From DCAA search question to an operating labor-control system.
A structured library for small government contractors building daily timekeeping, labor charging, correction, approval, labor-distribution, payroll-reconciliation, floor-check, and contract-funding controls.
Use the path that matches the decision in front of you. Every GovCon guide links its primary sources and states where software ends and company responsibility begins.
Define the requirements and the first implementation decisions.
Use these guides when a new contract, pre-award review, or accounting-system question puts timekeeping controls on the agenda.
DCAA timekeeping requirements: 10-control checklist
Understand the employee-owned daily timekeeping, correction, approval, and labor-distribution controls DCAA describes for government contractors.
Read the guideFirst government contract timekeeping checklist
Set up timekeeping, work authorization, labor distribution, funding controls and employee training before your first government contract period closes.
Read the guideSF 1408 timekeeping requirements for contractors
Understand the SF 1408 timekeeping and labor-distribution criteria, the accounting-system scope around them and the evidence to prepare.
Read the guideMake the written process match what employees and supervisors do.
Daily entry, charge authorization, corrections, certification, approval, training, and floor checks form the operational core of reliable labor charging.
DCAA daily timekeeping requirements
Learn what daily employee-owned time entry means, how to handle missing hours and offsite work, and which records support a reliable labor-charging process.
Read the guideDCAA charge codes and work authorization guide
Build direct and indirect charge codes, control employee work authorization and prevent funding pressure from changing where labor is recorded.
Read the guideDCAA timesheet corrections and audit trail
Correct late, submitted, or approved government-contract timesheets without deleting the original charge or letting managers silently rewrite employee time.
Read the guideDCAA timesheet approval requirements
Separate employee certification from supervisor approval and retain evidence when an approved government-contract timesheet changes.
Read the guideDCAA timekeeping policy and training checklist
Write a government-contract timekeeping policy employees can follow, train each role with practical scenarios and retain useful evidence.
Read the guideDCAA floor check checklist
Prepare for an unannounced DCAA labor floor check with employee interview questions, timekeeping records, payroll reconciliation and a mock-audit checklist.
Read the guideConnect approved time to labor, payroll, accounting, funding, and software choices.
These guides cover the decisions that appear after a timecard is approved: distribution, reconciliation, contract visibility, QuickBooks workflows, and focused alternatives to a broad ERP.
DCAA labor distribution report guide
Build a labor distribution report that connects approved hours to direct and indirect labor, payroll, contract costs and the general ledger.
Read the guideQuickBooks DCAA timekeeping for contractors
Learn where QuickBooks supports GovCon accounting, which DCAA timekeeping controls need extra workflow, and how to reconcile labor and payroll.
Read the guideGovernment contract funding burn rate
Calculate government contract funding runway, track burn by CLIN and connect forecasts to FAR limitation-of-cost, funding and T&M notice windows.
Read the guideDCAA timekeeping software for small contractors
Compare DCAA timekeeping software by daily entry, corrections, approvals, labor distribution, QuickBooks integration, funding controls and evidence.
Read the guideDeltek Costpoint alternatives for small contractors
Compare full GovCon ERPs with a lighter QuickBooks-based approach, and decide how much system your business actually needs.
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Make the controls part of daily work.
Timecard Lab gives small government contractors simple employee time entry plus controlled corrections, approvals, labor distribution, contract structure, funding visibility, and retained history.