Law360, New York (October 8, 2014, 10:26 AM EDT) -- In recent years, the Defense Contract Audit Agency's audit practices have become increasingly aggressive, often to the point that it demands unfettered access to all records (even those that are privileged) and interviews employees about potential frauds. Worse yet, these tactics, which have strained relationships with the government contractor community, go well beyond the DCAA's original mandate of assisting agencies' evaluation of offerors' proposals during source selections. The DCAA's aggressive practices also have significantly increased the audit backload (thus delaying contract close outs), imposed often arbitrary and incorrect contract decrements, and introduced significant uncertainty in the costs and fees that contractors can expect to recover....
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