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Government Contracts Bullet Points


Sep.02.10 Court Reviews Decision to Stop Using SBA 8(a) Contract
Aug.30.10 Subcontract Unenforceable When Violates SBA Requirements
Aug.20.10 Another Salvo in the War for Control of Contractor "Systems" Approval
Aug.18.10 Only Significant OCIs Require Mitigation
Aug.12.10 CDA's Statute of Limitation Not Jurisdictional
Aug.10.10 Wherefore Software In Analyzing Substantial Transformation
Aug.06.10 Equal Treatment Applies Even If Minimum Discussions Threshold Met
Aug.03.10 FAPIIS Information To Be Publicly Available
Jul.23.10 DHS Clamps Down On Lead System Integrators
Jul.21.10 CFC Rules That GAO Made Faulty OCI Analysis
Jul.19.10 ASBCA Hears Past Performance Evaluation Challenges
Jul.13.10 Don't Want a Setoff? Better Say It
Jul.09.10 Reporting Requirements For Executive Compensation And First-Tier Subcontract Awards
Jun.29.10 CFC Dismisses Adverse Past Performance Challenge
Jun.25.10 The Best Defense Is A CDA-Compliant Offense
Jun.18.10 New Pro-Competitive Restrictions On DoD Prototype Line Items and Options
Jun.16.10 CAS Price Adjustments Limited To "Affected" Contracts
Jun.14.10 Commerce Proposes Updates To Reauthorized Defense Production Act
Jun.10.10 Another GSA Schedule Antikickback/FCA Settlement
Jun.08.10 Another Attempt To Catch GSA Schedule Vendors In Violation of TAA Requirements
Jun.02.10 No PRB Cost Adjustment For Segment Closings
May.21.10 GAO Sides With COFC In Continued Battle Over Hubzone Set-Aside Priority
May.19.10 DOD Implements Restrictions On Employee/Contractor Agreements Requiring Arbitration
May.18.10 When Size Matters, SBA Has Final Say
May.17.10 Resellers Policing Each Other On TAA Compliance
May.13.10 Government Considers On-Line Public Access To Contracts And Task/Delivery Orders
May.06.10 "Rebalancing" The Federal Workforce
May.03.10 No Tolerance For Not Meeting Storage Requirements
Apr.28.10 DoD Issues Proposed Rules Governing Organizational Conflicts of Interest
Apr.27.10 Court Gives Teeth To Service Disabled Veteran Status
Apr.22.10 Costs Of Influencing Collective Bargaining Decisions Proposed For Disallowance
Apr.20.10 New Push Toward Project Labor Agreements For Federal Construction Work
Apr.15.10 Strict Application Of Micro-Purchase Exception Sinks Award
Apr.12.10 DCAA Issues Guidance On Revised Travel Cost Rule
Apr.07.10 Cybersecurity Gets Hot On The Hill
Apr.05.10 D.C. Circuit Overturns Decision To Release Manufacturing Data Under FOIA
Apr.01.10 OCIs Must Be Considered During M&A Activity
Mar.31.10 Latest False Claims Act Developments Further Erode Safeguards Against Parasitic Whistleblower Suits
Mar.30.10 Recovery Act Buy American Provision: Good News For Canadian Suppliers
Mar.29.10 CFC Has Jurisdiction Over "Nonprocurement" Protests
Mar.26.10 Remember To Quote Approved Rates
Mar.25.10 Ready Or Not, Here FAPIIS Comes -- Significant New Disclosure Requirements For Contractors
Mar.24.10 MAS Advisory Panel Urges Increased Competition And Transparency
Mar.23.10 Mandatory Suspension/Debarment Review For "Poorly Performing" Contractors
Mar.22.10 Help Wanted: Bounty Hunters
Mar.19.10 TSA Snared in GAO Protest Jurisdiction
Mar.19.10 IR&D Definition Clarified
Mar.15.10 GAO Ups the Ante on Biased Ground Rules OCIs
Mar.12.10 Don't Risk A "Jury Verdict"
Mar.11.10 Proposed Rule For Women-Owned Small Business Set-Asides
Mar.08.10 DOD Proposed New Cybersecurity Rules
Mar.04.10 DoD Implements Franken Amendment For Non-Commercial Contracts
Mar.01.10 Cost Conference With Discount
Feb.24.10 No Warranty Without Express Language
Feb.22.10 Constitutional Challenges To Security Clearance Revocations Are Permissible
Feb.19.10 Check For Weed
Feb.05.10 US and Canada Thaw Relations By Reducing Buy American Friction
Feb.04.10 Agencies May Not Rely On Flawed DCAA Audits
Jan.27.10 Crackdown On Contractors With Tax Delinquencies
Jan.22.10 ACO Approval of Contractor Business Systems, With Teeth
Jan.19.10 Blanket Purchase Order Does Not Equal Task Order Contract
Jan.06.10 Two Bites Allowed If In Different Spots On The Apple
