Join us for a special evening and celebration of Vivek Kundra! Appointed as the first-ever Federal CIO in 2009, Kundra is credited with saving three billion in taxpayer dollars through cuts in wasteful spending, moving the government to the cloud, strengthened cybersecurity and enabling a more open, transparent, and participatory government. Later this summer, Kundra will serve as a joint fellow of the Kennedy School at Harvard University and...

This dynamic two-day program provides a comprehensive and practical overview of the regulatory requirements for effective accounting systems for government contracts and compliance with Cost Accounting Standards (CAS). The focus is on understanding the FAR Cost Principles and accounting for allowable and unallowable costs with an emphasis on internal controls and managing DCAA audits. In addition, the program discusses certified cost and prici...

Who should attend the conference? Chief executive officers and other senior-level executives will benefit from the expert-led panels and discussions and find great value in the program. Business development, finance, human resources, communications, and contracts professionals also will find the program valuable. How many people attend the conference? The conference gathers about 400 attendees each year, many of them c-suite executives. Topics...

8:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:00 am Welcome and review of objectives for this meeting As the capital needs of the federal government are better understood, the issue of federal budget scoring procedures has become a point of discussion among policy makers within the Administration and on Capitol Hill. Simultaneously, the modification of FASB 13 will likely have an impact on the underlying way that the principles of budget sc...