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class=154482616-28032005>I'll have to look into this for my DoD billings. Keep
you posted. Looks like a qof/qos project.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=154482616-28032005>No resp nec.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> FGRRB [mailto:unscribe@fgrrb.org]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 17, 2005 3:41 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
tcreedon@easystreet.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> DFAS Announces Date to Return Paper
Invoices as Unpaid Items<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial> As many of you know, the Defense
Department has been congressionally mandated, by public law, to require its
vendors to submit all invoices electronically. <B><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333399">This new mandate
should greatly increase your ability to get paid more quickly, reduce the number
of invoices being returned to you, and speed up the receipt/acceptance
process.</SPAN></FONT></B></FONT></FONT> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">At FGRRB’s conference last week, DFAS
announced that its largest payment directorate ($125 billion a year and 1.2
million invoices) is now systematically capable and will begin returning paper
invoices to vendors as unpaid items effective </SPAN></FONT>June 1, 2005.
Paper Invoices sent to the Marine Corps are already being returned as unpaid
items. DFAS will be notifying its vendors, in April 2005, of this
initiative. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>About Us: FGRRB is a
nationally recognized trade association which has assisted Defense Agencies in
training 1000’s of Defense Contractors regarding the use of DoD’s mandatory
electronic invoice;<FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">
</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">specifically in the
use of </SPAN></FONT>Wide Area WorkFlow.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>FGRRB is hosting several
regional training conferences and Wide Area WorkFlow Computer Labs (as found
below - click city link for more information):<FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"> FGRRB has received approval for an
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anchorage</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Alaska</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> conference,
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">July 14-15,
2005</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. If you may be
interested attending this session please let us know as we are conducting an
informal poll to see if a session is needed in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Alaska</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 3in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><FONT
face=Symbol color=black size=2><SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><A
href="http://www.fgrrb.org/ConferenceFrameMar05OK.htm">March 23-24, 2005
Oklahoma City, OK</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Next
Week-Distinguished Speaker Retired 3 Star General Richard Burpee Past Commander
Tinker AFB/ALC</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 3in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><FONT
face=Symbol color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=1><SPAN style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><A
href="http://www.fgrrb.org/HoustonConfFrameApr05.htm">April 6-7, 2005
Houston, Texas</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Near
Sell Out Status</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 3in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><FONT
face=Symbol color=black size=2><SPAN
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size=1><SPAN style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><A
href="http://www.fgrrb.org/ConferenceFrameApr05WADC.htm"><FONT
color=#0000ff>April 13-15, 2005 Washington, DC</FONT></A> ---
For Conventional Defense Contractors & For Grants & Research for
Universities and Non-Profits</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Near
Sellout Status</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 3in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><FONT
face=Symbol color=black size=2><SPAN
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size=1><SPAN style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><A
href="http://www.fgrrb.org/NCConferenceFrame.htm">April 21-22, 2005 Raleigh,
NC</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Near
Sell Out Status</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 3in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><FONT
face=Symbol color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=1><SPAN style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><A
href="http://www.fgrrb.org/AustinConfMay05/AustinConfFrame.htm">May 5-6, 2005
Austin, Texas</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">New
Addition to Schedule</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 3in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><FONT
face=Symbol color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=1><SPAN style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><A
href="http://www.fgrrb.org/Colorado/ColoradoConfFrame.htm">May 24-25, 2005
Colorado Springs</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">New
Addition to Schedule</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><B><FONT face="Courier New" color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Speakers
and trainers for these sessions are from the federal agencies. In addition,
FGRRB will be providing computer lab training with Wide Area
</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Courier New" color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">WorkFlow</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT
face="Courier New" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">
(form of electronic invoicing), the most current version of which includes
Public/Cost Vouchers. Wide Area WorkFlow now includes pay requests for virtually
all types of invoices.</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>In addition to the Wide Area
WorkFlow Computer Lab the conference will cover many other topics designed to
get you paid more quickly. Topics include:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Prompt
Pay Act-Learn how to get paid interest and additional penalties if you are not
paid on time.</SPAN></FONT></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Payment
Processes-Hear about the life cycle of your invoice; including proper routing
and distribution.</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Collection
Activities-Who to call for the problem invoice. Phone numbers and email
addresses are also provided.</SPAN></FONT></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Vendor
Payment Inquiry System/myInvoice-Learn how to access the Defense Departments
invoice inquiry system. This allows you at the click of a mouse to examine
all your invoices and see the payment status.</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Electronic
Data Access (EDA)- EDA allows you to view online all of your contracts and
modifications to contracts.</SPAN></FONT></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">WORKSHOP-Because
most of the speakers are from federal agencies including the payment arm (DFAS)
for the Defense Department you may bring along any and all invoices for which
you are experiencing pay delays. Often these workshops will create payment
for you within 7 days. </SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333333
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For
those of you who cannot make any of the conferences, you may like to know that
we offer the Presentation binders for sale. These binders have hard copies
of the PowerPoint presentations used at our conference and Wide Area Workflow
lab. Please visit <FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333"><A
href="http://fgrrb.org/Products.html"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://fgrrb.org/Products.html</FONT></A> </SPAN></FONT> for
additional information.</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">These are just a few topics being
covered during these 2-day conferences. The Director of FGRRB, George
Reaver, has over 20 years experience in the federal government finance and
contracting arena. FGRRB provides conferences in nearly every state, while
training both the largest and smallest of contractors. Our website, as
well as the website for these conferences, is <A
href="http://www.fgrrb.org/"><FONT color=#0000ff>www.fgrrb.org</FONT></A>.
It provides many more details regarding these topics and the federal agencies
providing the training. For additional information, please contact us at
<A href="mailto:jedb@fgrrb.org"><FONT color=#0000ff>jedb@fgrrb.org</FONT></A> or
<A href="mailto:georger@fgrrb.org"><FONT
color=#0000ff>georger@fgrrb.org</FONT></A> by telephone <FONT color=blue><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">(410) 861-8924</SPAN></FONT>.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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