Jan.04.10 Weakened Dollar Causes Further Rise In TAA Thresholds
Dec.28.09 Sweeping Prohibition on Arbitration of Employment Disputes in 2010 Defense Appropriations
Dec.18.09 Statute Of Limitations Invalidates Government Claim For The First Time
Dec.14.09 Costs of Air Travel Limited to the “Lowest Priced Airfare Available to the Contractor”
Dec.08.09 Limits On Bid Protest Review Reinforced
Dec.03.09 FCA Settlement Does Not Bar Third-Party Claims
Nov.30.09 FOIA Release Is FCA 'Public Disclosure'
Nov.18.09 GAO Sustains TRICARE Protest On Multiple Grounds
Nov.11.09 Ignorance of The Law
Nov.05.09 SBA Proposes Important New Section 8(A) Regulations
Oct.19.09 New Limits On Use Of "Of A Type" Commercial Services
Oct.15.09 "Excessive" Pass-Through Charges Defined And Prohibited
Oct.14.09 It's All In The Name
Oct.13.09 3 Days For Contractor ARRA Comments
Sep.28.09 Many Small Projects Do Not Equal One Big Project
Sep.24.09 GAO Reports Deficiencies In DCAA Audit Reports
Sep.23.09 PRB Costs Allowable Whether Measured Under FAS 106 or IRS Criteria
Sep.18.09 Abu Ghraib Service Contractors Immune From Tort Claims
Sep.14.09 OCIs Down Air Force Award
Sep.10.09 25th Anniversary Version Of FMF Guidelines -- No Celebration For It Companies
Aug.28.09 Get There On Time, Or The Party's Over
Aug.25.09 Reporting And Registration Under ARRA
Aug.04.09 Past Performance CDA Appeal Revisited
Jul.31.09 Crowell & Moring Cops #1 Ranking
Jul.23.09 Equality For All - OMB Instructs Agencies To Ignore GAO And Give Equal Consideration To Three SBA Programs
Jul.17.09 FCA Treble Damages Awarded For Grant Fraudulently Induced, Despite Successful Performance
Jul.15.09 Administration To Begin E-Verify Enforcement On September 8, 2009
Jul.10.09 Defacto Debarment: Broad Contracting Prohibitions For Many Expatriate Corporations
Jul.08.09 Fraud Or Indiscretion? It Depends Who You Are
Jul.06.09 Elimination of Price Reduction Clause and Other Recommendations by MAS Panel
Jun.30.09 Boards' CDA Jurisdiction Does Not Extend To Third-Party Beneficiaries
Jun.23.09 Treasury Issues Compensation Standards For TARP Participants
Jun.12.09 U.S. Not A "Party" To Whistleblower Cases When It Has Not Intervened, Supreme Court Says
Jun.11.09 A-12 Default Affirmed
Jun.08.09 E-Verify Enforcement Suspended Until September 2009
Jun.04.09 Inexact IDIQ Exercise = Constructive Change
Jun.02.09 GAO Bites Agency On Corrective Action Discussions
May.28.09 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Contracting
May.26.09 Congress Clamps Down On OCIs & Competition For DoD Major Systems
May.21.09 Unfortunate Change To Settlement Fees And Costs Allowability Law
May.19.09 Congress Amends False Claims Act
May.06.09 Federal Circuit Reaffirms Deferential OCI Standard
May.04.09 No Small Business Set-Asides For FSS Purchases
Apr.22.09 Public-Private Partnerships On The Rise
Apr.17.09 Crystal-Ball Jurisprudence Critiqued
Apr.16.09 Beware of Noncompliance With Price Reduction Clause Requirements
Apr.13.09 Fourth Circuit Rules In Custer Battles
Apr.03.09 Recovery Act CRIB Sheet For Government Contractors, Part II, The Interim FAR
Mar.31.09 House Hammers Hubzone Program
Mar.26.09 Agency Acceptably Disqualifies Offeror For Refusal To Wall Off Employee
Mar.24.09 DCAA "Independence"
Mar.19.09 Recourse For Negative Past Performance Evaluation
Mar.16.09 E-Mails Regarding Competitor's Responsibility Not Releasable Under FOIA
Mar.06.09 Agency's Corrective Action Based Upon GAO Recommendation Reasonable
Mar.04.09 President Focuses On "Cleaning Up" Federal Contracting
Mar.03.09 Fraudulent Claim Gets The Triple Whammy
Feb.26.09 Stimulus Act Crib Sheet for Government Contractors
Feb.25.09 Buy American Provisions of Stimulus Act
Feb.24.09 B&P Costs Plus Injunctive Relief Permitted
Feb.03.09 Obama Moves Out On The Union Front
Jan.23.09 Clearing The Decks--FAR Council Finally Issues COTS Waivers Mandated By Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996
Jan.16.09 More Confusion On What Costs Are Allocable To Government Contracts
Jan.14.09 Must DOJ Intervene In Qui Tam Cases Within 60 Days After The Case Is Filed?
