Compliance
DCAA-Ready Operational Architecture
15 min reading time
Published April 2026
Building Audit-Ready GovCon Systems Without Last-Minute Scramble.
The scramble is not inevitable. It is architectural. Most GovCon firms prepare for audits. Very few are built for them.
Effective January 17, 2025, a DFARS rule change replaced "significant deficiency" with "material weakness" — creating a direct link to payment withholding authority of up to 5% of progress payments.
This paper explains how to move from reactive audit preparation to continuous compliance — embedded in every transaction, not assembled before every review.
Key Insights in This Paper
- Why recurring DCAA findings are a systems architecture problem
- What DCAA actually tests in a floor check (and it is not what you think)
- The four architectural layers of audit-ready systems
- Financial stakes: payment withholding, questioned costs, and recovery cycles
- What changed in Jan 2025: the new DFARS "material weakness" standard
The full paper (12–18 pages) includes complete diagnostic frameworks, quantified scenario models, and specific implementation roadmaps for GovCon leaders.
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