Introduction Federal Strategies Group, LLC

Federal Strategies Group, LLC (“FSG”) is an independent management consulting and litigation support firm providing highly specialized services to the government contracting industry.  Our team of professionals possesses significant industry knowledge, experience and expertise that can help ensure the success of your organization or litigation matter.  FSG’s sole focus is on the government contract industry.   We understand your business and can clearly differentiate ourselves from other CPA and Management Consulting Firms.  Our solutions-based services are designed to address and resolve many of the challenges that your organization is either currently facing, or will be facing in the future.  Our mission is to guide our clients to building shareholder value through the creative, innovative and strategic use of our industry knowledge, experience and expertise.

Our Management Consulting Services Offer Innovative Ideas, Strategic Solutions and Management Guidance.

What effect are the strategic business decisions you are making having on the shareholder value of your organization?  How does your company align with the value drivers in the marketplace?  If maximizing shareholder value is a business objective of yours, our Value Maximizer program is designed to provide strategies for achieving this objective whether you are currently facing an exit event or contemplating one in the future.

Are you considering an acquisition or implementing an ESOP program?  Do you have a need for a formal business valuation?  Our M&A advisory services can provide you with the necessary deal structuring, due diligence, and valuation modeling and business valuation services to ensure a successful transaction.

Our Broad Range of Government Contracting Industry Specific Consulting Services Ensure That Your Company Remains Compliant and Thrives In This Marketplace.

Our specialized knowledge in the government contracting industry, our proven record in the performance of various consulting services and our ability to enhance shareholder value makes FSG a strong complement to your management team and a cost-effective alternative to the Big 4 and other national CPA firms.  Our service goals are to provide you with strategies and solutions to:

•           Ensure compliance with government regulations;

•           Maximize profits, indirect rate recovery and cash flow;

•           Maximize shareholder value; and

•           Identify opportunities to increase revenues.

Our Litigation Support and Expert Testimony Services Are Performed by Some of the Industry’s Leading Experts.

The government contracting industry is one of the most litigious industries to do business in.  When you add to it the complexities of complying with federal regulations and other unique aspects of the industry, success of a case can hinge upon the reliability, credibility and experience of the professionals you hire.  With experts who have successfully testified in complex financial litigation matters, we are confident we will be a value-add component to your litigation team. 

Our Outsourcing Services Ensure You Receive the Experience and Expertise of a Team of Industry Trained Individuals Allowing You to Focus on More Important Business Objectives.

Our outsourced CFO, Controller and other accounting/contracts personnel services are utilized by emerging companies that either have the need for this expertise or for companies who wish to fully outsource this function.  We provide a cost beneficial alternative to hiring these positions on a full-time basis while still providing the high-level expertise sought by emerging contractors.

Our Training Services Are Designed to Address Real-World Issues and Challenges Faced by Government Contractors.

Most training programs in the marketplace are generic in nature and do not address the current challenges being faced by today’s government contractors.  Our courses and seminars have been developed after extensive research and surveying those in the industry as to the issues and challenges they need assistance in.  Whether attending one of our existing courses, or having a course designed for your specific company, participants will greatly increase their industry knowledge and expertise.

Our Philosophy of Service is to Provide Value in Each and Every Engagement We Perform.

Our approach is proactive in nature, as opposed to the typical reactive approach of most firms.  We anticipate the problems and challenges that you will be facing and to address these matters today before they become an issue. 

The pages that follow detail our capabilities as well as the services we provide to the government contracting industry.  We hope that you are convinced that Federal Strategies Group, LLC is the choice for your company or litigation matter. 

Today’s Government Contracting Marketplace

The government contracting industry is one of constant challenge and change.  Some of today’s issues that are prevalent in the marketplace include:

•          Mergers and acquisitions activity by industry consolidators, private equity groups, foreign-owned entities and even small to mid-sized companies has been occurring at unprecedented rates.

•           Increased scrutiny by DCAA and other government audit agencies in their search for procurement fraud, cost disallowances and regulatory compliance.

•           The enormous compliance issues that Sarbanes-Oxley has imposed on publicly-traded corporations, and now, as it works its way into the privately-held companies too.

•           The outreach programs the government has initiated to provide contracting opportunities to small and disadvantaged businesses including Service Disabled Veteran (“SDV”) entities, 8(a) companies, Small Business Innovative Research (“SBIR”) companies, among others.

•           The shift towards performance-based contracting and a decrease in the growth percentage of GSA Schedule utilization.

FSG was established as a response to the need of increasing levels of industry knowledge, expertise and sophistication required by today’s government contractor consultants.  Changes in the regulatory environment governing CPA firms have had a profound impact on their service offerings.  The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 limits the services that public accounting firms are permitted to provide to their publicly-traded audit clients.  This phenomenon is now beginning to occur within privately-held companies as they seek independent advice, counsel and solutions outside of their traditional independent auditors.  As an independent consulting firm, we do not have these types of conflicts that CPA firms do.  Though we hire CPAs within our professional staff, we are not a CPA firm.  We believe that our independence, industry expertise and focus, our reputation and experienced personnel are a tremendous benefit to our client base that differentiates us in the marketplace.

Our service offerings and solutions are designed specifically to address these current industry issues.  By working with government contractors of all sizes nationally and internationally, we stay current with all issues and developments that can have an impact on your organization.