| Aug.13.2019 |
Let's Talk FCA: Customs Fraud (August 2019) |
| Aug.13.2019 |
Under the Wire: FAR Council Announces Interim Rule to Implement NDAA Procurement Ban on Huawei and Other Chinese Telecommunications Equipment |
| Aug.12.2019 |
Scollick Spotlights Need for Sureties to Understand False Claims Act Risks |
| Aug.09.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: DoD OIG, Cybersecurity, CIGIE News (August 9) |
| Aug.06.2019 |
An Opening Salvo for Cybersecurity FCA Cases |
| Aug.02.2019 |
Uncontrolled Information: DoD Audit Finds Contractor Lapses in Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information |
| Aug.01.2019 |
DCAA Materiality Standards for Incurred Cost Audits |
| Jul.31.2019 |
REA or Claim? Substance Over Form |
| Jul.30.2019 |
Here We Go Again: DFARS Changes to the "Only One Offer" Rule |
| Jul.26.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Buy American, Contractor Purchasing System, Bid Protest News (July 26) |
| Jul.24.2019 |
All Things Protest: Keeping Up with Key Personnel (July 2019) |
| Jul.17.2019 |
Federal Circuit Clarifies When Affirmative Defenses Must Be Submitted as Claims, and When Interest Runs |
| Jul.16.2019 |
DCMA Revises Cyber Supply Chain Review: Updated Guidebook Modifies Audit Standards |
| Jul.12.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Cost or Pricing Data, Suspension for Cyberattack, NIST News (July 12) |
| Jul.11.2019 |
We've Come to the End of the Road: FY 2018 Report to Congress Says DCAA Backlog is No More |
| Jul.10.2019 |
Let's Talk FCA: Inspectors General and the False Claims Act (July 2019) |
| Jul.08.2019 |
The Small Business Runway Extension Act Is One Step Closer to Take Off |
| Jul.03.2019 |
GSA Requests More Industry Feedback on Consolidation of Multiple Award Schedules |
| Jul.02.2019 |
These Are a Few of Our Favorite IoT: NIST Finalizes Internet of Things Cyber Guidance |
| Jul.01.2019 |
FAR Council Introduces Limits on the Single-Offer Adequate Price Competition Exception |
| Jun.28.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Supreme Court, Cybersecurity, FCA News (June 28) |
| Jun.26.2019 |
All Things Protest: Cost & Price Issues (June 2019) |
| Jun.25.2019 |
SCOTUS Relaxes Definition of "Confidential" Commercial Information Exempt from FOIA |
| Jun.24.2019 |
A New Frontier: ASBCA Issues First Ever CPAR Decision on the Merits |
| Jun.24.2019 |
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Tucker Act Case Regarding ACA Payments |
| Jun.21.2019 |
Double Whammy: NIST Unveils Draft Enhanced Security Requirements and Revisions to NIST SP 800-171 |
| Jun.20.2019 |
Corporate Compliance Program Guidance Article and Breakfast Series |
| Jun.19.2019 |
Contractor’s Challenge to Cost Accounting Regulation Hits Headwinds |
| Jun.17.2019 |
DoD Previews New Third-Party Cyber Certification Requirements |
| Jun.14.2019 |
COFC Grants Summary Judgment on Statutory and Implied-in-Fact Contract Claims in ACA Litigation |
| Jun.13.2019 |
OMB's Newly Proposed Acquisition Pilot Program Could Be a Game-Changer |
| Jun.12.2019 |
Administration Seeks Delay in Extending Government Procurement Ban on Certain Chinese Telecommunications Equipment to Federal Contractors and Grant Recipients |
| Jun.11.2019 |
It’s Time for a Raise! DoD Proposes to Increase CPSR Threshold |
| Jun.07.2019 |
OMB Seeks to Jettison Defense CAS Board and De-Couple CAS and TINA |
| Jun.07.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Purchasing System, CBCA, GAO News (June 7) |
| Jun.06.2019 |
10 Years after FCA Amendments, CIDs are DOJ’s Investigatory Tool of Choice |
| Jun.04.2019 |
The U.S. Announces Endorsement of OECD’s Principles for Responsible AI |
| May.30.2019 |
OFPP Still Myth-Busting, Seeks to Improve Industry Engagement on Acquisition Issues |
| May.29.2019 |
More Storms Ahead for the Defense Sector Supply Chain? GAO to Conduct Review of Climate Change-Driven Security Risks |
| May.28.2019 |
Expedited Contract Closeouts – A Fast Track Available to Select Older Contracts |
| May.28.2019 |
All Things Protest: Timeliness Traps (May 2019) |
| May.24.2019 |
ASBCA Holds that Transmission Emails are "Part of the Same Transaction" as Mods for Plain Meaning Purposes |
| May.23.2019 |
Take Two: DoD Issues Another Proposed Rule on Performance-Based Payments |
| May.21.2019 |
Defective Pricing & the False Claims Act |
| May.20.2019 |
Foreign Governments Join the Commercial Item Party |
| May.20.2019 |
Let's Talk FCA: The Lasting Impact of the FERA Amendments (May 2019) |
| May.17.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: EEO-1, SBA, FCA News (May 17) |
| May.16.2019 |
New Executive Order on IT Supply Chain Takes Aim at Huawei and Others, Poses Significant Implications for Government Contract Supply Chains |
| May.13.2019 |
For Whom the Statute Tolls: Ten Years Is Now the Default Statute of Limitations Period for All FCA Cases, High Court Holds |
| May.10.2019 |
Department of Justice Releases Long-Awaited Guidance on FCA Cooperation Credit |
| May.07.2019 |
It All Adds Up: What’s New with DCAA (May 2019) |
| May.07.2019 |
DOJ Centralizes Guidance on "The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" |
| Apr.26.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Export Control, GAO, Air Force Science & Technology News (April 26) |
| Apr.26.2019 |
All Things Protest: Requests for Equitable Adjustment (April 2019) |
| Apr.25.2019 |
Rise in Reverse FCA Cases Amidst ‘America First’ Trade Policies |
| Apr.22.2019 |
Helping Us Help You: DDTC Modernizes ITAR Exemption for Contractor’s Supporting Government Agencies |
| Apr.18.2019 |
Let's Talk FCA: Defective Pricing (April 2019) |
| Apr.15.2019 |
A New Approach to DoD Software Development and Acquisition |
| Apr.12.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Cybersecurity, Bid Protest News (April 12) |
| Apr.08.2019 |
Crowell & Moring Releases Government Contracts Resource Mobile Application |
| Apr.08.2019 |
Gov Con Legal Resources App |
| Apr.05.2019 |
New York State Debarment Risk Update |
| Apr.04.2019 |
Department of Labor Institutes New Pilot Program to Expedite Processing of Discretionary Suspensions and Debarments |
| Mar.29.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Overtime Pay, CAS and GAAP, OTA Use News (March 29) |
| Mar.29.2019 |
All Things Protest: Section 809 Panel Recommendations (March 2019) |
| Mar.27.2019 |
CAS Board Begins Statutorily-Mandated CAS/GAAP Conformance |
| Mar.25.2019 |
Supreme Court Opts Not to Revisit FCA Materiality Post-Escobar |
| Mar.22.2019 |
Navy Identifies Defense Industrial Base Cyber Shortcomings in New Report |
| Mar.21.2019 |
Let's Talk FCA: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Relators Can Invoke Tolling Provision (March 2019) |
| Mar.18.2019 |
Section 809 Panel Proposes Significant Curtailing of Pre-Award and GAO/COFC Protest Process for Commercial-Item Acquisitions |
| Mar.15.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: FY20 Budget and GAO High Risk Report News (March 15) |
| Mar.07.2019 |
EEO-1 Pay Reporting Obligations Back On? |
| Mar.06.2019 |
DCMA’s Cybersecurity Oversight Takes Shape: Revised CPSR Guidebook Outlines DFARS Safeguarding Clause Audit Standards |
| Mar.04.2019 |
Don’t Sleep on Discovery, It Could Yield Basis for New Claim |
| Mar.01.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: NSA Cybersecurity, Enhanced GSA Debriefing, OFCCP News (March 1) |
| Feb.28.2019 |
Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Claims |
| Feb.22.2019 |
Contractor Business Systems Reviews: A Work in Progress According to GAO Report |
| Feb.20.2019 |
COFC Grants Summary Judgment on Statutory and Implied-in-Fact Contract Claims in ACA Litigation |
| Feb.15.2019 |
Let’s Talk FCA: Civil Investigative Demands (February 2019) |
| Feb.15.2019 |
The U.S. Takes Steps to Ensure Its Dominance in the AI Arms Race |
| Feb.13.2019 |
ASBCA Rules that Navy’s Desires Are Not an Option |
| Feb.12.2019 |
Plaintiffs Seek Supreme Court Review in Federal Circuit Tucker Act Case |
| Feb.11.2019 |
CBCA Holds that Contractor is Out on a Limb Seeking Claim Preparation Costs, but Grants T4C Partial Victory |
| Feb.08.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Cybersecurity, Mentor Protégé, FCA News (February 8) |
| Feb.07.2019 |
Material Misrepresentation Dooms Contract From the Get-Go |
| Feb.04.2019 |
The Top FCA Developments Of 2018 |
| Feb.01.2019 |
Section 809 Panel Weighs in on Ways to Modernize the Board of Contract Appeals |
| Jan.30.2019 |
Section 809 Panel Recommends Five Changes to Bid Protests in DoD Procurements |
| Jan.29.2019 |
All Things Protest: All in the Family – Reliance on Affiliate Experience (January 2019) |
| Jan.28.2019 |
Upping the Cyber Oversight Ante: DoD Deploys DCMA to Audit Contractor Supply Chain Compliance |
| Jan.22.2019 |
Let's Talk FCA: Perspectives from Relator’s Counsel (January 2019) |
| Jan.18.2019 |
Better to Ask Permission than Forgiveness: ASBCA Denies Subcontract Payments |
| Jan.18.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Shutdown, Small Business, BAA News (January 18) |
| Jan.16.2019 |
Section 809 Panel Releases Volume 3 Report and Recommendations |
| Jan.11.2019 |
2019's Defective Pricing Forecast: Gusty Audits, Frozen Sweeps, and TINA Hail |
| Jan.04.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Shutdown, Trafficking, FCA News (January 4) |
| Dec.26.2018 |
FAR Council Finalizes Definition of Prohibited "Recruitment Fees" Under Anti-Trafficking Regulations |
| Dec.26.2018 |
Partial Government Shutdown Does Not Toll Filing Deadlines at GAO, Court, or Boards |
| Dec.21.2018 |
Government Contracts Intellectual Property: Contractors Beware, Stick to Prescribed Technical Data Marking Legends |
| Dec.20.2018 |
Small Biz Get An Extra Two Years for Revenue Lookback |
| Dec.18.2018 |
Is a Federal Shutdown Your Next Holiday Surprise? |
| Dec.14.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: OT, Subcontracting Limits, Bid Protest News (December 14) |
| Dec.13.2018 |
Let’s Talk FCA: False Claims Act Whistleblowers (December 2018) |
| Dec.11.2018 |
