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How Government Contractors Can Create Better Searches with Smart Tags

The latest addition to the GovWin platform, Smart Tags, will help government contractors save time by creating more intuitive searches for government bids and RFPs.

June 13, 2018

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Incurred Cost Submission: Everything You Need to Know

Incurred Cost Submission is a requirement for all federal contractors holding cost-type or time and materials (T&M) contracts and a universal requirement regardless of agency customer.

April 3, 2018

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10 Key Financial Performance Indicators for Government Contractors

Tracking the right KPIs for your government contracting business can provide insights to help you make the right decisions and run your business smarter and faster. 

January 29, 2018

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Accounting Practices for Government Contractors (Part 2)

<p>Part two of a two part blog series where we review the accounting practices of government contracting including: cost definition and allocation, contract types and revenue recognition</p>

December 11, 2017

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Customer Spotlight: How RS&H is Driving Schedule Consistency with Deltek Acumen

Explore how RS&H, a top ranked architecture, engineering and consulting services firm is driving schedule consistency and quality with Deltek Acumen Fuse.

April 26, 2017

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How Many Data Centers Does the Department of Defense Actually Have?

The Department of Defense may have far more data centers than it is reporting.

April 4, 2017

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Customer Spotlight: How Deltek Acumen Helped TransCanada Cultivate Confidence in Risk Analysis

To expand the understanding and confidence of project teams with high quality risk analysis, TransCanada needed a way to simplify and streamline without giving up the quality of their results. Read on to find out why, after a careful evaluation of a variety of software solutions for schedule risk, team leaders at TransCanada settled on Deltek Acumen Risk.

March 21, 2017

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Understanding the Value of Your AE Firm

There are a number of different ways to determine the value of an AE firm. Here is a summary of some of the common methods for valuing AE firms along with comments on their applications and usefulness.

January 24, 2017

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Customer Spotlight: How Ameren Improved Schedule Quality with Deltek Acumen Fuse

Due to its rapid growth, Ameren Transmission (ATX) needed a solution to ensure it could consistently produce top quality schedules for the large volume of projects it manages. Read on to see how Deltek Acumen Fuse helped ATX improve the overall quality of their schedules, ultimately leading to more consistent project success.

December 12, 2016

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Customer Spotlight: Orbital ATK

Discover how Deltek Acumen is helping Orbital ATK drive on-time, and even early delivery, to its customers.

October 12, 2016

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Customer Spotlight: Aerospace & Defense

See how a large Aerospace & Defense company enhanced usability and earned value (EV) reporting with the help of Deltek Acumen.

July 27, 2016

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10 Keys to Project Management Excellence

Project management (PM) is the centerpiece of design and construction organizations. Many firms have only basic or partially developed project management systems.

January 10, 2014