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May 3 · 11 min read · By Stephen McGillivray | The Barksdale Group When I led the compensation integration for a defense contractor's acquisition of a 520-person engineering firm, the first 48 hours looked the same as ev
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Apr 19 · 10 min read · The audit finding that should scare you more than the cap Most GovCon finance and HR leaders know the FAR 31.205-6(p) compensation cap number. The 2025 cap is $671,000. The 2026 cap has not yet been o
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Apr 14 · 12 min read · Over the past 16 years, I have walked into more mid-market companies than I can count and found the same pattern. It is not that they have nothing in place. They almost always have pieces. Salary rang
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