We’re shaking things up: instead of our usual Friday morning seminar, we’re hosting this event after work on a Thursday evening. Why? Because we’re turning this into a triple threat:

1. Appetizers + Drinks @ 5:30 PM – network with your fellow GovCon pros 🍤🍷
2. Seminar @ 6:30 PM – learn everything you need to know about CPSRs 📘
3. More networking after – because the best insights sometimes happen over your second glass 🍹

With the increase in spending, heightened regulatory scrutiny, and shifting acquisition strategies, CPSRs remain one of the most talked-about — and misunderstood — components of government contracting compliance. Whether you’re prepping for your first review or supporting prime contractors as a sub, this session will break it all down.

CPSR audits are conducted by DCMA and have become increasingly nuanced in recent years, especially with increased attention to cybersecurity, subcontracting, source selection documentation, and compliance with DFARS and FAR Part 44.

Mark Hijar has acted as the POC or SME for more than 175 CPSRs and currently serves as the managing partner of ProcureLinx LLC. Along with supporting the Philly Startup Leaders nonprofit as an operations officer and serving as a Senior Fellow for the Information Technology Acquisition Advisory Council (IT-AAC), Mark is a recent inventor with a patent pending in cybersecurity methods for AI platforms focusing on prompt integrity and learned data access and security. The latter method uses the “memorization” process of AI models to ensure covered data (including CUI, CDI, and HIPAA data) is properly handled, stored and/or rendered useless to hackers and other unauthorized parties after platform task completion.