Government contractors often struggle with customer invoice creation because of the varying requirements from customer-to-customer and contract-to-contract. QuickBooks Online and Desktop provide opportunities for efficient creation of customer invoices from time and expense data. The keys to success lie in proper setup of Items for labor category and expenses, and the automated synchronization of time and expense data. We find many clients spe...

Learn from staff at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) who will discuss the key programs to provide for a secure cyber environment for the nation s warfighters. DISA is exploring ways to operate in a secure information environment while creating an optimal user experience. As the lead IT service provider for the Defense Department, the users experience is of the utmost importance.

Government, defense and defense industry base (DIB) must meet the demands of both the DoD and the critical infrastructure players and map to critical controls laid out in NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, and the upcoming CMMC 2.0 to adequately protect Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). But, for many agencies and DIBs, it's a challenge to implement required information security controls to data in their...

Defense agencies rely heavily on being able to send and receive information in real-time to ensure mission-critical projects succeed. Atlassian's suite of agile tools allows teams to transform the way they create and deliver software. Join us on March 29th at 3:00pm (ET) as Ariel Partners' Chief Technology Officer, Craeg Strong, discusses their latest training initiatives with DoD personnel and how to best leverage agile practices with Atlassi...

It’s been almost a year since the Biden administration issued EO 14028: Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity to encourage Washington and the private sector to work more collaboratively, share more information and increase partnerships to confront the growing threat landscape. The EO mandated that federal agencies follow emerging private practices such as zero trust and more transparency alert reporting. So, how are we doing? In add...

You don't have to look far to find a headline about a recent breach or compromise within any sector but from a public sector, phishing was behind 70% of government breaches. As threat actors continue to innovate their approach to lure unsuspecting end users with clever, relevant, and timely phishing attacks, and this is showing no signs of stopping. Every corner of the public sector, whether it be education, federal, state, and local agencies...

Human-centered agility: Leading change in a post-pandemic world Working and living in a global pandemic during the last two years has created many workplace and human experience challenges not faced in modern times. Work life balance, mental health and resilience, remote work and the hybrid workplace have received a new focus. Agile transformation is not only important in software development, but also important to creating supportive change i...

Labor distribution converts hours into dollars and distributes those dollars throughout the GL and across jobs. Payroll journal entries record the employer's portion of employment taxes and offset salaries payable created by the labor distribution process. Both are necessary for the accurate calculation of indirect rates for government contracts. Errors often include failure to segregate labor accounts and properly account for employee deducti...

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Join VMware's session February 1st at 11:45am ET as part of Carahsoft's DevSecOps Geek Week. During this session VMware subject-matter experts will address the following questions: What problems can be solved in the public sector to facilitate clear paths to production? Do the experience and implementation differ between the Department of Defence (DoD) and civilian agencies? How can you expedite the process of implementing a software factory?...