DCAA-Compliant Timekeeping
DCAA ICE timekeeping rules enforced from the first timecard — not retrofitted.
DCAA timekeeping findings are among the fastest ways to put a cost-reimbursable contract at risk: pre-populated hours, late entries, and missing charge codes can trigger contract-wide audit exposure. The defense is contemporaneous, attributable time charged to the right cost objective — a discipline most systems bolt on after the fact.
FORGE implements the DCAA ICE requirements from the first timecard. There is no pre-population. Daily entry is enforced, supervisor certification is required, and hours allocate to WBS charge codes. The audit trail is built in, so labor is ready for incurred-cost review rather than reconstructed for it.
- ▸No pre-population of hours
- ▸Daily-entry enforcement + supervisor certification
- ▸WBS charge-code allocation
- ▸Built-in audit trail aligned to DCAA ICE
Common questions
Core expectations include daily, contemporaneous entry by the employee; no pre-population or estimating; charging to the correct cost objective; supervisor review/certification; and a complete audit trail of any changes.
Common triggers are timesheets edited without an audit trail, pre-populated or estimated hours, charging to the wrong WBS/cost objective, and missing daily-entry discipline.
No. FORGE deliberately disallows pre-population and enforces daily entry, because pre-filled hours are a classic DCAA finding.