Hey, it's Michael.
You've been on The GovCon Finance OS list for a while now — and I want to make sure you're actually getting your money's worth out of it (even though it's free).
So today, a quick reset.
In case we haven't really met: every Tuesday at 7:00am I send one real GovCon finance problem, broken down, with the exact moves to fix it. No fluff, no theory. Indirect rates, realization, contract types, DCAA — the stuff that works nothing like commercial accounting and quietly costs you when you treat it like it does.
If you've been skimming lately (no judgment), here are the three pieces worth your time first:
The Contract That Quietly Drained $400K. A five-year contract won at a 14% bid margin. Eighteen months later: 1.2%. How the margin vanished — and the 90-minute monthly review that would have caught it.
The 12-Point DCAA Timekeeping Self-Assessment (free). The checklist I run on every new client. Score yourself in ten minutes and know exactly where a floor check would hurt.
The Indirect Rate Health-Check (free). The one-hour diagnostic that surfaces the rate-structure problems quietly losing you proposals.
And one quick favor — it helps more than you'd think:
Reply to this email with the word "audit."
Two things happen when you do. It tells your inbox provider these emails matter, so I keep landing in your primary inbox instead of the promotions tab. And as a thank-you, I'll send you my 12-Point DCAA Timekeeping Self-Assessment.
Deal?
Talk Tuesday,
—Michael Harris
Founder/CEO, 4G Consulting, LLC