DoD Proposes Limitations & Prohibitions on Use of LPTA Source Selection Process |
| Dec.07.2018 |
DoD Publishes New Other Transactions Guidance |
| Nov.30.2018 |
All Things Protest: Other Transaction Authority (November 2018) |
| Nov.30.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: GSA Schedule, Cybersecurity, FCA News (November 30) |
| Nov.28.2018 |
And Then There Was One... GSA Schedule |
| Nov.27.2018 |
DoD's Own Cyber Monday Deal: Releasing DFARS Cyber Enhancement Guidance |
| Nov.26.2018 |
SOL for Whom? Supreme Court Agrees To Review Deepening Disagreement on FCA’s Statute of Limitations Tolling Provision |
| Nov.21.2018 |
Let’s Talk FCA: The Brand Memo and FCA Enforcement (November 2018) |
| Nov.20.2018 |
Fixed-Price or Firm-Fixed-Price? Contractor’s Right to Seek Reimbursement of Legal Costs in Defending Qui Tam Suits |
| Nov.19.2018 |
Identifying and Defining "Emerging Technologies" Subject to Control for Export and Foreign Investment |
| Nov.12.2018 |
Now That The Democrats Have Won The House, Who Will They Investigate And How? |
| Nov.09.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Mentor-Protégé Program, PCTTF, Corporate Monitor News (November 9) |
| Nov.08.2018 |
Let's Talk FCA: Forensic Investigations (November 2018) |
| Nov.02.2018 |
Data-Driven Look at Suspension/Debarment Trends |
| Nov.01.2018 |
Navy Makes Waves By Increasing Cybersecurity Requirements for Select Defense Industrial Base Contractors |
| Oct.26.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: SEC, ASBCA, GSA News (October 26) |
| Oct.25.2018 |
All Things Protest: Mid-Procurement Key Personnel Departures (October 2018) |
| Oct.23.2018 |
BIS Contemplates Export Restrictions on "Electronic Waste" to Combat Supply Chain Concerns |
| Oct.18.2018 |
ASBCA's FY18 Report – a Look at the Numbers |
| Oct.15.2018 |
COFC Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Health Plan in ACA Litigation |
| Oct.12.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: VOSB, Cyber, FOCI News (October 12) |
| Oct.11.2018 |
Let's Talk FCA: Looking Ahead to the Supreme Court Term (October 2018) |
| Oct.10.2018 |
Rise in Cases Emerging at Intersection of Unfair Competition, Trademark, and FCA Causes of Action |
| Oct.04.2018 |
Increased False Claims Act Risk for Sureties |
| Sep.28.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (September 28) |
| Sep.20.2018 |
ASBCA Offers Mixed Bag on "Expressly Unallowable" and "Directly Associated" Costs |
| Sep.19.2018 |
DSS Initiative to Adopt a More Holistic Evaluation of FOCI Boards |
| Sep.14.2018 |
State and Federal Agencies Look to Contractors in the Wake of Hurricane Florence |
| Sep.14.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (September 14) |
| Sep.13.2018 |
GAO Takes Exception to Agency’s Rejection of Bid Under Buy American Act |
| Sep.11.2018 |
Cost Disallowance Claim Accrued When the Government Paid Invoices |
| Sep.06.2018 |
All Things Protest: Debriefings (September 2018) |
| Sep.05.2018 |
Court of Federal Claims Grants Summary Judgment on Affordable Care Act "CSR" Litigation |
| Sep.04.2018 |
DoD Rescinds IR&D "Technical Interchange" Requirement |
| Aug.31.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (August 31) |
| Aug.27.2018 |
Software Development Under Government-Funded Technology Investment Agreements Is Development "Exclusively at Private Expense" Under Data Rights Clauses |
| Aug.24.2018 |
Court Upholds AAA Injunction Based on Implied-in-Fact Contract |
| Aug.23.2018 |
All Things Protest: Developments in Awardee Standing (August 2018) |
| Aug.22.2018 |
Finally Heard – Cyber Help for Small Businesses is on Its Way |
| Aug.20.2018 |
FY 2019 NDAA – Cyber Focus |
| Aug.17.2018 |
U.S. National Security Review of Foreign Investment: Revisions to CFIUS Legislation Signed Into Law |
| Aug.17.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (August 17) |
| Aug.16.2018 |
Plugging the "Gaps" on Transfers of U.S. Sensitive Emerging Technology: New and Permanent Dual-Use Export Control Statutory Authority Becomes Law |
| Aug.15.2018 |
FY 2019 NDAA |
| Aug.14.2018 |
Deliver Uncompromised – or Else? DoD Considers Elevating Security in its Procurement Process |
| Aug.10.2018 |
State of Suspension and Debarment |
| Aug.09.2018 |
Let's Talk FCA: False Claims Act Investigations (August 2018) |
| Aug.08.2018 |
NISPOM Revised to Incorporate DSS and GCA Requirements |
| Aug.03.2018 |
Congress Seeks to Secure Federal IT Systems |
| Jul.31.2018 |
Let's Talk FCA: Recently Announced Reforms to False Claims Act Enforcement (July 2018) |
| Jul.30.2018 |
Commercial License Terms May Govern Even Without Contracting Officer Knowledge |
| Jul.27.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (July 27) |
| Jul.24.2018 |
Government Liable for $99 Million in Breach of Contract Damages Under Indemnification Clause |
| Jul.19.2018 |
Great Again – Making It in the USA Just Got Easier |
| Jul.13.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (July 13) |
| Jul.12.2018 |
Let's Talk FCA: False Claims Act Trials (July 2018) |
| Jul.09.2018 |
ASBCA Dismisses Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction After Government Claim Rescinded |
| Jul.03.2018 |
Amid Repeated Calls from Leadership, DOJ Exercises Its “Virtually Unfettered Discretion” to Dismiss “Weak” Qui Tam Action |
| Jul.02.2018 |
‘Tis the Season: Contracting Officer’s Final Decisions on 2011 Incurred Costs |
| Jun.27.2018 |
All Things Protest: Incumbency Edition (June 2018) |
| Jun.26.2018 |
Widespread WOSB and EDWOSB Contracting Problems |
| Jun.22.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (June 22) |
| Jun.22.2018 |
Department of Justice Leadership Previews Reforms to False Claims Act Enforcement: Significant Incentives for Cooperation and Strong Compliance |
| Jun.21.2018 |
Prime Settles Allegations of Small Businesses Subcontracting Fraud |
| Jun.20.2018 |
NIST Offers a Two-for-One Special on Cybersecurity Updates |
| Jun.15.2018 |
Not Better Late Than Never: Timing Requirement is Material to Payment |
| Jun.14.2018 |
Let's Talk FCA: The Escobar Decision, Two Years Later (June 2018) |
| Jun.13.2018 |
Just When You Thought It Was Over: Eleventh Circuit Deepens Disagreement on FCA's Tolling Provision |
| Jun.11.2018 |
The End is Near: DCAA Projects End of Incurred Cost Backlog by FY 2018 |
| Jun.08.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (June 8) |
| Jun.06.2018 |
New Exclusionary Powers Survive Court Test |
| Jun.05.2018 |
Let's Talk FCA: Health Care Fraud (June 2018) |
| May.30.2018 |
All Things Protest: Classified Edition (May 2018) |
| May.29.2018 |
Hidden in Plain Sight: Where, Oh Where, Have the Compensation Caps Gone? |
| May.25.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (May 25) |
| May.16.2018 |
Taking It to the Bank: FCA Case Dismissed Because Federal Reserve Banks Are Not the U.S. Government |
| May.11.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (May 11) |
| May.07.2018 |
DoD Lightens Contractors' Burden on Voluntary Defective Pricing Disclosures |
| May.02.2018 |
Noncompliance with Planning "Directive" Renders Subcontract Costs Unreasonable |
| May.01.2018 |
Forget The Showers. April Brings Flurry of New Cyber Guidance. |
| Apr.27.2018 |
DoD Issues Class Deviations on SAT, MPT, TINA and CAS Thresholds |
| Apr.27.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (April 27) |
| Apr.26.2018 |
Under Tecom, COFC Confirms Unallowability of Settlement Costs Arising from Discrimination Lawsuits |
| Apr.23.2018 |
Update on Government Contracts M&A |
| Apr.20.2018 |
Is Grocery Chain's FCA Win in the Bag? |
| Apr.18.2018 |
All Things Protest: Time for a Change – Important Updates on GAO Timeliness Rules and DoD Debriefings (April 2018) |
| Apr.17.2018 |
Not So Fast – GSA Implements New SAM Registration Requirements After Fraudulent Activity |
| Apr.13.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (April 13) |
| Apr.12.2018 |
Let's Talk FCA: The Inaugural Podcast (April 2018) |
| Apr.11.2018 |
On the Cyber Frontier of IoT Security |
| Apr.06.2018 |
GAO Implements Changes to Bid Protest Process |
| Apr.05.2018 |
The Train Has Left the Station: Court Strikes Newly Added Claims |
| Apr.03.2018 |
Spring Compliance Check |
| Apr.02.2018 |
OFCCP Sets New VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Percentage |
| Mar.30.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (March 30) |
| Mar.28.2018 |
DoD Implements New Enhanced Debriefing Procedures |
| Mar.21.2018 |
All Things Protest: Organizational Conflicts of Interest (March 2018) |
| Mar.16.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (March 16) |
| Mar.15.2018 |
Third Time's Not the Charm: FCA Suit Dismissed for Failure to Plead Materiality |
| Mar.13.2018 |
DOJ Signals That It Will Increase FCA Enforcement to Curb Opioid Crisis in the Most Meritorious Cases |
| Mar.07.2018 |
Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: Recovery and Risk Reduction for Federal Contractors |
| Mar.06.2018 |
Introducing Crowell & Moring’s Compliance “Check-Up” for Government Contractors |
| Mar.02.2018 |
Webinar on Commercial Item Final Rule and Guidebook |
| Mar.01.2018 |
Final Draft of NIST SP 800-171A Gives Contractors Something to Sample |
| Feb.26.2018 |
GSA Finalizes Rule Declaring Certain Commercial Supplier Agreement Terms Unenforceable |
| Feb.23.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (February 23) |
| Feb.22.2018 |
DOJ Memo Limits the Use of Agency Guidance in FCA Enforcement |
| Feb.20.2018 |
NDAA Lobbying Restriction Compliance Tips |
| Feb.14.2018 |
Uncle Sam Shows Blockchain Some Love |
| Feb.13.2018 |
National Archives Issues Non-FAR-Based Guidance for Controlled Unclassified Information |
| Feb.09.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (February 9) |
| Feb.07.2018 |
DoD Final Rule on Commercial Items: DoD Checks the Box for Congress But Still Unnecessarily Burdens Commercial Contractors |
| Feb.06.2018 |
Section 809 Panel Releases Volume 1 Report and Recommendations |
| Feb.05.2018 |
Back to the Future: Personnel Security Clearance Process Back on GAO “High-Risk List” |
| Feb.02.2018 |