Jan.13.09 GAO Sends Agency Back To The Drawing Board -- Again
Jan.07.09 Fasten Your Seatbelts -- Bumpy Road Ahead
Jan.05.09 Iraq Delays Enforcement Of Certain Laws
Jan.02.09 Tech Bundling Justified For Emergency Situations
Dec.16.08 The Status Of Forces: Largely Uncertain
Nov.24.08 Successful Protest Leads To Award
Nov.20.08 Mandatory Disclosure Is The New Reality
Nov.14.08 E-Verify -- Immigration Enforcement Comes to Federal Contracting
Nov.06.08 DOD's Affirmative Action Program Unconstitutional
Nov.03.08 CFC Gives CICA Its Bite
Oct.29.08 Contingency Contractor Beware
Oct.21.08 "Rule of Two" For Small Business Set-Asides Extended to Award of Task and Delivery Orders
Oct.17.08 Government Procurement Is Going Green
Oct.15.08 Protestor Bags Redo and B&P Costs, Too
Oct.13.08 CAS Pension Requirements In The Market Meltdown
Oct.07.08 SBA Issues Final Rule On WOSB Contracting Program But Has Yet To Identify Eligible Industries
Oct.02.08 Alternative Procurement Yields Protestor Bid Preparation Costs
Sep.25.08 Competitive Range Of One Gets Close Scrutiny
Sep.22.08 OCI Exclusion Without Notice Denies Due Process
Aug.29.08 CFC Has "Pre-Procurement" Protest Jurisdiction
Aug.21.08 Parent's No-Debarment Agreement Doesn't Stop CO Finding Sub Lacks Integrity
Aug.08.08 Customs Proposes To Substantially Transform The Substantial Transformation Test
Jul.23.08 More Disclosure Proposed -- And Not By The Government
Jul.16.08 DOJ Offers Last-Minute Criticism of The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007
Jul.15.08 Post Hoc Explanation Inadequate To Save Unreasonable Price Evaluation
Jul.03.08 All Those Disclosure Requirements -- They Just Keep Coming
Jul.01.08 OGE Issues Final Rule On Post-Employment Conflict Of Interest Restrictions
Jun.26.08 Crowell & Moring Once Again Rated Leading Government Contracts Firm
Jun.24.08 GAO Blasts Faulty Past Performance Evaluation
Jun.20.08 Congress Has A "Heart"?
Jun.19.08 Tanker Award Tanked
Jun.17.08 New Protest Jurisdiction at GAO
Jun.11.08 Government Contractors Must Use E-Verify
Jun.10.08 Subcontractor Must Intend That Government Pay False Claim Submitted To Prime, Supreme Court Rules
Jun.03.08 Supremes Allow Paralegal Fees Recovery At Market Rates
May.28.08 Task Order Protest as Breach at The ASBCA
May.20.08 Flawed Pension Cost Decision Is Reversed - But Why?
