Week 3 forum 423

 Please before you reply understand that this bid requires a forum post along   with 2 forum post responses below, both must be done. The budget is whats posted, please do not try to raise the price, either you  will do  it or the next person will. The forum post is due by Thursday  and the responses by Sun; I will annotate this posting with responses  once I get them and contact you.   

Forum Introduction:

What  is going to happen to the Defense Contract Audit Agency or DCAA under  the new administration starting with the 2017, given that a new  president has been elected? How will forward pricing policies change or  will they in the next few years? Is there a backlog issue or are there  discussions or plans to speed up audit times? These are some of the  questions that face those working in the DCAA and other contractor  agencies. 

Use the following resources plus any additional you deem necessary to answer the Forum questions.

References Reading to start this discussion:

Resources for this week’s discussion start with DCMA and DCAA websites to help set the stage for this discussion. 

CAM, Contract Audit Manual, located at http://www.dcaa.mil/Home/CAM

FAQs located at http://www.dcaa.mil/Content/Documents/FAQs_Contracting_Officer.pdf and http://www.dcma.mil

Please  feel free to use your textbook, the university library, internet,  videos, articles, or other reputable sources for your post

Forum Questions:

1. Define the Defense Contract Management Agency's and Defense Contract Audit Agency's role.
2. Describe how a Defense Contract Audit Agency audit report can help meet a negotiation objective. 
3. Search  for a recent, within the last five years, defense contract audit report  and explain the reasons for the audit, the findings and possible impact  in today’s defense contract audit agency role within a new President  and Defense Department administration. 

Instructions for a successful Forum:

Your initial post should be at least 250 words. Please respond to at least 2 other students.  Responses should be a minimum of 100 words and should include at least one direct question related to what that another student posted or in response to a student’s posting to your initial post.

Please do review how this Forum and all Forums are graded using the attached rubric.

Initial Post Due:  Thursday, 11:55 p.m., ET

Responses Due:  Sunday, 11:55 p.m., ET