The Top FCA Developments Of 2017 |
| Jan.31.2018 |
All Things Protest: The Inaugural Podcast (January 2018) |
| Jan.31.2018 |
CAFC Holds Agency Standardization Decision Outside COFC Jurisdiction |
| Jan.26.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (January 26) |
| Jan.22.2018 |
ASBCA Finds Stock Option Costs Based on Black-Scholes Model Unallowable |
| Jan.19.2018 |
Federal Government Shutdown: Crowell & Moring Identifies and Answers Common Questions |
| Jan.18.2018 |
Escobar Erases $350M FCA Verdict Against Nursing Home Co. |
| Jan.17.2018 |
Is the Revolving Door Sticking? |
| Jan.12.2018 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (January 12) |
| Jan.08.2018 |
Searches of Electronic Devices at the Border Increase Nearly 60 Percent; DHS Issues Updated Border Search Policy |
| Jan.05.2018 |
RAND Corp. tells Congress that Bid Protests are Not a Problem |
| Dec.26.2017 |
DOJ Reports $3.7B Haul in FY 2017 FCA Recoveries |
| Dec.21.2017 |
Federal Government Shutdown: Crowell & Moring Identifies and Answers Common Questions |
| Dec.20.2017 |
Agency Unreasonably Disregarded Evaluated Incumbent Advantages as “Negligible” |
| Dec.19.2017 |
DOJ Tells Prosecutors to Gather Information from Subject Companies Before Approaching Cloud Service Providers |
| Dec.15.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (December 15) |
| Dec.14.2017 |
Uncooperative: Court Holds That Cooperative Agreement is Not a Contract |
| Dec.13.2017 |
TAA Thresholds: Downward Trend Continues for 2018-2019 |
| Dec.11.2017 |
Attribution of Affiliate Past Performance Improper Without Proposed Meaningful Involvement in Performance |
| Dec.08.2017 |
Government Urges SCOTUS to Declare ALJ Process Unconstitutional |
| Dec.07.2017 |
Third Time’s Not a Charm; Disparate Compensation Evaluation Leaves Navy Stranded |
| Dec.06.2017 |
Lawyers on the Front Lines: Identifying Risk and Managing Internal Investigations |
| Dec.05.2017 |
Contractor’s Unwaivable CDA Right to Board Review |
| Dec.01.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (December 1) |
| Dec.01.2017 |
No Post-Thanksgiving Break for Cyber – DoD and NIST Publish New Guidance |
| Nov.28.2017 |
Air Force Space Contracts “Watch List” May Preclude Contracts and Subcontracts |
| Nov.20.2017 |
Gag Orders on Tech Companies: A Higher Burden on Prosecutors |
| Nov.16.2017 |
To Disclose or Not To Disclose: Federal Government & Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities |
| Nov.15.2017 |
Clear as Day: ASBCA Finds No Ambiguity in Contract |
| Nov.13.2017 |
The Times They Are A’Changing – Or Are They? DOJ Announces It Will Move To Dismiss Qui Tam Complaints That Lack Merit |
| Nov.10.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (November 10) |
| Nov.07.2017 |
FY2017 Suspension and Debarment Trends |
| Oct.27.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (October 27) |
| Oct.26.2017 |
Congress Turns its Sights to DCAA Audit Backlog |
| Oct.24.2017 |
GAO Report Reveals That DCAA’s Audit Backlog Continues |
| Oct.20.2017 |
Do Not Pass Go: Board Dismisses Claim on Jurisdictional Grounds |
| Oct.06.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (October 6) |
| Sep.27.2017 |
ASBCA Holds That Contractor Entitled to Recover Costs of Preparing to Perform, When CO Terminated Contract Before Notice to Proceed |
| Sep.25.2017 |
DFARS Deviation Removes “Technical Interchange” Requirement for IR&D Cost Allowability |
| Sep.22.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (September 22) |
| Sep.21.2017 |
Deal or No Deal? Board Reminds Contractors that Money “Awarded” in Final Decision May Evaporate If Appealed |
| Sep.07.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (September 7) |
| Aug.30.2017 |
State and Federal Agencies Look to Contractors in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey |
| Aug.23.2017 |
FCA Defendant Wins Attorneys’ Fees and the Government Gets Stuck with the Bill |
| Aug.22.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov't Contractors Can't Do Without (August 22nd) |
| Aug.21.2017 |
ITA/USTR Request for Comments on Trade Agreements and Government Procurement |
| Aug.18.2017 |
GSA Finally Confirms that Contractors Can Opt Out of Transactional Data Reporting |
| Aug.15.2017 |
First Means First: Dismissal of Prior Related Actions No Cure For Relator’s First-to-File Defect |
| Aug.11.2017 |
Inclusion of Deferred Compensation Found Proper Where Government Forced Contractor’s Hand |
| Aug.09.2017 |
Satellite-Sensor FCA Suit Comes Crashing Down to Earth |
| Aug.08.2017 |
Department of Labor Issues New Health & Welfare Fringe Benefits Rates for Contracts Covered by the Service Contract Act |
| Aug.04.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov't Contractors Can’t Do Without (August 4) |
| Jul.21.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov't Contractors Can’t Do Without (July 21) |
| Jul.19.2017 |
Government Contracts Claims Litigation and Alternative Fee Arrangements |
| Jul.17.2017 |
Shades of Lazarus: Is Blacklisting Rule Coming Back to Life? |
| Jul.14.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov't Contractors Can’t Do Without (July 14) |
| Jul.06.2017 |
‘Tis the Season: Contracting Officer’s Final Decisions on 2010 Incurred Costs |
| Jul.05.2017 |
Attention Security Managers and FSOs |
| Jun.30.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov't Contractors Can’t Do Without (June 30) |
| Jun.29.2017 |
TSCA Inventory Reset Rule |
| Jun.28.2017 |
DoD Meets Contractors Half-Way at Industry Information Day |
| Jun.27.2017 |
Bring Out Your Dead: GSA Instructs Agencies to Remove Null and Void FPSW |
| Jun.26.2017 |
Government Contracts Mergers & Acquisitions in 2017: Challenges and Opportunities on the Horizon |
| Jun.12.2017 |
Board Rejects Claim Based on Certain Fiscal Law Violations |
| Jun.09.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov't Contractors Can’t Do Without (June 9) |
| Jun.08.2017 |
VA Consolidates Fraud Detection, Prevention, and Enforcement Efforts |
| Jun.07.2017 |
Board Clarifies that Claim Accrual Contains Implicit "Reasonableness" Standard |
| May.31.2017 |
Board Confirms Unallowability of Executive Compensation Based on Changes in Securities and Dividends Prices |
| May.30.2017 |
GSA Seeks Input on Acquisition Regulations, Including the Alphabet Soup of TDR, PRC, and CSP |
| May.26.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov't Contractors Can’t Do Without (May 26) |
| May.25.2017 |
The Current Suspension/Debarment Landscape |
| May.19.2017 |
Software Application Insufficient to Substantially Transform Existing Hardware Components Into a Visitor Management System |
| May.17.2017 |
ASBCA Decision a Mixed Bag on Cost Allowability Issues |
| May.15.2017 |
Materiality Rules: Escobar Changes the Game |
| May.11.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov't Contractors Can’t Do Without (May 11) |
| May.10.2017 |
Iraq War Contractor Navigates CDA Jurisdictional Minefield to Victory |
| May.09.2017 |
Court Compels Government to Produce Attorney Documents and CO’s Justification for Rescinding Final Decision that Formed Basis of FCA Case |
| Apr.20.2017 |
NY State AG Targets Private Equity for Tax Related FCA Violations |
| Apr.19.2017 |
Rhetoric: Yes — Substance: Not Yet |
| Apr.13.2017 |
Confidentiality Agreement FAR Provision Does Not Permit Employee Theft |
| Apr.07.2017 |
Continuing Resolution Expires April 28, 2017 |
| Apr.06.2017 |
Nothing to Discuss: COFC Denies Protest to Exchanges with Offerors in Massive FirstNet Procurement |
| Apr.05.2017 |
Lawyer Shoots Self in Foot with Shotgun Approach to Litigation |
| Apr.04.2017 |
GAO Protest Further Delays Government Efforts to Clear Investigations Backlog |
| Apr.03.2017 |
GAO Faults USTRANSCOM’s Past Performance Evaluation of Awardee’s “Miniscule” Past Work |
| Mar.31.2017 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov't Contractors Can’t Do Without (Mar. 31) |
| Mar.28.2017 |
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, We Hardly Knew Ye |
| Mar.24.2017 |
FCA Litigation Forecast: Bad News, Good News |
| Mar.16.2017 |
Introducing Crowell & Moring’s Government Contractor Recovery Practice Performance Review Offering (PRO) |
| Mar.15.2017 |
Trump’s Spring Cleaning – Executive Order Targets Agencies to Improve "Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Accountability" |
| Mar.13.2017 |
It’s a Plane: Significant Modifications do not Result in Substantial Transformation |
| Mar.10.2017 |
Whistle(blowing) While You Work: GAO Recommends Improvements to Whistleblower Protections Pilot Program |
| Mar.08.2017 |
End of the Road for Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces |
| Mar.06.2017 |
Government Assertion of State Secrets Privilege in Private Party Litigation |
| Feb.28.2017 |
Accurate Historical Data Yields Negligent Estimate |
| Feb.24.2017 |
DOJ Sheds Light on Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Policies |
| Feb.16.2017 |
Fourth Circuit Declines to Address Use of Stat Sampling in FCA Cases |
| Feb.14.2017 |
Rare Decision about Pricing Interorganizational Transfers |
| Feb.10.2017 |
Court of Federal Claims Grants Summary Judgment on $214 Million ACA "Risk Corridors" Claim |
| Feb.08.2017 |
Employee’s Schmoozing Leads to Company Liability Under Anti-Kickback Act |
| Feb.07.2017 |
Beating Others to the Punch, DHS Proposes CUI Changes to Acquisition Regulations |
| Feb.06.2017 |
ASBCA's FY16 Report – a Look at the Numbers |
| Feb.02.2017 |
Living in a Material World After Escobar |
| Feb.01.2017 |
Submission of Indirect Cost Rate Proposal Starts Six-Year Limitations Period |
| Jan.31.2017 |
2-for-1: The Price of New Regulations under the Trump Administration |
| Jan.30.2017 |
Changes to the Revolving Door: Trump’s Ethics Executive Order |
| Jan.27.2017 |
OFPP Seeks to Debunk Myths about Debriefings |
| Jan.26.2017 |
Government Liable for $99 Million in Indemnification Under Government Contracts |
| Jan.25.2017 |
Final FAR Rule Limits Contractors’ Use Of Employee Confidentiality Agreements |
| Jan.24.2017 |
You’re Not Hired! President Trump Imposes Executive Agency Hiring Freeze |
