever the Kids Are Calling It These Days (Part 3)

Government Contracts & Investigations

The Department of Defense (DoD) has designated DCAA to establish and conduct a program for performing regularly scheduled defective pricing audits. [5] 5] Based on inter-agency agreements, this program includes contracts awarded by certain non-DoD agencies as well as DoD contracts. [6]

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Paperless Innovations to Offer Actus Platform to Federal Agencies via MAS Contract Financial Management SIN

ExecutiveBiz

Federal agencies can now buy Actus , a cloud-based government purchase card management platform from Paperless Innovations , using a special item number under the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule contract.

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The FY2024 NDAA and its Nexus to the FAR and DFARS

Capital Edge Consulting

Two Quick Ways to Fail DCAA T imekeeping Requirements The federal government is the biggest purchaser of goods and services, so it's important that you have a good grip on your accounting practices. The following are subject matter areas that represent critical timekeeping internal controls. Are Floor Check Audits Going Virtual?

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What new White House guidance on grants means for agencies that hand them out

Federal News Network

Now that it have been 10 years since issuing them, the White House has updated what is known as Uniform Guidance on grants and federal assistance. One reason for the update: reducing regulatory burden on both agencies and grantees. For some highlights, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish.

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Taking Care of Business (Systems): DoD Proposes to Change the Definition of a Business System Deficiency 

Government Contracts Legal Forum

The Department of Defense (DoD) recently announced that it seeks public comments on a proposed change to the contractor business systems regime. The clauses allow the government to temporarily withhold payment on a covered contract if a significant deficiency in a business system is identified.

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SEC Whistleblower Office Posts Notice for 3M FCPA Case

Whistleblower Network News

million to settle charges that it violated the books and records and internal controls provisions of the FCPA. However, the arrangements to attend the events were often a pretext to provide the Chinese government officials with overseas travel, including tourism activities, to induce them to purchase 3M products.”