May.16.08 Scope of Proposed Rule on Self-Reporting is Expanded and Would Also Require Self-Reporting of FCA Violations and Contract Overpayments
May.13.08 DFARS Excessive Pass-Through Cost Rule Modified
May.09.08 Agency's Preclusionary (And Erroneous) "Revolving Door" Advice Provides Pre-Award Bid Protest Standing
May.06.08 No Prime Liability = No Pass-Through
Apr.30.08 "//signed//" Doesn't Cut It
Apr.25.08 Federal Taxes, Contractor Responsibility, and Suspension and Debarment
Apr.21.08 Beware The Cooperative Agreement
Apr.16.08 Mandatory Disclosure And Cooperation To Be Proposed For Commercial Item And Overseas Contractors
Apr.09.08 GAO To Staff New Contract Appeals Board
Apr.03.08 GAO Repeats Protective Order Warning
Mar.10.08 CFC Faults GSA's False Statistical Precision In Major Evaluation
Mar.05.08 Court Of Federal Claims Examines Contracting Authority
Feb.28.08 Stay Tuned For Likely Changes In False Claims Law
Feb.27.08 TSA Back Under The Thumb off FAR and CICA
Feb.21.08 Go Ahead and Offer the Senator a Cup of Coffee - Senate Gift Rules Don't Require You to Be Rude, Just Stingy
Feb.21.08 Go Ahead and Offer the Senator a Cup of Coffee
Feb.05.08 GAO Slams Protestor For Protective Order Violation
Jan.30.08 Line Item Prices Still Exempt Under FOIA
Jan.22.08 Crossing The Threshold
Jan.17.08 Potential OCI Short-Circuits Sole-Source Award
Jan.08.08 Supreme Court Strictly Enforces CFC Statute Of Limitation
Jan.02.08 SBA Proposes Set-Aside Rules For Women-Owned Small Businesses
Dec.21.07 Happy Holidays From The Far Council -- Proposed Restrictions On Allowable Airfare
Dec.10.07 Latest DoD "Reform" Act Is Far-Reaching
Dec.04.07 Be Certain of The Sum Certain
Nov.26.07 Déjà Vu: Another FAR Rule On Contractor Codes Of Business Ethics And Conduct
Nov.16.07 Contractor Socked For Double And Treble Damages
Nov.14.07 DOJ Would Mandate Contractor Compliance Programs And Self-Reporting
Nov.13.07 FAR Integrated With Safety Act
Nov.12.07 Agency's Stafford Act Interpretation Rejected
Nov.05.07 Assembly In US Does Not Unlock TAA Procurement Door For Padlocks Made From Chinese Parts
Oct.30.07 False Claims Act - Supreme Court Will Review Allison
Oct.26.07 DOD Suspensions and Debarments Are Dramatically Up: Check Your Compliance Program
Oct.17.07 Court Explores New Frontier On The OCI Front
Oct.15.07 Interest Paid Is Recoverable In Damages
Sep.27.07 Congressional Sledgehammer Drops On DHS Cyber Insecurity
Sep.19.07 Little Dab of Fraud Will Do Ya (In)
Sep.14.07 Gotta Give A Guy A Fair Chance On The Redo
Sep.05.07 Court Dumps CICA Stay Override
Aug.31.07 Compound Interest On CAS
Aug.22.07 State Slammed For Adopting GAO Recommendation
Aug.20.07 Congress Hammers TSA Exemption From FAR
Aug.03.07 SBA Proposes To Relax Employee-Based Size Standard
Aug.01.07 Civil FCA Relator Fees Are Deductible
Jul.30.07 Strong Mitigating Factors Trump Debarment
Jul.06.07 CAS Exemption For Time & Material And Labor Hour Contracts
Jul.05.07 Further Progress On What Used To Be The Berry Amendment
Jul.03.07 CAS-covered Contract Not "Affected" By Accounting Change
Jun.27.07 New Timeliness Rule Sinks Ferry’s Protest
Jun.18.07 Board Finds Liability For Constructive Receipt of Pension Plan Assets at Plan Merger
Jun.14.07 CAS Board Adjusts Coverage Threshold
Jun.12.07 Ambiguous Instructions Give Disqualified Offeror A Second Chance
Jun.08.07 IRS Mandates Audit of Deductibility of Settlements
Jun.06.07 GAO Teaches Course in Cost Realism 101
May.11.07 "Yardstick" Measures Failure to Progress in A-12 Default Termination
Apr.30.07 Limitation on Mark-Up of Subcontractor Costs
Apr.25.07 Bad Faith Conduct Pervades Contract
Apr.24.07 Patent Case Has Implications For Contract Interpretation
Apr.16.07 Decision Signals Increased SBA Scrutiny of Size Status
Apr.10.07 GAO And SBA Disagree on Effect of Noncompliance With Subcontracting Limitation
Apr.04.07 Government Auditor Cannot Qualify As An Original Source
Apr.02.07 Supreme Court Deals Set-Back To Whistleblowers
Mar.28.07 Supreme Court Resolves “Original Source” Issue
Mar.26.07 CFC Sets Out Contract Interpretation Standards
Mar.16.07 Government Not Immune To E-Discovery Costs
Mar.06.07 ASBCA Reconsiders CAS 418 Definition Of "Homogeneous Cost Pools"
Feb.16.07 Proposed Far Rule Would Require Many Federal Contractors And Subcontractors To Adopt Ethics Program
Feb.02.07 Federal Supply Schedules Opened To State And Local Governments For Recovery Purchasing
Jan.29.07 Award Fee Determination Must Be Made By Designated Official