| Jan.23.2017 |
In with the New: Trump Freezes Pending and Non-Issued Obama-Era Regulations |
| Jan.19.2017 |
Introducing Crowell & Moring’s Government Contract Management Services Offering |
| Jan.17.2017 |
Enough Is Enough! Supreme Court Puts an End to 18-Year FCA Litigation |
| Jan.12.2017 |
COFC Holds That ACA "Risk Corridors" Program Requires Annual Payment |
| Jan.11.2017 |
Standardizing Federal PII Breach Response: OMB Updates Guidance for Agencies, Contractors, and Grant Recipients |
| Jan.10.2017 |
ASBCA Dismisses "Conclusory" and "Unsupported" $100M Government Claim |
| Jan.05.2017 |
The Pen is Mightier: Typewritten Signature Invalidates CDA Claim |
| Dec.29.2016 |
Whistleblower Protections Are Here to Stay |
| Dec.28.2016 |
Privacy for Everyone! New FAR Rule Imposes Mandatory Training Requirements for Employees Handling PII |
| Dec.22.2016 |
Out-of-Scope Investigation Should Not Prevent Access |
| Dec.20.2016 |
GAO's Annual Bid Protest Report: Sustains on the Rise |
| Dec.19.2016 |
Legislation Aims to Improve Program Management |
| Dec.16.2016 |
DOJ Reports $4.7B in FCA Recoveries in FY16 |
| Dec.15.2016 |
Reverse False Claim Requires "Established" Obligation to Pay |
| Dec.14.2016 |
Absent Formal Elimination, Offerors Have Standing to Pursue Size Protests |
| Dec.07.2016 |
Seal Violation Does Not Mandate Dismissal, Supreme Court Says |
| Dec.06.2016 |
Calling All Innovators: DIUx Announces Strategic Outreach Plan |
| Dec.02.2016 |
Myth-Busting is Still Alive: FAR Council Encourages Industry/Government Communications |
| Dec.02.2016 |
Court of Federal Claims Permits Affordable Care Act "Risk Corridors" Case to Proceed |
| Nov.28.2016 |
CFC Sustains Corrective Action Protest Where Solicitation Amendment Favored Original Awardee |
| Nov.22.2016 |
OGE Issues Final Rule on Gifts |
| Nov.21.2016 |
DoD Prohibits FY17 Funds for Contractors with Restrictive Confidentiality Agreements |
| Nov.18.2016 |
GAO Says Strategic Sourcing Benefits Realized, Wants Expansion |
| Nov.17.2016 |
Cleared Contractors Under the Gun As Insider Threat Program Deadline Approaches |
| Nov.14.2016 |
Final Rule Requires Technical Interchange for IR&D Cost Allowability |
| Nov.10.2016 |
Failure to Consider CAS Materiality Criteria Dooms Gov’t Claim |
| Nov.09.2016 |
Ambiguity Remains After Escobar |
| Nov.09.2016 |
Heads Up! CFATS Requirements Reinstated |
| Nov.07.2016 |
OGE Amends Executive Branch Ethics Program |
| Nov.04.2016 |
Leave It to the Experts: Fourth Circuit Suggests That FCA Extrapolation Is an Evidentiary Issue |
| Nov.03.2016 |
It’s Back – DCAA’s Non-Defense Audit Authority Revived |
| Nov.02.2016 |
Compensation Caps Rule Finalized |
| Oct.31.2016 |
CFC Blasts AF and DOJ for Vexatious Litigation |
| Oct.27.2016 |
DoD: Acquisition Shows Improvement (But Still Needs It) |
| Oct.26.2016 |
Idle Your Engines: Feds Instruct Agencies to Stand Down on "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" |
| Oct.25.2016 |
Government Enjoined from Implementing Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces |
| Oct.24.2016 |
Eighth Circuit Applies Escobar's Materiality Standard |
| Oct.21.2016 |
The Wait Is Over: Final DFARS Safeguarding Rule Published Today |
| Oct.17.2016 |
Congress Considers Tweaking IT Spending |
| Oct.13.2016 |
Suit to Stop Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Filed |
| Oct.12.2016 |
Sixth Circuit Recognizes Exception to Heightened Standard for Pleading False Claim |
| Oct.11.2016 |
It’s Everywhere You Want to Be: The New FAR iBook |
| Oct.07.2016 |
Failure to Mark Country of Origin Can Give Rise To Reverse False Claim |
| Oct.06.2016 |
CFC’s Transfer to CBCA Not Constrained by Board’s 90-Day Appeal Period |
| Oct.05.2016 |
Tough (Tax) Break: Federal Tax Delinquency and Felony Convictions Could Bar Corporations from Awards |
| Oct.04.2016 |
Goodbye DUNS Numbers; Hello ?? |
| Oct.03.2016 |
Paid Sick Leave Soon Required |
| Sep.30.2016 |
GAO Protest Jurisdiction over Most Task Order Awards by Civilian Agencies Ends Today |
| Sep.29.2016 |
Do the Exclusion Archives on SAM.gov Violate Contractors' Liberty Interest? |
| Sep.22.2016 |
Preparing for Day-One Compliance with Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces |
| Sep.19.2016 |
DoD Startup DIUx Expands Footprint |
| Sep.15.2016 |
Air Force Award Downed by Inadequate OCI Assessment |
| Sep.09.2016 |
Solicitation Must Adequately Evaluate Contract Type and Not Have Arbitrary Disqualifications |
| Sep.01.2016 |
DoD Broadens Allowability for Cost Associated with Counterfeit Electronic Parts |
| Aug.31.2016 |
Protests and Corrective Action on the Rise |
| Aug.29.2016 |
GSA Transactional Rule Pilot Program – Understanding the Seismic Shift |
| Aug.26.2016 |
GAO Has Had Enough, Suspends Protester for One Year |
| Aug.24.2016 |
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule and Guidance Released |
| Aug.23.2016 |
How to Choose a Corporate Monitor |
| Aug.18.2016 |
DoD IG Signals Shift in FOIA Policy |
| Aug.12.2016 |
OMB Releases Final Federal Source Code Policy |
| Aug.05.2016 |
Japan (and Slovenia) Become "Qualifying Countries" |
| Aug.02.2016 |
With More to Come, DoD Expands Reach of Detection and Avoidance of Counterfeit Parts Requirements |
| Aug.01.2016 |
How the Substantial Increase in False Claims Act Penalties Affects the Litigation Landscape |
| Jul.29.2016 |
Hill Wants to Extend Whistleblower Protections |
| Jul.29.2016 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov't Contractors Can’t Do Without (July 29) |
| Jul.27.2016 |
New Defense CAS Board Proposed in Senate Version of NDAA |
| Jul.26.2016 |
To Recuse or Not to Recuse: OGE Updates Guidance |
| Jul.22.2016 |
The Flood Gates Are Opened: SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Program Expands to All Small Business Concerns |
| Jul.21.2016 |
SBA’s July 2013 Small Business Subcontracting Revisions Finally Implemented in the FAR |
| Jul.19.2016 |
One Employee's Fraud Bars Company's Monetary Claim |
| Jul.15.2016 |
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov't Contractors Can’t Do Without (July 15) |
| Jul.14.2016 |
Federal Circuit Holds New Task Order Contract Awards Can Be Protested Without Full Procurement |
| Jul.06.2016 |
Nyet: Board Finds Insufficient Evidence to Grant Summary Judgment on SOL Grounds |
| Jul.01.2016 |
DOJ Makes Significant Inflation Adjustment to Civil Monetary Penalties |
| Jun.27.2016 |
DoD Proposes Significant Amendments to the DFARS Data Rights Scheme |
| Jun.24.2016 |
“It’s Alive!” High Court Recognizes “Frankenstein’s Monster” Theory of FCA Liability |
| Jun.23.2016 |
A New Dawn or New Nightmare: Will Transactional Data Reporting Reduce, or Merely Shift, GSA Schedule Contractors' Compliance Burden? |
| Jun.22.2016 |
The State of the Union, Suspension and Debarment Edition |
| Jun.20.2016 |
Unanimous Supreme Court Says Veteran-Owned Small Business Preferences Reign |
| Jun.17.2016 |
DHS and DOJ Publish Joint Guidelines for Voluntary Sharing Cyber Threat Indicators and Defensive Measures with Federal Government |
| Jun.16.2016 |
Unanimous Supreme Court Holds that Implied Certification Can be Basis for FCA Liability |
| Jun.15.2016 |
A Glimpse Into the Crystal Ball: DOD, GSA, and NASA Publish Semiannual Regulatory Agenda |
| Jun.09.2016 |
SBA Regulatory Changes Affect Relationships Between Small and Large Businesses |
| Jun.07.2016 |
GSA Proposes to Codify Override of Some Commercial Terms |
| Jun.06.2016 |
Investigation and Disclosure Best Practices |
| Jun.03.2016 |
Department of Defense Adds New Requirements to National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual |
| Jun.02.2016 |
Supreme Court to Rule on Seal Rule |
| May.31.2016 |
Preload of Generic Software Precludes Finding of Substantial Transformation in U.S. When Replaced with Proprietary Software That Enhanced Functionality |
| May.27.2016 |
ASBCA Delivers Bad News to Contractor Who Violated SBA’s Nonmanufacturer Rule |
| May.25.2016 |
FAR Council Begins Process to Integrate Climate Risk Disclosure into Federal Procurement Regulations |
| May.24.2016 |
In a Major Shift, GSA Will Require SCA Wage Determinations at the Task Order Level |
| May.23.2016 |
ASBCA Clarifies SOL on Interest Claims Under the Prompt Payment Act |
| May.20.2016 |
Whistleblower Rebuffs Counterclaim for Disclosing Confidential Information |
| May.17.2016 |
Setting the Floor: New FAR Rule Defines Minimum Contractor Information System Safeguarding |
| May.16.2016 |
Awardees in Multiple-Award Procurements Can Challenge Award Decisions to Fellow Awardees |
| May.13.2016 |
Administration Walks Back “Economic Significance” Designation of New Rules |
| May.12.2016 |
FCA Plaintiffs’ Increasing Reliance on “Tainted Claim” Damages Theory |
| May.10.2016 |
Wait, What? Administration Now Designates “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” as Not Economically Significant |
| May.09.2016 |
“Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Rules Head to White House for Final Review |
| May.06.2016 |
Wake-up Call: GSA Launches Requirement for Schedule Contractors to Reaffirm TAA Compliance |
| May.04.2016 |
“Good” Enough: Court Finds Certification Merely Defective on Pass-Through Claim |
| May.02.2016 |
Value of Services Performed Must Be Considered in Fraud Case |
| Apr.29.2016 |
No Double-Dipping: Board Lacks Jurisdiction Over New Theories Asserted in Government’s Amended Answer |
| Apr.26.2016 |
DoD Seeks Changes to the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act |
| Apr.22.2016 |
DoD Renews Its Request to Limit CFC Bid Protest Jurisdiction Dramatically |
| Apr.21.2016 |
Seismic Policy Shift to Open VA Schedule Contract to Non-TAA Compliant Covered Drugs |
| Apr.20.2016 |
Supreme Court Hears Argument on Implied Certification Theory |
| Apr.18.2016 |
GAO Proposed Rule Heralds New Electronic Filing System for Bid Protests |
| Apr.14.2016 |
Joint DOJ-FTC Memorandum Puts Defense M&A Deals in the Crosshairs |
| Apr.13.2016 |
Importance of Revolving Door Review and Recordkeeping |
| Apr.12.2016 |
FTA Softens Blow of Stricter Buy America Requirements for Rolling Stock |
