Government Contractor Breakfast - Conflicts of Interest for Federal Contractors

When:  May 14, 2019 from 07:00 AM to 09:30 AM (ET)
Associated with  Nation's Capital Chapter

Prepay now for an early bird discount to the May 14th IMA/VSCPA Government Contractor Breakfast, where Rebecca Kehoe of CohnReznick will present "Conflicts of Interest for Federal Contractors."

 

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST - Conflicts are Inevitable But can be Mitigated

 

A conflict of interest (COI) occurs when an individual (Personal Conflict of Interest PCI) or organization (Organizational Conflict of Interest OCI) is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly bias the motivation for an act in the other. A conflict of interest can exist even if there has been no unethical or improper activity.  It is NOT a “no harm no foul” situation.  Even the appearance of COI is reason to mitigate. For many professionals and professions, it is virtually impossible NOT to have COI from time to time and Prime Contractors can be held liable for the COIs of their Subcontractors.

 

What you will learn:

  • Different types of Conflicts of Interest recognized by the Federal Government
  • Mitigation strategies for different types of COI
  • Best Practices to avoid and, when required, mitigate COI

 

Please mark your calendars for these upcoming breakfasts as well. Please let me know what topics you would like to see in the next season, or if you have a speaker recommendation.

 

9-Jul-19, Kim Clark Pakstys, BDO, Enterprise Transformation and Post-Transaction Integration

10-Sep-19, Giacomo Apadula, BDO, Business Systems

12-Nov-19 TBD

 

Time: Doors open at 7:00 AM, Speaker starts at 8:00 AM, done by 9:30 AM.

 

Location: Tower Club (www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/The-Tower-Club-Tysons-Corner), 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 1700, Tysons, VA 22182. Please check the 17th Floor receptionist to find our room, and get your parking validated.

 

Sponsor: Access National Bank (www.accessnationalbank.com) is a Gold Sponsor of the Government Contractor Breakfasts, allowing us to host the events at the Tower Club for a reasonable price. 

 

Registration & Price: $30 prepaid or $35 cash or check at the door. Either way, please preregister here: http://bit.ly/imagovcon. Your advance registration helps us to ensure that the room size is adequate. 

 

Benefits: 1 hour of CPE, along with a breakfast buffet. 

 

IMA Government Contractor Breakfast Yahoo Group: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ima_ncc_govt/info - Read all about us here! 

 

Speaker Biography:

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Rebecca Kehoe is a manager in the Firm’s Government Contracting Industry Practice with more than 30 years of experience in addressing compliance issues for government contractors.  She consults with small and medium-sized businesses on such matters as contract compliance for purchasing business systems, cost estimating business systems, and contractor property management business systems, as well as on conflicts of interest and ethics for government contractors.  Rebecca has also taught courses on various issues of government contract compliance for the Firm.

 

Prior to joining CohnReznick, Rebecca worked as a manager in the public services division of an international consulting company.  In that role, she was responsible for the development of teaming agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and subcontract cost/price analysis, among other related projects.  

 

Rebecca also was a senior attorney in a Washington, D.C., law firm, and she worked for the Office of Regional Counsel and General Counsel for the U.S. General Services Administration, for the Office of Design and Construction of The American University, and for the Office of the Architect of U.S. Architect of the Capitol.

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Location

Tower Club
8000 Towers Crescent Dr, Suite 1700
Tysons, VA 22182