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Cost Accounting Standards
Cost Accounting Standards
Cost accounting standards are used to increase the uniformity and consistency of cost accounting data supplied by contractors to the government for the purposes of assisting in negotiating, pricing, or administering contracts. Such rules are especially crucial to prevent the use of accounting gimmicks in a frequently noncompetitive environment.
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
POGO fights to prevent multiple industry reps from determining how contractors account for their costs
August 10, 2006
POGO warns of risky federal buying method
March 6, 2006
POGO recently learned of another government attempt to sit down with private contracting officials, which could violate open government laws
October 18, 2005
Cost Accounting Standards Board, Dr. Rein Abel, Regarding Accounting for the Cost of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
November 15, 2000
POGO Letter to Rudolph Schuhbauer, CAS Board Regarding Proposed "Review" of CAS and its Role in the Government Contracting Process
September 25, 2000
Amendment to Senate DOD Authorization Will Help Contractors Hide $76 Screws and 618% Price Hikes
May 26, 1999
Sensible Rules Under Attack by Defense Contractors
April 13, 1999
618% Overpricing: Pentagon Bypasses Waste Fixes
January 28, 1999
POGO's Statement to The Cost Accounting Standards Board
December 2, 1998
Related Resources
GAO Letter - Responses to Post Hearing Questions: GSA Contractors Who Cheat on Their Taxes and What Should Be Done about It
Government Accountability Office, GAO
April 21, 2006
POGO in the News
First, We Kill All The Auditors, Charles Tiefer and Danielle Brian, Legal Times, April 26, 1999
A Pro-Defense Problem? Senators Raise Concern About Industry Bias in Review of Cost Accounting Standards Board , By Karen Alexander, Legal Times, March 8, 1999
Defense Contractors Take Aim , By Charles Tiefer and Danielle Brian, Legal Times, August 10, 1998