| Apr.06.2016 |
Improper Convenience Termination Is Breach of Contract |
| Apr.06.2016 |
And Now the Carrots: DOJ Announces FCPA Self-Reporting Pilot Program |
| Mar.31.2016 |
Federal Circuit Affirms Contractor’s $113 Million Award from ASBCA |
| Mar.29.2016 |
What Next? Assessing Key Steps Contractors Must Consider for "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" Compliance |
| Mar.17.2016 |
Disclosing Fraud by Principals |
| Mar.14.2016 |
The Ever Expanding Impact of Criminal Convictions |
| Mar.09.2016 |
Offerors Now Must Disclose Information about Owners, Subsidiaries, and Predecessors |
| Mar.07.2016 |
The FCA Payback on Medicare Overpayments |
| Mar.03.2016 |
New FAR Requirement Forces Contractors to Examine Confidentiality Agreements |
| Mar.02.2016 |
Lack of Documented Award Defeats Discussions with Putative Awardee |
| Feb.29.2016 |
Gesundheit: Proposed Rule Would Mandate Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors |
| Feb.22.2016 |
The Federal and Corporate Cybersecurity Landscape |
| Feb.18.2016 |
One-Sided Discussions with the Awardee—the Solution, Not the Problem |
| Feb.17.2016 |
Proposed Rule Would Nix Allowability of Congressional Investigation Costs |
| Feb.16.2016 |
The Top FCA Decisions of 2015 for Government Contractors |
| Feb.10.2016 |
DoD's Guerilla War on IR&D |
| Feb.04.2016 |
New Guidance Allows Limited Role for DCAA Audit of Non-DOD Contracts |
| Feb.03.2016 |
Offerors Beware: Exceptions to Data Rights Requirements May Prove Fatal |
| Jan.27.2016 |
Proposed FAR Rule Targets Restrictive Confidentiality Agreements |
| Jan.21.2016 |
Relying on a Parent's Experience and Resources in Your Proposal? Some Explanation Required |
| Jan.20.2016 |
Sample of What's to Come: Extrapolation in FCA Cases |
| Jan.18.2016 |
DoD Mandates Preparation for Climate Change |
| Jan.15.2016 |
A Bridge Too Far: Court Vacates FHWA's 2012 Expansion of Its Buy America Waiver |
| Jan.14.2016 |
No Escaping (Legislative) History |
| Jan.12.2016 |
For Whom Does the Appeal Clock Toll? Vitiation vs. Finality |
| Dec.30.2015 |
DoD's New Year's Gift: More Time to Meet Cyber Safeguarding Requirements |
| Dec.28.2015 |
Navy's Sparse Document Production Sinks Protest Defense |
| Dec.24.2015 |
Pre-Award Key Personnel Departure Creates Catch-22 – Do I Tell or Not? |
| Dec.21.2015 |
Bah Humbug: Appropriations Bill Contains Lump of Coal for DoL on "Fair Pay" Funding |
| Dec.17.2015 |
Stronger Dollar Pushes Trade Agreements Act Thresholds Down |
| Dec.14.2015 |
GAO Rejects Rubber-Stamp LPTA Technical Evaluation |
| Dec.11.2015 |
DOJ Reports $3.5B Haul from FCA Enforcement in FY15 |
| Dec.09.2015 |
New "600 Series" Export Classification Brings No Relief from Offset Reporting |
| Dec.08.2015 |
Supreme Court to Tackle Implied Certification FCA Liability |
| Dec.07.2015 |
OGE Issues Proposed Rule Re Gifts for Executive Branch Employees |
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Prohibition on Contracting with Corporations with Felony Conviction or Delinquent Taxes |
| Dec.02.2015 |
Try, Try Again |
| Dec.01.2015 |
Defendant’s Reasonable Interpretation of Ambiguous Regulation Negates FCA Liability |
| Nov.30.2015 |
Final Rule for Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Set for April 2016 |
| Nov.25.2015 |
Price Realism Requirement Must Be Stated to Allow Unacceptability Finding |
| Nov.23.2015 |
Conflict of Interest by Government Official |
| Nov.17.2015 |
Claims Recovery Under Government Contracts |
| Nov.11.2015 |
Special Insurance Considerations for Government Contractors |
| Nov.09.2015 |
Budget Bill Will Increase FCA Penalties |
| Nov.05.2015 |
ASBCA's FY15 Report – a Look at the Numbers |
| Nov.03.2015 |
White House Issues Cybersecurity Plan for Agencies and Contractors |
| Nov.02.2015 |
Final Rule on Supply Chain Risk Fails to Provide Additional Guidance, Protection, or Relief from Uncertain Application |
| Oct.27.2015 |
Federal Circuit Upholds Corrective Action After Outcome Prediction |
| Oct.22.2015 |
Contending with Federal Investigations |
| Oct.15.2015 |
GAO Blasts FBI's "Second-Tier" IDIQ Solicitations |
| Oct.13.2015 |
IG Report Whacks DCMA's Oversight of Contractors' Business Systems |
| Oct.09.2015 |
No Buyer's Remorse – ASBCA Orders Air Force to Pay for What It Got |
| Oct.08.2015 |
SBA Proposes Fundamental Revision to Subcontract Reporting |
| Oct.07.2015 |
Significant Revisions to Non-U.S. Content Disclosure and Financing Policies Proposed |
| Sep.10.2015 |
Representations and Warranty Insurance in Transactions Involving Government Contractors |
| Sep.08.2015 |
Nothing to Sneeze at: Obama Administration Issues 13th EO Targeting Federal Contractors |
| Sep.04.2015 |
Federal Circuit Adopts Broad Standing in Set-Aside Challenge |
| Sep.03.2015 |
DoD Issues Long-Awaited Interim Rule on Cyber Requirements and Cloud Services |
| Sep.02.2015 |
Legal Privilege in Internal Investigations Analyzed |
| Sep.01.2015 |
DoD White Paper Takes Aim at IR&D Costs |
| Aug.31.2015 |
Will Supreme Court Address Widening Split on FCA Implied Certification Liability? |
| Aug.28.2015 |
What the OMB Cybersecurity Proposal Does and Doesn't Do |
| Aug.27.2015 |
GAO Faults Corrective Action Reevaluation |
| Aug.26.2015 |
GSA Class Deviation Takes Aim at Commercial Terms |
| Aug.25.2015 |
First Interpretation of ACA’s 60-Day Rule |
| Aug.24.2015 |
GAO Slams VA for Reneging on Its Corrective Action Promise |
| Aug.20.2015 |
No Constructive Knowledge When Amendment Not Posted to FedBizOpps |
| Aug.19.2015 |
New Zealand Companies Out of the 'Chillybin' |
| Aug.14.2015 |
Under Siege: Trade Associations Rap White House for Recent Flood of EOs Targeting Contractors |
| Aug.12.2015 |
Applicability of Privilege to Internal Investigations Upheld, Again |
| Aug.10.2015 |
DoD Issues Reminder on Ins/Outs the GSA FSS |
| Aug.07.2015 |
Comment Period for 'Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces' Extended Again |
| Aug.06.2015 |
VIDEO: False Claims Act Litigation: Hot Issues & Trends |
| Aug.05.2015 |
Proposed DFARS Rule to Provide Guidance on Assessing Commercial Price Reasonableness |
| Aug.04.2015 |
DCMA Details Oversight of Counterfeit Electronic Parts |
| Aug.03.2015 |
Contractor Gets "Second Bite" When Final Decision Reconsidered |
| Jul.30.2015 |
Triple Whammy: Agencies Flunk Price Evaluations |
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Changes to Acquisition Thresholds On the Way |
| Jul.28.2015 |
OMB Expands FAPIIS to Cover Grants and Cooperative Agreements |
| Jul.27.2015 |
DOJ Has No Right to Challenge Board Decision Under Contractor’s Wunderlich Act Suit |
| Jul.22.2015 |
Bad News for Contractors: ASBCA Decision Bars Offsets of Simultaneous Accounting Changes Under FAR 30.606 |
| Jul.17.2015 |
Implied Terms in Government Contracts Analyzed |
| Jul.16.2015 |
Comment Period for "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" Extended – A Bit |
| Jul.13.2015 |
Ban on Contractor Political Contributions Upheld |
| Jul.09.2015 |
Ninth Circuit Lowers the Bar for Original Source Status |
| Jun.30.2015 |
Contractor’s Role as Prime and Sub Under Same Program Upheld |
| Jun.23.2015 |
VIDEO: Alternative Fees in Law |
| Jun.22.2015 |
VIDEO: Trends in Bid Protest Litigation |
| Jun.15.2015 |
Post-Award Challenge to Solicitation Defect Upheld |
| Jun.12.2015 |
Implied False Certification Split Widens |
| Jun.02.2015 |
Interim Rule Eliminates CO Pricing Review of Indirect Offset Costs |
| May.29.2015 |
It's Not Easy Being Green: DoD Tightens up Domestic Preference Restrictions on Photovoltaic Devices |
| May.28.2015 |
Proposed Rule and Guidance Issued for Implementing "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" Executive Order |
| May.27.2015 |
Unanimous Supreme Court Cabins Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act |
| May.14.2015 |
Inching Towards Uniformity – Proposed Rule Governing Controlled Unclassified Information |
| May.13.2015 |
Size Matters: Past Performance Rating Not Supported by Small Task Orders |
| May.07.2015 |
Disharmony in the Cyber Acquisition Patchwork |
| Apr.29.2015 |
Claim Preparation Attorney's Fees Award Affirmed |
| Apr.27.2015 |
NAICS Challengers at Court Must First Exhaust Administrative Remedies |
| Apr.24.2015 |
Pentagon Looks to Silicon Valley for Innovation |
| Apr.16.2015 |
VIDEO: Crisis Management for Government Contractors |
| Mar.24.2015 |
Unduly Restrictive Specification Requires Redo |
| Mar.20.2015 |
GSA Seeks Comments on Proposed Class Deviation to Address Open "Recurrent Points of Inconsistency" in Commercial Supplier Agreements |
| Mar.16.2015 |
Domestic Preferences – CBP Says (Again) More Than Software Download Needed to Effect a Substantial Transformation under the Trade Agreements Act |
| Mar.12.2015 |
Non-Offeror Has Standing, and FAR Part 12 Commercial Item Restrictions Apply to GSA Schedule Procurements |
| Mar.06.2015 |
A Bold New World? GSA Proposes to Swap Its Price Reduction Clause for Monthly Reporting of All Sales Under Schedule and Other Government-Wide GSA Contracts |
| Mar.02.2015 |
Contractor Logs Victory in Termination Case at Federal Circuit |
| Feb.26.2015 |
A Rose and a Thorn: Federal Circuit Permits Contractor to Add New Claim to Pending Complaint, but Enforces Notice Provision to Bar Recovery |
| Feb.23.2015 |
DCAA Issues (Mis)Guidance on Expressly Unallowable Costs |
| Feb.20.2015 |
U.S. Access Board Proposes Updates to Section 508 Standards |
| Feb.13.2015 |
SBA Proposes Sweeping Expansion of the Mentor-Protégé Program |
| Feb.05.2015 |
Disclosure to Public Officials Is Not "Public": Relator to Have Yet Another Day in Court |
| Jan.30.2015 |
New Rule Broadens Definition of Human Trafficking and Implements Compliance Obligations |
| Jan.14.2015 |
Significant Changes on the Horizon to the Limitations on Subcontracting |
| Jan.12.2015 |
Fourth Circuit Accepts "Implied Certification" Theory When Contractual Requirement Is Unambiguous and Material |
| Jan.09.2015 |
Making a List and Checking It Twice: New Rule Requires "Adequacy Checklist" with Forward Pricing Rate Proposals |
| Jan.08.2015 |