Jan.17.07 Imminent Qualification As Source Must Be Considered By Agency
Jan.12.07 Federal Circuit Opens Split Over Paralegal Reimbursement Under EAJA
Jan.04.07 Court Opens Third Party's Files To Aid Private International Arbitration
Dec.29.06 During Bid Protest Stay Agency Should Have Terminated Award To Large Business Following SBA Size Decision
Dec.27.06 Department Of Justice Issues Updated Guidelines For Corporate Prosecution
Dec.21.06 Government Seeks To Push Defective Pricing Into Twilight Zone
Dec.20.06 What The Far Council Giveth The Dar Council Taketh Away
Dec.14.06 Private Party MEO Teammate Allowed Intervention To Protect Proprietary Information
Dec.12.06 SBA Modifies Time At Which Size Status Is Determined
Dec.07.06 Proof Of Actual Bias Not Required To Show Conflict Of Interest
Dec.07.06 Preliminary Observations About DOD Class Deviation for Specialty Metals
Dec.05.06 Supreme Court To Decide Who Qualifies As An "Original Source"
Nov.28.06 Lost Profits Available For Long-Term Contract Breach
Nov.21.06 Government's Complaints-In-Intervention Do Not Relate Back To Qui Tam Complaint
Nov.16.06 RFP Must State Whether Or Not Subcontractor Past Performance Will Be Considered
Nov.14.06 Court Re-Affirms Rule On CDA Interest
Nov.09.06 On Time Means On Time
Oct.25.06 Cyber Barbarians & Federal Data Breaches In 2006
Oct.19.06 Misleading Discussions Can Be With Awardee
Oct.12.06 No Longer The Berry Amendment But Worse
Oct.06.06 Congress Pressures DHS To Expedite Safety Act Approvals
Oct.04.06 It Doesn't Have To Be Fancy
Sep.29.06 Base And Option Years Unit Pricing Not Releasable Under FOIA
Sep.19.06 Protest Sustained Because Agency Unreasonably Evaluated Weaknesses In Protester's Proposal
Sep.15.06 Limitations Of Cost Notice Obligations Must Be Met
Sep.13.06 Services In Contract Don't Trump "Non-Manufacturer Rule"
Sep.12.06 T4C, IDIQ Clauses Are No Safe Harbor Against Breach Damages
Sep.06.06 Government Meets Its Waterloo In The Great Engine War
Aug.29.06 Option Exercise Not Fully Discretionary
Aug.24.06 The Federal Circuit Confirms Proper SCA Price Adjustments
Aug.21.06 False Invoices Under CPA Contract Not False Claims "Presented" To U.S. Government
Aug.18.06 DOD Scales Back Proposed Export Control Compliance Clauses
Aug.17.06 “Page-Count" Method Supports Claim For Reimbursement Of Protest Costs
Aug.11.06 "The New Contract Is Better" Isn't A Justification
Aug.11.06 NASA Proposes Cyber Lock-Down On Contractors
Aug.08.06 GAO Faults Army For Failure To Pursue Certificate Of Competency
Aug.04.06 Request For Clarification Amounts To Discussions
Aug.01.06 Board Wields Sanctions To Enforce CDA Subpoena Against DOJ
Jul.27.06 Crowell & Moring Rated Leading Government Contracts Firm
Jul.25.06 Changing Court Rules Signal Changing Court
Jul.19.06 Cyberthreats & Homeland Security: Stopping A Digital Pearl Harbor
Jun.20.06 Government In Jurisdictional Pickle Over Reverse-False-Claims Action For Unpaid Customs Duties
Jun.16.06 Contracting Authority Analyzed In 3 Cases
Jun.13.06 Restricted Recompetition Given Close Scrutiny
Jun.08.06 Sample Tasks Must Be Reasonable Proxy For Entire Contract
Jun.06.06 Order Of Precedence Clause Gets Boost
Jun.02.06 Lack Of Experience Can Be Cured
Jun.01.06 You Win Some/You Lose Some
May.30.06 You Makes Your Choice And Takes Your Chances
May.25.06 Seminar On Teaming And Joint Ventures
May.23.06 ASBCA Applies Affirmative Misconduct Standard In Denying Contractor's Estoppel Defense
May.19.06 CMS Loses Medicare Protest Under New Competitive Procedures
May.16.06 Seminar On Improving Past Performance Evaluations
May.11.06 You Must Ante Up To Play In The Game
May.10.06 The Global Collision Of Privacy & Homeland Security
May.08.06 Declaratory Judgment Actions Examined
May.03.06 DOE Solution To Underfunded Pension Plans: Don't Pay For Them
May.01.06 Jurisdiction Found Over 85-804 Indemnification Clause Breach Claims
Apr.25.06 Too Bad, So Sad
Apr.21.06 Battlefield Contractors Need Federal Forum For Tort Claims
Apr.19.06 New Electronic Discovery Rules Approved
Apr.14.06 CAS Offsets Permitted Among Different Contract Types
Apr.12.06 Contradictory Technical And Cost Evaluations Don't Add Up
Apr.10.06 Top Congressional Staffers Speak on Homeland Security – April 12th
Apr.03.06 Breach Of Good Faith Doesn't Require Malice
Mar.31.06 CAS Coverage And Indirect Costs
Mar.27.06 But Judge, That Was Only What We Said To Congress
Mar.21.06 Past Performance Formula For Disaster
Mar.15.06 Can Employee Releases Bar False Claims Act Actions?
