I am a subcontractor to the DOD.  My company keeps asking me to
"estimate" the last day's worth of time and file my timesheet early. 
I am sure this is against the rules of contracting to the US gov't.  I
can't find a "list of rule" or regulations about these timesheets. 
Can you help me find it?

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 16 Mar 2005 09:22 PST

Tim,

Take this with a grain of salt, but my understanding of things is this:

As a sub, you are working not for the federal gov't, but for the prime
contractor.  As such, the prime can set whatever rules they want
regarding submission of your hours.  THEY are the ones that are
responsible for adhering to the federal rules, while your
responsibility is to adhere to their rules.


Again...this isn't the official word, just my understanding of the system.


Let me know if it helps, though.

pafalafa-ga

For referrence, the government also asks for timesheets early... often
well in advance of the end of the pay period.  I find it a very silly
practice to turn in a time sheet 3 days early (they are due by me on
Tuesday when the pay period ends Friday), but that's beaurocracy for
you.
I'd be willing to bet they spend alot more time (money) on correcting
time sheets due to this than they save from getting them early to
process them.

grrrrr, now they want it on Monday... 4 days before the end of the pay period.