Government Sees $104 Million Verdict Vanish After Its Theory of Liability Is Rejected Post-Trial |
| Jan.05.2015 |
Profit Recoverable in Commercial Item Termination |
| Dec.17.2014 |
Expanding FAPIIS: First "Ownership," Now "Predecessors" |
| Dec.11.2014 |
Federal Circuit Drops Bombshells on CDA Statute of Limitations and CAS "Materiality" Test |
| Dec.05.2014 |
OFCCP Final Rule Bars Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity Discrimination |
| Nov.21.2014 |
DOJ Reports Record Haul in FY14 FCA Recoveries of Nearly $6 Billion |
| Nov.17.2014 |
White House Authorizes Indemnification for Ebola Contracts |
| Nov.04.2014 |
Ninth Circuit Narrows Qualifications for Being Qui Tam "Original Source" |
| Oct.23.2014 |
Galactic Foresight Required: NASA's Proposed Rule Limits Advance Waivers to Yet-to-Be-Conceived Inventions |
| Oct.22.2014 |
The Story of Bad Faith in Government Contracts |
| Oct.16.2014 |
"Meaningful Consideration" of Procurement's Primary Activity Required in Size Standard Determinations |
| Oct.15.2014 |
Cert Denied in Closely Watched FCA Penalties Case |
| Oct.13.2014 |
"Any Degree of Fraud" Bars Contractor Claims |
| Oct.08.2014 |
Are Your GSA Schedule Products TAA-Compliant? |
| Oct.03.2014 |
OMB Approves Revised OFCCP Scheduling Letter |
| Sep.29.2014 |
IRS Tightening of Inversion Rules Demands Monitoring |
| Sep.25.2014 |
Nonmanufacturer Rule Applies to Procurements for Services |
| Sep.22.2014 |
Court Rejects Substantial Continuity Test for Successor Liability |
| Sep.19.2014 |
Slamming the Courthouse Door: No Review of Alleged Statutory Violations in Task Order Procurements |
| Sep.17.2014 |
Are You Cyber Secure Under the DFARS Rule? |
| Sep.11.2014 |
CDA Bars Untimely Contractor Claim |
| Sep.09.2014 |
Join Crowell & Moring for a Webinar on New Executive Orders |
| Sep.08.2014 |
Prime Pulls Rug Out From Under Subcontractor Appeal |
| Sep.05.2014 |
Eighth Circuit Relaxes Particularity Standard |
| Sep.04.2014 |
Reliance on Supplier's Country of Origin Certification Reasonable |
| Sep.02.2014 |
Knowingly False Certification of Davis-Bacon Act Compliance Results in Treble Damages |
| Aug.27.2014 |
First Circuit Sustains the Tax Deductibility of Settlement Payments under the Civil False Claims Act in Fresenius |
| Aug.25.2014 |
Managing Tax Audits – C&M Annual Conference |
| Aug.20.2014 |
Do you know where your products are manufactured? |
| Aug.15.2014 |
DPAS Regs Updated and Expanded |
| Aug.13.2014 |
Delaware Joins Trend of Eroding Attorney-Client Privilege Protection of Investigation Materials |
| Aug.06.2014 |
Contractor Claims Forfeited Under Fraud Statutes |
| Jul.31.2014 |
'No Prejudice' Response to Protest of Past Performance Evaluation Tantamount to Concession of Error |
| Jul.28.2014 |
DoD Issues Final Rule on Allowability of Whistleblower Costs |
| Jul.23.2014 |
(Re)Ordered: DoD Revises and Reorders ASBCA Rules |
| Jul.17.2014 |
Additional Business Systems Reviews Proposed |
| Jul.16.2014 |
Appeals Court Finds Foreign Investor Due More Process Than CFIUS Provided |
| Jul.02.2014 |
Supreme Court to Decide Limitations Issue in FCA Case |
| Jun.30.2014 |
It's Superman(damus)! D.C. Circuit Rescues Internal Investigation Materials from Disclosure |
| Jun.13.2014 |
VA Allowed to Disregard Vet Preference |
| Jun.11.2014 |
Proposed FAR Rule to Expand Requirements for Reporting Nonconforming Items |
| Jun.09.2014 |
Too Late: Another Government Claim Barred by CDA Statute of Limitations |
| Jun.06.2014 |
2013 Interim Executive Compensation Rule Finalized |
| Jun.04.2014 |
Federal Circuit Remands NAFI Contractor Back to ASBCA for Further Damages Findings |
| Jun.02.2014 |
Solicitor General Asks Supreme Court to Decline Review on Two Issues |
| May.27.2014 |
CO Must Identify Extension for Final Decision with Precision |
| May.15.2014 |
Payback: Federal Circuit Requires Government to Reimburse under WWII-Era Indemnification Clauses |
| May.07.2014 |
Department of Defense Final Rule on Counterfeit Electronic Parts |
| May.02.2014 |
Ode to Boilerplate |
| Apr.25.2014 |
Beware of Oververification of Lawful Permanent Residents |
| Apr.18.2014 |
D.C. Circuit Creates Split over the Reach of the First-to-File Bar |
| Apr.16.2014 |
Protecting Internal Investigation Materials From Disclosure |
| Apr.14.2014 |
Only One Place to Go for In-sourcing Challenge |
| Apr.11.2014 |
Awards Reinstated After Faulty 'Corrective Action' |
| Apr.09.2014 |
Cyber Spies Stealing Corporate Secrets & Technology |
| Apr.07.2014 |
GSA Schedule Prices No Longer Presumed Reasonable at DoD |
| Apr.04.2014 |
Industrial Base Sole-Source Award Deficient |
| Apr.03.2014 |
Supreme Court Denies Cert. in Rule 9(b) Pleading Requirements Case |
| Mar.31.2014 |
Victory for Lockheed Martin in Qui Tam Jury Trial -- Led by Crowell & Moring Team |
| Mar.27.2014 |
Contractor's Report to OIG Insufficient to Trigger Public Disclosure Bar |
| Mar.12.2014 |
Court Orders Opening of Pandora's Box |
| Mar.04.2014 |
Ten FCA Decisions from 2013 That Contractors Need to Know |
| Feb.27.2014 |
Solicitor General Weighs in (Sort of) on Rule 9(b) |
| Feb.21.2014 |
C&M Obtains Total Offset of Treble Damages |
| Feb.19.2014 |
Federal Circuit Clarifies Implied Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing |
| Feb.14.2014 |
BPAs: They Ain't Contracts |
| Feb.12.2014 |
NIST Releases Cybersecurity Framework |
| Feb.10.2014 |
GAO Introduces New Exception to Timeliness Rules |
| Jan.30.2014 |
Set-Aside Decision Doesn't Require Responsibility Determination |
| Jan.22.2014 |
Separate CAS Noncompliances May Get Separate SOL |
| Jan.15.2014 |
New Grant Rules Put Recipients Under the Microscope |
| Jan.13.2014 |
The Confusing World of Compensation Caps |
| Jan.10.2014 |
Testing…Testing… FAA Selects Six Test Sites For Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research |
| Jan.08.2014 |
Eleventh Circuit OK’s Suspension of Affiliates Beyond 18 Months |
| Jan.06.2014 |
New Limits on Contractor Compensation Costs |
| Dec.30.2013 |
Limitation of Funds Clause Puts Bite in Termination Recovery |
| Dec.18.2013 |
Trade Winds: Federal Government Announces Next Commercial Offshore Wind Leasing Auction |
| Dec.17.2013 |
Administration Ups the Ante on Federal Government's Use of Renewable Energy |
| Dec.13.2013 |
Fourth Circuit Weighs in on Public Disclosure Bar and Retroactivity |
| Dec.09.2013 |
New DFARS Safeguards and Reporting Requirements |
| Dec.06.2013 |
GAO Defers to Agency on Impact of Sequestration |
| Dec.04.2013 |
Watch for Conversion of Best-Value Evaluation to Lowest-Cost, Technically Acceptable |
| Nov.18.2013 |
FCA Does Not Authorize In-House Counsel/Relator to Reveal Client Confidences |
| Nov.13.2013 |
SUSPEND Act Gets Moving |
| Nov.07.2013 |
'Rise' of the Machines: FAA Publishes Plans for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations |
| Oct.25.2013 |
Overview of NIST Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework for Executive Order No. 13636 – Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity |
| Oct.24.2013 |
CFC Awards Full Fees for AF Breach |
| Oct.09.2013 |
DoD Memo Recalls 'Essential' Civilian Workers |
| Oct.01.2013 |
No Fun(ding): GAO, Courts, and Boards Describe Operations During Government Shutdown |
| Sep.30.2013 |
Whistleblower Protections for Prime and Sub Employees Expanded |
| Sep.26.2013 |
Shutdown Suspicions? Crowell & Moring Identifies and Answers Common Questions |
| Sep.23.2013 |
Sequestration Found Valid Basis for Canceling Solicitation |
| Sep.19.2013 |
Federal Circuit Mandates Full Lost Profits Award for Breach |
| Sep.05.2013 |
Managing Tax Audits -- C&M Annual Conference |
| Aug.12.2013 |
Federal Circuit Extends 'Good Faith' Shield of Agencies |
| Aug.05.2013 |
FAR Amended to Standardize Past Performance Evaluations |
| Jul.30.2013 |
Cleared for Takeoff: FAA to Allow Commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations Later this Year |
| Jul.25.2013 |
Fifth Circuit Breaks New Ground on Vicarious Liability Under the Anti-Kickback Act |
| Jul.23.2013 |
Government Is Greening Energy Contracting |
| Jul.17.2013 |
Utilities React to Confusing Buy America Restrictions |
| Jul.10.2013 |
Bad Estimates Support Constructive Change Without Proof of Government Negligence |
| Jul.08.2013 |
Avoid Increased Damages, Ensure the Accuracy of Your Size and Status Certifications |
| Jun.28.2013 |
New Executive Compensation Limits |
| Jun.20.2013 |
In Texas, Exclusive Means Exclusive |
| Jun.12.2013 |
Defective Complaint Can Still Have Preclusive Effect Under FCA's First-to-File Bar |
| Jun.10.2013 |
Commercial Space Flight -- Navigating the Gravitational Pull of Budget Cuts |
| Jun.05.2013 |
Show Them the Money: ASBCA Finds Govt Claims Untimely When Contractor Provided Cost Impact Analyses |
| May.28.2013 |
All's Not Fair in FCA Wars |
| May.22.2013 |
DoD's Proposed Counterfeit Electronic Parts Rules Are Short on Details |
| May.20.2013 |
Price Realism Requirement Is Easily Triggered |
| May.16.2013 |
Teaming Agreements: Date or Marriage? |
| May.14.2013 |
NIST Now "King of the Hill" on Cyber Standards |
| May.08.2013 |
CFC Denies Fraud Counterclaims for Lack of Scienter |
| May.02.2013 |
DoD Tightens Counterfeit Prevention Policy |
| Apr.16.2013 |
Reform Initiative Becomes Reality |
| Apr.10.2013 |
Initial Loading of Critical Software May Not Always Define Country of Origin |
| Apr.09.2013 |
Animus Unnecessary for Improper Termination |
| Apr.05.2013 |
Christian Doctrine Applied to Subcontract |
| Apr.02.2013 |
Arbitrability Is for the Arbitrator to Decide |
| Apr.01.2013 |
Whistleblower's FCA Claims Fail Public Disclosure and First-to-File Bars |
| Mar.22.2013 |
Seventh Circuit Applies Offsets to FCA Damages Before Trebling |
| Mar.20.2013 |
Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act Available to Qui Tam Relators Even When the U.S. Does Not Intervene |
| Mar.08.2013 |
GSA CO Must Decide GSA Schedule Contract Disputes |
| Mar.06.2013 |
Sequestration: New Agency Letters Warn Industry |
| Mar.04.2013 |
Relator's Detailed Allegations Cannot Overcome Public Disclosure Bar |
| Feb.28.2013 |