Mar.13.06 Rep. Hunter Steals Page From NISPOM Play Book (Literally)
Mar.08.06 Union Obtains Protest Relief In District Court
Mar.06.06 Offeror's Flip-Flop On Berry Amendment Compliance Dooms Award
Mar.02.06 DOD Issues Final Rule Re Criminal Jurisdiction Over Employees Of Battlefield Contractors
Mar.01.06 Report Highlights Problematic Katrina Contracting Practices
Feb.28.06 Report Highlights Problematic Katrina Contracting Practices
Feb.24.06 Chutzpah Goes Unrewarded
Feb.23.06 Overhead Pool Flunks "Homogeneity" Test Absent "Benefit" To The Government
Feb.21.06 Public Disclosure Of "Industry-Wide" Overbilling Practice Bars Qui Tam Suit Based Upon Similar But Undisclosed Fraudulent Transactions
Feb.17.06 Failure To Update Invalidates Evaluation And Responsibility Determination
Feb.15.06 GSA "Invites" Schedule Contractors To Examine Origin Of Offered Products
Feb.14.06 When It Sounds Too Good To Be True, It Usually Is
Feb.13.06 OCI Mitigation Doesn't Go Far Enough
Feb.10.06 No Out-Of-Pockets, No Interest
Feb.08.06 Bad Alchemy: Turning Estimates Into Fraud
Feb.06.06 Unequal Price Discussions Sink Award
Feb.02.06 Plain Meaning Of Statute Restricts Competition
Jan.30.06 Termination Clause Trumps Cost-Sharing
Jan.27.06 FY05 Protestors Achieve Effective Relief 37% Of Time At GAO
Jan.26.06 OFCCP Moves To Eliminate Burdensome EO Survey
Jan.23.06 Termination Clause Trumps Cost-Sharing
Jan.18.06 Mitigation Plan Doesn't Always Heal OCI
Jan.09.06 French Corporate Environment Not So Whistleblower-Friendly
Jan.05.06 "Presentment" Defense Rejected In Medicare FCA Case
Jan.03.06 Pitiful Price Evaluation Unfairly Caters To Certain Bidders
Dec.30.05 Collateral Contracts Rule Explained
Dec.28.05 Presolicitation Statements Not Dispositive Of Whether Mod Is Beyond Scope
Dec.21.05 All Similar Past Performance Scores Are Not Comparable
Dec.20.05 False Claim Need Not Be "Presented" By Defendant
Dec.19.05 Unfair Disqualification Results In Reinstatement
Dec.15.05 Subway Wins Latest Round Of 15-Year Construction Litigation Saga
Dec.13.05 Design Effort Explicitly Excluded From Commercial Contract Work Qualified As IR&D
Dec.08.05 Sole-Source Protest Win Nets Only Protest Costs
Nov.21.05 Technical Data Rights Decision Blurs Issues
Nov.18.05 Past Performance Remains Fertile Ground For Protest Challenges
Nov.09.05 Stay of FSS Procurement Requires Prompt Action
Nov.09.05 False Eligibility Application For Grant May Violate FCA
Nov.07.05 Attention To Small Business Subcontracting Plan Is No Small Matter
Nov.01.05 USPS Auction Crash Lands
Oct.31.05 Davis-Bacon Act Reinstated
Oct.27.05 Court Enforces 50% Labor Value Rule
Oct.25.05 "Plain Meaning" In The Federal Circuit
Oct.19.05 Administrative Leave OK If Feds Gave It Too
Oct.18.05 Agency Playing Favorites Leads To Bad Faith Termination
Oct.14.05 DoD Relaxes Cost Rules For Katrina Donated Leave
Oct.12.05 OFCCP Issues "Internet Applicant" Definition
Oct.10.05 DoJ “FOIA Post” Demonstrates Continued Policy To Disclose Unit Pricing
Oct.05.05 OMB Reverses $250,000 Micropurchase Cap
Oct.04.05 Contractors Must Check Everywhere "Reasonable" On FedBizOpps
Sep.30.05 "Certain" Means No Weasel Words
Sep.27.05 GSBCA Rejects GSA's Defective Pricing Allegations
Sep.20.05 Evaluation Backup Gets Hard Look
Sep.08.05 The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming!
