JAMIS Software Corporation Announces New Channel Strategy to Increase Affiliates and Partners to Enhance Market Reach with Government Contractors

Lakewood, CO - August 6, 2008-JAMIS Software Corporation, leading provider of job cost, billing, accounting systems and labor management solutions for government contractors, is pleased to announce the new channel strategy to increase affiliates and partners to enhance market reach with Government Contractors.

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DCAA News-Pentagon auditors request probe after criticism

The agency that audits Pentagon contracts said on Friday it had asked for an
investigation into allegations that its supervisors pressured employees to alter
audits in favor of contractors.Read more

Whitepaper: Managing cost, schedule and profit with a high performance data warehouse

JAMIS Sponsored TechNote/Whitepaper Series

Managing cost, schedule and profit with a high performance data warehouse
All too often, Government contractors run their day-to-day operations utilizing disjointed computer systems and process. In this environment, it is difficult to manage profit margins, evaluate performance to schedules and get effective control on both direct and indirect cost. A well thought out and designed data warehouse can facilitate an improved capability to manage cost and schedule in Government service-based contracts.This paper proposes data warehouse solution concepts and delivery methods. Download copy here

Government Contracting Reform Bills

The House passed three contracting reform bills April 23, 2008 by voice vote

These include-

• The Close the Contractor Fraud Loophole Act
• The Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act
• The Government Contractor Accountability Act

For more information on each bill read the full article...

JAMIS is pleased to point readers to another Government Contractor resource

Former JAMIS employee, Ken Larson , ventured on his own with a mission-to become successful empowering small and emerging businesses with resources to become successful in federal government contracting. His Blog is a reminder of the kinds of individuals JAMIS has had the pleasure to employ over the years. Book-marking this as a favorite is a must have for all who are contemplating government contracting.

Ken’s site offers FREE OF CHARGE- “How to" guidance on the following: 1. Understanding the federal government contracting environment and small business set-aside opportunities 2. Registering a small business as a supplier with the federal government 3. Marketing to the federal government 4. Understanding the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) 5. Teaming with other small businesses 6. Achieving a General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 7. Subcontracting to prime contractors on federal government contracts 8. Preparing competitive proposals 9. Negotiating federal contracts with government agencies, prime contractors and subcontractors 10. Managing government contracts

Ken also provides DCAA compliance resources and policy information.

About Ken Larson
Ken is a Veteran-2 tours US Army Vietnam. As a Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) Volunteer Counselor, he assists many small businesses with their planning and operations processes. He spent over 30 years in federal government contract management and 10 years in small business consulting. Naturally he gets many inquiries from small companies wishing to enter or enhance their position in federal government contracting. His Blog is intended to assist in answering those questions and "dedicated to Small Businesses who wish to succeed in Federal Government Contracting"
Visit Ken's site today: http://smalltofeds.blogspot.com/

About JAMIS Software Corporation
For nearly twenty years, JAMIS Software Corporation has been providing leading edge job-cost, billing, accounting systems and labor management solutions for government contractors. JAMIS offers a comprehensive set of time-and-expense, project accounting and back office financial solutions. The fully integrated, easy-to-use system is designed to be compliant with DCAA and government contracting regulations (FAR and CAS). Major government contractors that rely on JAMIS include Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, ITT, and Booz Allen Hamilton. However, any size company can benefit from the JAMIS advantage. Customer support is unsurpassed, with prompt turnaround of even the most difficult support issues handled by an experienced and dedicated staff. JAMIS products are uniquely scalable and can easily be adapted for both very small organization (25 employees or less) as well as global enterprises with over 100,000 employees. JAMIS provides the most cost-effective and full-featured solution an organization will ever need for government contracting.

For more information on JAMIS contact us:
http://www.jamis.com/
1-800-65-JAMIS (1-800-655-2647)
Sales@jamis.com
Visit the JAMIS Blog:
http://www.jamis.com/DCAA/blog.html

Welcome to the Government Contractors DCAA Compliance Blog

Government Contractors are tasked with staying conversant with the ever changing evolution of business, DCAA compliance and the industry they serve.

The JAMIS Blog objective is to create a resource to share policy and compliance changes, business practices, solutions and general information or resources beneficial to those in the industry. We invite you to share information, provide feedback on how to make it a resource as well as forward to colleagues to encourage a broad range of insight.

For nearly twenty years, JAMIS Software Corporation has been providing leading edge job-cost, billing and accounting systems and solutions for government contractors. JAMIS Software developed BY Government Contractors FOR Government Contractors. The requirements and tools are delivered with a solution that fit the needs of Government Contractors today.

We invite you to download our Whitepaper: 10 Keys to a Successful DCAA Audit and look forward to building this library in the coming months with additional whitepapers and increasing the industry resource area with upcoming events.