by Heather Hurley | Nov 4, 2026 | Deltek Costpoint, Finance & Accounting, Government Contracting
“Oh no, the bank reconciliation process has completely changed. How am I supposed to move forward?” If you’ve had this thought recently, you’re not alone. As Deltek continues to roll out updates across Costpoint, the once-familiar bank...
by Heather Hurley | Oct 30, 2026 | Astrata, Finance & Accounting, Government Contracting
Welcome back to our series on the Astrata Accounting application. In our last post, we explored three modules: Credit Card Automation, Employee Actions, and Prepaid Expense Management. Each one showed how Astrata replaces tedious manual work with streamlined,...
by Heather Hurley | Sep 30, 2026 | Finance & Accounting, Marketing Agency, Operations
Here’s an uncomfortable truth: a full pipeline doesn’t guarantee a healthy bank account. Plenty of agencies are busy, booked out, and still losing money on a quarter of their projects without realizing it. Agencies lose money on 20-30% of projects without...
by Heather Hurley | Sep 10, 2026 | Astrata, Finance & Accounting, Government Contracting
Government contractors run on precision. Every transaction, personnel change, and prepaid expense needs to be accurate, auditable, and easy to trace back to its source. Yet many finance teams still rely on manual processes and disconnected spreadsheets to manage this...
by Heather Hurley | Sep 3, 2026 | Astrata, Finance & Accounting, Government Contracting
It’s been a while, so allow us to reintroduce you to Astrata. Over the next few weeks, we will take a closer look at the applications and modules that make up the Astrata platform. Today, we’ll start with an introduction to the platform as a whole. If your...
by Heather Hurley | Aug 27, 2026 | Finance & Accounting, Marketing Agency
Quick answer: Billable hours are the time your team spends on client work you can invoice. Non-billable hours cover everything else—internal meetings, admin, training, and business development. Both matter, but agencies that don’t track them separately often...
