On July 16th at the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce offices in Tysons, the Coalition will be launching a new Pricing and Regulatory Compliance Oversight Committee (the PRCO). Pricing and audit issues are often discussed in the existing committees typically with a focus on existing policies and proposed changes. For example, we have discussed reform of the Price Reduction Clause (aka the Competition Reduction Clause) in many, if not all, of the committees. As the name suggests, the PRCO will focus on pricing, regulatory compliance, audits and oversight. The PRCO will allow the Coalition to better coordinate and leverage our members’ collective domain expertise to support contractor ethics and compliance programs/offices, including in-house counsel, Finance & Accounting, and Compliance departments.
The PRCO will provide a central focal point for monitoring the latest developments in pricing issues and regulatory compliance. The new committee will be the engine for developing and delivering training, information, analysis and commentary on the compliance issues, challenges and opportunities facing the entire procurement community. The Coalition will empower the Committee to develop new training to supplement and complement our MAS Basic Training and In-house Counsel courses.
As part of this effort we will look forward to a robust Myth-Busters dialogue with the Oversight community in an effort to share best practices around ethics and contract compliance. The PRCO will meet on at least a quarterly basis and will also support Coalition forums and webinars throughout the year. For more information and to register for the PRCO, please contact Jason Baccus at JasonBaccus@thecgp.org.
PRCO Training, July 16
Labor Contract Compliances: The World according to the Department of Labor
On the morning of July 16th, the PRCO will kick-off with a training forum “Labor Contract Compliances: the world according to the Department of Labor.” Among the topics to be discussed at the July 16th training forum will be:
- The Service Contract Act
- Contract requirements and disputes
- Wage determinations
- Compliance in the MAS contract context
- The Davis Bacon Act
- General Labor Compliances (Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Plans)
- The latest in new and proposed regulations, including the proposed Fair Pay and Workplace Safety Executive Order and implementing regulations
- The Mandatory Disclosure Rule in the context of labor compliance requirements
We are very excited that Jennifer Flickinger and Jeffrey Clayton, Principals at Baker Tilly and Trina Fairley Barlow, Partner at Crowell & Moring LLP, will be our featured instructors for the PRCO Labor Contract Compliances training forum on July 16th. Registration will open next week on the Coalition’s Events page. Look for more details in next week’s Friday Flash!