"Should Have Known" Standard Applied to CDA Statute of Limitations |
| Feb.26.2013 |
Clean Energy Award Polluted |
| Feb.22.2013 |
Coming to a Site Near You: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Testing |
| Feb.20.2013 |
Agencies Abuse Sole-Source Process |
| Feb.14.2013 |
Cybersecurity Gets a Presidential Push in New EO |
| Feb.13.2013 |
Protest of Private Subcontract Solicitation Has Teeth |
| Feb.12.2013 |
Proposed Consolidation of Civilian Suspension and Debarment Offices |
| Feb.07.2013 |
OMB Issues Strategic Plan to Improve Management of Section 508 |
| Feb.04.2013 |
OMB Proposes a 21st Century Federal Grants Regulatory Structure |
| Jan.30.2013 |
Ask the GAO Cyber Expert |
| Jan.25.2013 |
CFC Rejects Taxes Clause as Basis for Recovering Environmental Remediation Costs |
| Jan.24.2013 |
Federal Circuit Refuses to Give Offeror Second Chance |
| Jan.18.2013 |
White House and Military Departments Release Guidance as (Another) Budget Deadline Approaches |
| Jan.17.2013 |
Not So Fast: Federal Circuit Reverses CFC Decision Limiting Indemnification Rights |
| Jan.15.2013 |
Déjà Vu: Congress Orders DCAA to Revise Guidance on Access to Internal Audit Reports |
| Jan.14.2013 |
Stick to the Plan!: Anticipated March 2013 SBA Final Rule |
| Jan.10.2013 |
Top 10 FCA Decisions of 2012 |
| Jan.04.2013 |
FY 2013 NDAA Shines a Spotlight on Contractor Indemnification |
| Jan.03.2013 |
Final Rule on Nondisplacement of Workers Performing Service Contracts |
| Dec.26.2012 |
GAO Stands Down in Lengthy Dispute with VA Over Set-Asides |
| Dec.19.2012 |
How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Headed? |
| Dec.18.2012 |
Pre-Award Protest Timeliness Rule Extended |
| Dec.14.2012 |
Defense Verdict in Security Contractor Trial Affirmed |
| Dec.12.2012 |
OMB Directs Agencies to Prepare for Sequestration |
| Dec.10.2012 |
'Tis The Season... DoD Issues Reminder About Holiday Parties and Gifts |
| Dec.07.2012 |
CFC Judge Sides with VA in Preference Dispute over FSS Buys |
| Dec.05.2012 |
Setting A New Record, FCA Recoveries Reach $5 Billion in FY2012 |
| Dec.04.2012 |
Flying Through The Cloud: Acquisition Turbulence & Cyber Hail |
| Nov.29.2012 |
DOJ Puts Academic Medical Centers in Spotlight |
| Nov.21.2012 |
Top Five Takeaways From the New FCPA Guide |
| Nov.16.2012 |
NAFI Contractor Wins over $100 Million In Wunderlich Act Review of ASBCA Decision |
| Nov.14.2012 |
DOJ and SEC Issue Long-Awaited FCPA Guidance |
| Nov.13.2012 |
Good Faith Duties in Procurements Confirmed |
| Nov.07.2012 |
"Government Contracts 101" Seminar |
| Nov.06.2012 |
Widening a Split, Sixth Circuit Says FCA Amendments Apply to Pending Cases, Not Claims |
| Oct.31.2012 |
Claim Precluded When Not Raised in Earlier Litigation |
| Oct.26.2012 |
Government Sanctioned for Failure to Preserve Documents |
| Oct.23.2012 |
California FCA Strengthened to Parallel the Federal Act |
| Oct.16.2012 |
Davis-Bacon Violation Leads to FCA Liability |
| Oct.12.2012 |
Profit Seeking Is Not Fraudulent |
| Oct.10.2012 |
Government Claims for Clean-Up Costs Related to Cold-War-Era Contracts Rebuffed |
| Oct.05.2012 |
Administration Weighs In (Again) on Contractor Contingency Planning |
| Oct.03.2012 |
Customary Commercial Practice Deserves Respect |
| Sep.28.2012 |
"Look Out Below!" -- Regulating the Domestic Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems |
| Sep.26.2012 |
Sequestration: The Prequel |
| Sep.21.2012 |
Attorney Fees for Claim Preparation Are Recoverable |
| Sep.14.2012 |
OMB Issues Sequestration Report |
| Sep.12.2012 |
Gov't Scrutiny of Higher Education Institutions Continues |
| Sep.07.2012 |
Set-aside Determination Must Be Industry-Specific |
| Sep.05.2012 |
DOJ Sets FCA Sights on Private-Sector Colleges |
| Aug.30.2012 |
Federal Circuit Sweeps Away DOJ's Defenses in Corrective Action Suits |
| Aug.28.2012 |
The FAR Regulators Enter the Cyber Fray |
| Aug.27.2012 |
GAO Rejects Cooperative Agreements Dodge |
| Aug.24.2012 |
DCAA Issues Guidance on Access to Contractor Internal Audit Reports |
| Aug.23.2012 |
Consortium Awarded $30 Million for Manufacturing Pilot Program |
| Aug.20.2012 |
DoD "Green"-Lights Massive Investments in Renewable Energy |
| Aug.17.2012 |
A Galaxy (Not) FAR Away? NASA Awards New Contracts in Space Privatization Program |
| Aug.15.2012 |
CFC Rejects Yet Another Government Argument to Extend CDA Statute of Limitations |
| Aug.13.2012 |
OMB and DoD Do Sequestration Two-Step |
| Aug.07.2012 |
Federal Employees as Relators OK'ed |
| Aug.02.2012 |
Getting to Know SAM |
| Aug.01.2012 |
DOL Guidance on WARN Act Requirements |
| Jul.30.2012 |
Contracts Mean What They Say: Contractor Entitled to Invoice for Total Hours Worked under Labor Hours Contracts |
| Jul.27.2012 |
Bill Requiring White House to Provide Sequestration Specifics Moves Forward |
| Jul.26.2012 |
FAR Council Finalizes Reporting Requirements for Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards |
| Jul.23.2012 |
Who Knew? Limitations Defense Kept in Play Against U.S. |
| Jul.18.2012 |
DOD Required to Reimburse Pension Cost Deficit |
| Jul.06.2012 |
31-Month Suspension of Affiliates Violates FAR |
| Jun.25.2012 |
State Higher Ed Entities Face Arm-of-the-State Test |
| Jun.21.2012 |
DCAA Executive Compensation Calculation Rejected (Again) |
| Jun.19.2012 |
Attorney Fees for Claim Preparation Are Recoverable, Despite Contingency Arrangement |
| Jun.11.2012 |
Flawed Discussions Nixes Award |
| Jun.06.2012 |
Sequestration: What Does It Mean for Federal Contractors? |
| Jun.05.2012 |
"Crisis Handbook for Government Contractors: A Desktop Survival Guide for In-House Counsel" Is Now Available |
| May.31.2012 |
FTA Proposes Requiring 100% U.S.-Origin Components for Rolling Stock Overhauls |
| May.21.2012 |
Say Goodbye To CCR and Hello To SAM |
| May.16.2012 |
D.C. Circuit Loosens Public Disclosure Bar While Tightening the Reins on Damages |
| May.15.2012 |
CORRECTION: Congress to Vote on Radically Altering CFC's Bid Protest Timeliness Rules |
| Apr.30.2012 |
What You Should Know in the New Era of Transparent Internal Audits |
| Apr.27.2012 |
Routine Request Still "Undisputed" Years Later |
| Apr.24.2012 |
D.C. Circuit Fetters Government Discretion to Settle Qui Tam Claims Over Relator's Objection |
| Apr.20.2012 |
Air Force Debarment Official To Speak At OOPS |
| Apr.13.2012 |
Failure to Comply with Section L Instructions Invalidates Award |
| Apr.04.2012 |
Statute of Limitations Runs from Receipt of Auditable Information |
| Mar.13.2012 |
Cyber Regs Toughened Up |
| Feb.29.2012 |
Airport Public-Private Partnerships Taking Off? |
| Feb.27.2012 |
New GSA Contract Vehicle |
| Feb.23.2012 |
Substantial Penalties Under the FCA Without Real Damages Violates Eighth Amendment |
| Feb.14.2012 |
Inadequate Documentation Dooms Cost Realism Evaluation |
| Feb.10.2012 |
No SBA Protest Review of Approved 8(a) Mentor-Protégé JVs |
| Feb.08.2012 |
Cyber on the Hill |
| Feb.06.2012 |
C&M Top Ranked, Again |
| Feb.03.2012 |
DCAA's Use of a Statistically Invalid Analysis for Testing Compensation Reasonableness |
| Feb.02.2012 |
Inconsistent Statute of Limitations Decisions -- Or Not? |
| Feb.01.2012 |
Will Cyber War Come to a Contract Near You? |
| Jan.30.2012 |
IR&D Reporting Requirements Reinstated |
| Jan.26.2012 |
CFC Weighs in on Timeliness of OCI Protest |
| Jan.24.2012 |
NAFI Contractor Goes Straight to Court When CO Fails to Issue Final Decision |
| Jan.20.2012 |
CAS/PPA Harmonization Rules |
| Jan.18.2012 |
Congress Enacts Appropriations Restriction Relating to Felony Convictions |
| Jan.11.2012 |
For the New Year, Out with Origin but In with New Definitions of Source & Nationality |
| Jan.09.2012 |
Turn Square Corners or Sit on Sideline |
| Jan.05.2012 |
Executive Compensation Limits Expanded |
| Jan.03.2012 |
Contractors Can Review and Object to Public Release of Information in FAPIIS |
| Dec.29.2011 |
NASA Pushes FAR, Far Away for Commercial Crew Program |
| Dec.28.2011 |
Congress Proposes Changes to Technical Data Rights Statutes |
| Dec.07.2011 |
DoD Opens Dialogue With Industry on Open-Source Software |
| Nov.22.2011 |
The "Super Committee" Failed – What Now? |
| Nov.18.2011 |
New Post-Employment "Revolving Door" Certification |
| Nov.08.2011 |
Earlier Complaint Fails 9(b), But Bars FCA Suit |
| Nov.04.2011 |
US Liable for Environmental Remediation Costs Under Contract Clauses |
| Nov.03.2011 |
IG Confirms Many Recovery Act Criminal Investigations |
| Nov.02.2011 |
Final Rule Governing Personal Conflicts of Interest of Contractor and Subcontractor Employees Supporting or Performing Certain Acquisition Functions |
| Oct.27.2011 |
Chance to Change Pricing Generally Required After Corrective Action |
| Oct.26.2011 |
CFC Finds Unreasonable Deviation from Customary Commercial Practices |
| Oct.24.2011 |
Veterans Affairs Snubs GAO? |
| Oct.21.2011 |
Interest Due On Indirect Cost Claims |
| Sep.30.2011 |
SBA Cannot Replace Agency Responsibility Findings with Its Own |
| Sep.28.2011 |
Claim Accrues Before an Impasse |
| Sep.26.2011 |
How Do You Prove Prejudice in a Protest? |
| Sep.21.2011 |
DOD Revises IP Commercial Item Rules |
| Sep.20.2011 |
OMB Announces New "Goal" for Agencies to Accelerate Payments to Small Businesses |
| Sep.16.2011 |
Mandatory Display of Fraud Posters |
| Sep.14.2011 |
Proposal To Further Executive Branch Employees' Acceptance Of Gifts From Lobbyists |
| Sep.13.2011 |
Supreme Court Holds FOIA Response Falls Within FCA Public Disclosure Bar |
| Aug.19.2011 |
Elimination of CAS Exemption for Overseas Contracts and Subcontracts |
| Aug.18.2011 |
Following GAO Recommendation Doesn't Insulate Agency's Action After Protest |
| Aug.02.2011 |
CFC Dismisses Protest of SBA Decision Not to Reopen Size Determination |
| Jul.20.2011 |
CFC Faults Agency for Circumventing Protests |
| Jul.06.2011 |
Agency Failure to Consider Proposal Differences Invalidates Award |
| Jun.23.2011 |
Section 508 Compliance Takes Hit from the Federal Circuit |
| Jun.20.2011 |
No Preferential T&C's Mods Allowed for Commercial Item Buys |
| Jun.17.2011 |
Likely OCI Due to Unequal Information Access Yields PI |
| Jun.14.2011 |
