Faculty Profile
Dr. James P.
Bedingfield
Professor Emeritus
3317 Van Munching Hall
Phone: 301-405-2138
E-mail:
jbedingfield@rhsmith.umd.edu
D.B.A., Accounting,
University of Maryland
Dr.
Bedingfield's areas of expertise
include accounting regulations,
Cost Accounting Standards, and
the Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR). He has served
as a consultant to various
federal agencies and private
groups on these topics.
Bedingfield has published
extensively in both academic and
professional journals, including
the Journal of Accountancy,
Accounting Review, Financial
Executive, and the Journal of
Accounting and Public Policy.
He is the author of
Accounting and Federal
Regulation and the co-author
with Howard W. Wright (first
edition) and Dr. Louis I. Rosen
(current edition) of
Government Contract
Accounting. He has served as
an expert witness and as a
research consultant to the
American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants (AICPA). He
was a member of the AICPA
Special Committee that revised
the Industry Audit Guide: Audits
of Government Contractors. Dr.
Bedingfield has served on the
Cost Accounting Standards Board,
the federal body that
promulgates accounting standards
for major federal procurements.