Sep.06.05 Emergency Procurements In Support Of Hurricane Katrina Relief
Aug.18.05 Cancellation Of RFP Upended
Aug.12.05 Corrective Action Needs Correcting
Aug.09.05 CPA Procurements Subject to Civil False Claims Act
Aug.04.05 Court of International Trade Takes Jurisdiction Over Civil FCA Case
Aug.02.05 Insurance Commission Split Is Kickback
Jul.29.05 Travel Expense Rebates And Incentives Result In $40 Million FCA Settlement
Jul.28.05 Later Reg Trumps Contract Clause Again
Jul.22.05 False Estimates: A Misguided Notion Under The FCA
Jul.14.05 Court Limits Good Faith Presumptions Of Government
Jul.12.05 It's July In Washington So Lets Publish Some Export Control Regulations
Jul.12.05 Constitutionality Of SDB Preference Still Undecided
Jul.08.05 Closing A Business Unit Creates An Opportunity To Recover Unfunded Pension Costs
Jul.06.05 Subs: Don't Forget The Disputes Clause
Jun.27.05 States’ Statutes Of Limitations Apply To Federal FCA Retaliation Claims
Jun.22.05 Relaxation Of Requirements = Out-Of-Scope Mod
Jun.20.05 Crowell & Moring Rated Leading Government Contracts Firm
Jun.16.05 Potential Loss Of Workforce Supports Incumbent's Injunction
Jun.09.05 June 8 FAC Confirms FAR Changes
Jun.07.05 Privacy Perils Loom For DHS Contractors
Jun.01.05 "Piggy-Backer" Falls at GAO
May.27.05 Unhealthy Business Practices Overseas Infect Health Care Companies
May.25.05 Don't Assume That A Debriefing Is Continuing After The Initial Session
May.20.05 Contractor Must Actually Receive Final Decision To Start The Clock
May.10.05 DoD Issues Final Rule About Contractor Personnel In The Battlefield
May.01.05 Postal Service Adopts New “Best Commercial Practices” Acquisition Rules
Apr.26.05 Federal Circuit Clarifies Prejudice Review In Bid Protest Cases
Apr.18.05 Agency Can't Ignore Obvious Costs In Evaluation
Apr.13.05 Defense Base Closure Process Launched
Apr.12.05 Court Tackles Hubzone Issues In Two Cases
Apr.07.05 "Disparate Impact" Theory Available In Age Discrimination Cases
Apr.04.05 Contractors Must Go The Extra Mile For Preaward Review
Apr.01.05 Veterans' Preference Comes Of Age
Mar.24.05 A Sewer By Any Other Name Would Smell As Foul
Mar.23.05 Court Applies Totten Reasoning To Subcontractor Liability Under FCA
Mar.22.05 Using Available Funds For Other Purposes No Excuse For Breach
Mar.17.05 Commercial Items Rulemaking Tackles Hot Issues
Mar.16.05 Substantial Changes To CAS Administration Regulations
Mar.11.05 No Past Performance = Neutral, Not Negative
Mar.04.05 Punctilious Performance Required For Recovery
Mar.03.05 Similar State FCA Allegations Yield Mixed Results
Mar.01.05 GAO Finds Druyun Contracts Flawed
Feb.23.05 "National Security" Limits Judicial Review Of CICA Stay Override
Feb.14.05 Unicor Banned From Competing In Small Business Set Asides For Services
Feb.09.05 Undocumented Clarifications Mean Undone State Award
Feb.07.05 A GSA Schedule Buy Must Be All Schedule
Feb.04.05 DSCA Relaxes Contingent Fee Limitation On FMF Contracts
Feb.02.05 Contractor Wins Defective Pricing Battle In Great Engine War
Jan.21.05 DAM Contractor's Underbidding Insufficient For FCA Liability
Jan.07.05 GAO Scallops Procurement, Finding Solicitation Was Flaky
Jan.05.05 No Match, No Deal In FSS Buy
Dec.16.04 Court Cuts Back FCA Coverage For Medicaid Fraud
Dec.06.04 R-E-V-I-E-W Does Not Spell R-E-L-I-E-F
Nov.03.04 Even Short Contract Extensions Require Updated Service Contract Act Wages
Nov.01.04 Court Reviews Past Performance Evaluation On Existing Contract
Oct.26.04 Partial Termination Doesn't Allow Repricing In Commercial Services Contract
