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Accounting


                              •  Asset revaluations resulting from business combinations
                              •  Bad debts
                              •  Contributions and donations
                              •  Entertainment
                              •  Executive compensation more than established ceilings
                              •  Federal income taxes
                              •  Fines and penalties
                              •  Goodwill
                              •  Certain costs related to legal and other proceedings
                              •  Lobbying costs
                              •  Losses on other contracts
                              •  Memberships in social organizations
                              •  Organizational costs
                              •  Patent costs not required by contract
                              •  Certain professional services
                              •  Non-Performing bonus
                   Identifying and Segregating Unallowable Costs

                   The various PMs identify costs that are unallowable and submit such costs as separate
                   line items on time and expense reports submitted to corporate headquarters.  The PMs
                   attend training sessions in FAR compliance on unallowable costs to learn/update their
                   knowledge  on  allowable  vs.  unallowable  costs  annually.    Any  large  or  unusual  costs
                   submitted are reviewed by corporate accounting for allowability.  If a cost submitted as
                   allowable and its allowability is questionable based on the review the Accounts Payable
                   (AP) Specialist contacts the associated PMs to discuss the allowability of the cost. If the
                   cost  is  determined  to  be  unallowable  an  entry  is  created  to  reclassify  the  cost  as
                   unallowable, if the cost is determined to be allowable the original entry stands.

                   To facilitate the tracking and segregating of unallowable costs in the general ledger, these
                   costs are recorded in separate general ledger accounts in Deltek CostPoint identified as
                   expense accounts beginning with numeric digits “9”.  All costs not specifically classified
                   as allowable are recorded as unallowable costs and are recorded in the separate general
                   ledger  accounts.    These  unallowable  costs  are  then  excluded  in  the  Company’s  final
                   indirect cost rate proposal to the Government.

                   Penalties
                   Each year, the Company must submit its costs on government contracts to the Defense Contract
                   Audit Agency (DCAA) and these costs are subject to an incurred cost audit.  During these audits,
                   the DCAA will determine the allowability of incurred costs submitted for reimbursement.  Because
                   government contracts will generally include a clause for penalties for unallowable costs, if the final
                   indirect cost rate proposal includes expressly unallowable costs, the Government may access a
                   penalty equal to the amount of the disallowed indirect cost plus simple interest, or a penalty for
                   twice the amount of the allocated unallowable indirect cost (if the indirect cost was previously
                   determined as unallowable).



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