Oct.20.04 GAO Sustains For Failure To Set Aside For Small Business
Oct.14.04 Divided Federal Circuit Disallows Recovery Of Interest As Damages
Oct.07.04 Agency Liable For Negligent Estimate In LOE Contract
Oct.07.04 Risk Of Accepting Out-Of-Scope Task/Delivery Orders Gets Greater
Oct.01.04 False Statement Liability Involving Federal Grantees Curtailed Again
Sep.29.04 A Day Early Is Too Late
Sep.17.04 Split D.C. Circuit Limits False Claims Act Liability Under Federal Grants
Sep.14.04 Agency Must Discuss Evaluated Weaknesses
Sep.10.04 GAO Finds "Classic Example" Of Impaired Objectivity OCI
Sep.07.04 ASBCA Declares Material Breach, Allows Contractor To Stop Work
Aug.26.04 The Long Tail Of Government Contracts
Aug.23.04 Cardinal Change In MOD Requires Competition
Aug.16.04 A-76 Mix And Match Faulted By GAO
Aug.02.04 SDB Preference Constitutional
Jul.30.04 LOC Clause Applies To Each Delivery Order, Not Full Contract
Jul.30.04 T4D Slam Dunked To T4C When Contractor Misled
Jul.30.04 CO'S Opinion Due No Deference On Statutory Application
Jul.30.04 B&P Costs Don't Include Sub Costs Or Profit
Jun.30.04 GAO Finds Discussions Were Not Meaningful And, In Fact, Misleading
Jun.30.04 As He Exits, Bremer Leaves Contractors With Limited Immunity From Iraqi Law
Jun.09.04 COFC Denies Protest But Notes Possible Procurement Integrity And Antitrust Violations
Jun.09.04 NRO Prohibits Exclusive Teaming Agreements
May.26.04 Declaratory Relief Available For NAFI Contractor At Board
May.21.04 For Iraq War Items Sole Source Award, COFC Grants Limited Injunctive Relief Despite OCI And CICA Violations
May.19.04 Safety Act Red Tape Wins The First Round: Applications 19 -- Approvals 0
May.19.04 GAO Dismisses Subcontract Protest
May.10.04 Contracting Officer's Final Decision Not Afforded RES Judicata Status
May.10.04 Fourth Circuit Extends Time For Retaliation Claims
May.10.04 Employee Unions And Elected Representatives Lack Standing For GAO Protests Of Private Sector Awards In A-76 Competitions
May.10.04 COFC Reverses Another Cica Stay Override
Apr.28.04 Employee Unions And Elected Representatives Lack Standing For GAO Protests Of Private Sector Awards In A-76 Competitions
Apr.27.04 Agency Reasonably Distrusts Its Own Estimates
Apr.18.04 SBA Size Standards Revised To Cap Number Of Employees
Apr.10.04 IT Encryption Certificate Required By The DOD
Mar.22.04 GAO Protest Jurisdiction Covers Concession Contracts
Mar.10.04 Navy Pays Lost Profits For Misappropriating FSS Contractor's Data
Mar.04.04 When Does An Oral Presentation Become A "Discussion"?
Mar.01.04 Fourth Circuit Affirms Award By Interstate Compact
Feb.26.04 Intentional Low Bid Is Not A False Claim
Feb.18.04 Army Can't Bypass Competition Without Court Scrutiny
Feb.13.04 Contractor Wins Directed Award In A-76 Protest
Feb.12.04 Proposed NRO Clause Would Require Broad Disclosure -- Comments Due Tomorrow
Feb.09.04 Defense Contractors Begin To Feel Effect Of DoD Requirement To Provide Unique Item Identifiers And Unit Cost Information
Feb.04.04 Fifth Circuit Reaffirms Breadth Of FCPA's Anti-Bribery Provisions
Feb.02.04 Congress Sends Mixed Signals On Buy American Requirements
Jan.28.04 CFC Requires Strict Adherence To FAR’s Data Rights Clause
Jan.20.04 White House Will Screen Appointees Seeking Outside Employment
Jan.15.04 Expert Advice -- Caveat Emptor
Jan.08.04 Fourth Circuit Interprets Corporate Knowledge And Materiality Under FCA
Jan.07.04 Proposed Federal Guidelines For Compliance Programs Published For Comment
Jan.06.04 Government Liable For Foreign Sub's Patent Infringement


 
 
 
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