The Sun Has Not Set On Protests Of Civilian Agency Task Orders |
| Jun.07.2011 |
Supreme Court Rules on Scope of Federal Contractors' Rights in Federally Funded Inventions |
| Jun.02.2011 |
New Rule Prescribes Data Required for Adequate Final Indirect Cost Rate Proposal |
| May.31.2011 |
Capital Costs Must be Treated as Indirect Costs |
| May.27.2011 |
Transportation Leaders Propose Massive Public-Private Partnership Project in Northeast Rail Corridor |
| May.23.2011 |
Interim Business Systems Rule Issued |
| May.23.2011 |
A-12 Litigation - After 20 Years a Draw - Or is it? |
| May.16.2011 |
Supremes Hold FOIA Response Satisfies FCA Public Disclosure Bar |
| May.13.2011 |
California High-Speed Rail: On the Fast Track |
| May.09.2011 |
The Great Dissenter Reviewed |
| May.06.2011 |
Touhy Fooey |
| May.02.2011 |
DOD to Pay All Small Businesses Faster |
| Apr.26.2011 |
Proposed FAR Provision Governing Organizational Conflicts of Interest |
| Apr.11.2011 |
The Wait Is Over for Women-Owned Small Businesses |
| Apr.08.2011 |
We're Staying Open to Handle Your Shutdown Questions |
| Apr.04.2011 |
The False Claims Act's Seal Provisions Upheld |
| Mar.31.2011 |
Agency's "Mail Storm" Excuses Late Proposal |
| Mar.24.2011 |
Government Contracts at the High Court |
| Mar.16.2011 |
Enhanced Requirements for Cost-Reimbursement Contracting |
| Mar.09.2011 |
Allowability of IR&D Costs: Dis-inflation Run Amok |
| Mar.04.2011 |
Federal Circuit Compounds Contractors' Interest Problems |
| Mar.02.2011 |
SBA Shakes Up 8(a) Program Regulations |
| Feb.28.2011 |
Bid Protests Workshop: Practice, Procedure and Strategy |
| Feb.25.2011 |
Shutdown Suspicions? Crowell & Moring Identifies the Questions You Should Be Asking |
| Feb.23.2011 |
Take Care to Preserve Ordering and Option Rights |
| Feb.16.2011 |
Payment for "Subcontractor" Services on T&M Contracts |
| Feb.11.2011 |
OHA Authority and Impact Expanded |
| Feb.08.2011 |
D.C. Circuit Adopts Implied Certification, But Rejects Collective Knowledge |
| Feb.04.2011 |
Novation Trap For The Unwary |
| Feb.02.2011 |
Tucker Act Reaches More NAFIs Than Many Thought |
| Jan.24.2011 |
Government to Release Private Contractor Information Contained in FAPIIS |
| Jan.14.2011 |
Congress Extends GAO's Bid Protest Jurisdiction Over Certain DoD Task And Delivery Orders |
| Jan.12.2011 |
Congress Extends GAO's Task Order Jurisdiction |
| Jan.10.2011 |
Inadequate Justification for Restrictive Requirements Leads to Injunction |
| Jan.04.2011 |
DoD Issues Final OCI Rule For Major Programs |
| Jan.03.2011 |
Contractor Team Arrangement Member Has Privity to Pursue Claims Against the Government |
| Dec.30.2010 |
DOD Issues Final OCI Rule For Major Programs |
| Dec.14.2010 |
When Does a Breach of Contract Violate the False Claims Act? |
| Dec.13.2010 |
Effect of Unilateral Contract Assignment Questioned |
| Dec.07.2010 |
"Collective Knowledge" Rejected |
| Dec.02.2010 |
Negative Responsibility Determination Overturned |
| Nov.24.2010 |
Damages Available For Government Breach of CRADA |
| Nov.10.2010 |
Auction Concept Still Lives at CFC |
| Nov.08.2010 |
Resolving Old Audit Issues |
| Oct.29.2010 |
DOL Again Applies Expansive Interpretation of "Subcontractor" |
| Oct.12.2010 |
Market Value is the Price of Holdover Tenancy |
| Oct.06.2010 |
New Certification of Iran Sanctions Compliance - for You and Your Subsidiaries |
| Oct.05.2010 |
TINA Threshold Raised but Broader Data Requests Likely |
| Oct.01.2010 |
Carrots, Sticks, and Fixes in the New Small Business Jobs and Credit Act |
| Sep.29.2010 |
DOD Proposes Substantial Revision to Intellectual Property Rules |
| Sep.28.2010 |
Technology Replacement Clause Requires Actual Replacement |
| Sep.24.2010 |
Compounding The Problem |
| Sep.14.2010 |
New Reporting Requirements For Grant and Cooperative Agreement Recipients |
| Sep.09.2010 |
Challenge To OCI Waiver Falls Short |
| Sep.02.2010 |
Court Reviews Decision to Stop Using SBA 8(a) Contract |
| Aug.30.2010 |
Subcontract Unenforceable When Violates SBA Requirements |
| Aug.20.2010 |
Another Salvo in the War for Control of Contractor "Systems" Approval |
| Aug.18.2010 |
Only Significant OCIs Require Mitigation |
| Aug.12.2010 |
CDA's Statute of Limitation Not Jurisdictional |
| Aug.10.2010 |
Wherefore Software In Analyzing Substantial Transformation |
| Aug.06.2010 |
Equal Treatment Applies Even If Minimum Discussions Threshold Met |
| Aug.03.2010 |
FAPIIS Information To Be Publicly Available |
| Jul.23.2010 |
DHS Clamps Down On Lead System Integrators |
| Jul.21.2010 |
CFC Rules That GAO Made Faulty OCI Analysis |
| Jul.19.2010 |
ASBCA Hears Past Performance Evaluation Challenges |
| Jul.13.2010 |
Don't Want a Setoff? Better Say It |
| Jul.09.2010 |
Reporting Requirements For Executive Compensation And First-Tier Subcontract Awards |
| Jun.29.2010 |
CFC Dismisses Adverse Past Performance Challenge |
| Jun.25.2010 |
The Best Defense Is A CDA-Compliant Offense |
| Jun.18.2010 |
New Pro-Competitive Restrictions On DoD Prototype Line Items and Options |
| Jun.16.2010 |
CAS Price Adjustments Limited To "Affected" Contracts |
| Jun.14.2010 |
Commerce Proposes Updates To Reauthorized Defense Production Act |
| Jun.10.2010 |
Another GSA Schedule Antikickback/FCA Settlement |
| Jun.08.2010 |
Another Attempt To Catch GSA Schedule Vendors In Violation of TAA Requirements |
| Jun.02.2010 |
No PRB Cost Adjustment For Segment Closings |
| May.21.2010 |
GAO Sides With COFC In Continued Battle Over Hubzone Set-Aside Priority |
| May.19.2010 |
DOD Implements Restrictions On Employee/Contractor Agreements Requiring Arbitration |
| May.18.2010 |
When Size Matters, SBA Has Final Say |
| May.17.2010 |
Resellers Policing Each Other On TAA Compliance |
| May.13.2010 |
Government Considers On-Line Public Access To Contracts And Task/Delivery Orders |
| May.06.2010 |
"Rebalancing" The Federal Workforce |
| May.03.2010 |
No Tolerance For Not Meeting Storage Requirements |
| Apr.28.2010 |
DoD Issues Proposed Rules Governing Organizational Conflicts of Interest |
| Apr.27.2010 |
Court Gives Teeth To Service Disabled Veteran Status |
| Apr.22.2010 |
Costs Of Influencing Collective Bargaining Decisions Proposed For Disallowance |
| Apr.20.2010 |
New Push Toward Project Labor Agreements For Federal Construction Work |
| Apr.15.2010 |
Strict Application Of Micro-Purchase Exception Sinks Award |
| Apr.12.2010 |
DCAA Issues Guidance On Revised Travel Cost Rule |
| Apr.07.2010 |
Cybersecurity Gets Hot On The Hill |
| Apr.05.2010 |
D.C. Circuit Overturns Decision To Release Manufacturing Data Under FOIA |
| Apr.01.2010 |
OCIs Must Be Considered During M&A Activity |
| Mar.31.2010 |
Latest False Claims Act Developments Further Erode Safeguards Against Parasitic Whistleblower Suits |
| Mar.30.2010 |
Recovery Act Buy American Provision: Good News For Canadian Suppliers |
| Mar.29.2010 |
CFC Has Jurisdiction Over "Nonprocurement" Protests |
| Mar.26.2010 |
Remember To Quote Approved Rates |
| Mar.25.2010 |
Ready Or Not, Here FAPIIS Comes -- Significant New Disclosure Requirements For Contractors |
| Mar.24.2010 |
MAS Advisory Panel Urges Increased Competition And Transparency |
| Mar.23.2010 |
Mandatory Suspension/Debarment Review For "Poorly Performing" Contractors |
| Mar.22.2010 |
Help Wanted: Bounty Hunters |
| Mar.19.2010 |
TSA Snared in GAO Protest Jurisdiction |
| Mar.19.2010 |
IR&D Definition Clarified |
| Mar.15.2010 |
GAO Ups the Ante on Biased Ground Rules OCIs |
| Mar.12.2010 |
Don't Risk A "Jury Verdict" |
| Mar.11.2010 |
Proposed Rule For Women-Owned Small Business Set-Asides |
| Mar.08.2010 |
DOD Proposed New Cybersecurity Rules |
| Mar.04.2010 |
DoD Implements Franken Amendment For Non-Commercial Contracts |
| Mar.01.2010 |
Cost Conference With Discount |
| Feb.24.2010 |
No Warranty Without Express Language |
| Feb.22.2010 |
Constitutional Challenges To Security Clearance Revocations Are Permissible |
| Feb.19.2010 |
Check For Weed |
| Feb.05.2010 |
US and Canada Thaw Relations By Reducing Buy American Friction |
| Feb.04.2010 |
Agencies May Not Rely On Flawed DCAA Audits |
| Jan.27.2010 |
Crackdown On Contractors With Tax Delinquencies |
| Jan.22.2010 |
ACO Approval of Contractor Business Systems, With Teeth |
| Jan.19.2010 |
Blanket Purchase Order Does Not Equal Task Order Contract |
| Jan.06.2010 |
Two Bites Allowed If In Different Spots On The Apple |
| Jan.04.2010 |
Weakened Dollar Causes Further Rise In TAA Thresholds |
| Dec.28.2009 |
Sweeping Prohibition on Arbitration of Employment Disputes in 2010 Defense Appropriations |
| Dec.18.2009 |
Statute Of Limitations Invalidates Government Claim For The First Time |
| Dec.14.2009 |
Costs of Air Travel Limited to the “Lowest Priced Airfare Available to the Contractor” |
| Dec.08.2009 |
Limits On Bid Protest Review Reinforced |
| Dec.03.2009 |
FCA Settlement Does Not Bar Third-Party Claims |
| Nov.30.2009 |
FOIA Release Is FCA 'Public Disclosure' |
| Nov.18.2009 |
GAO Sustains TRICARE Protest On Multiple Grounds |
| Nov.11.2009 |
Ignorance of The Law |
| Nov.05.2009 |
SBA Proposes Important New Section 8(A) Regulations |
| Oct.19.2009 |
New Limits On Use Of "Of A Type" Commercial Services |
| Oct.15.2009 |
"Excessive" Pass-Through Charges Defined And Prohibited |
| Oct.14.2009 |
It's All In The Name |
| Oct.13.2009 |
3 Days For Contractor ARRA Comments |
| Sep.28.2009 |
Many Small Projects Do Not Equal One Big Project |
| Sep.24.2009 |
GAO Reports Deficiencies In DCAA Audit Reports |
| Sep.23.2009 |
PRB Costs Allowable Whether Measured Under FAS 106 or IRS Criteria |
| Sep.18.2009 |
Abu Ghraib Service Contractors Immune From Tort Claims |
| Sep.14.2009 |
OCIs Down Air Force Award |
| Sep.10.2009 |
25th Anniversary Version Of FMF Guidelines -- No Celebration For It Companies |
| Aug.28.2009 |
Get There On Time, Or The Party's Over |
| Aug.25.2009 |
Reporting And Registration Under ARRA |
| Aug.04.2009 |
Past Performance CDA Appeal Revisited |
| Jul.31.2009 |
Crowell & Moring Cops #1 Ranking |
| Jul.23.2009 |
Equality For All - OMB Instructs Agencies To Ignore GAO And Give Equal Consideration To Three SBA Programs |
| Jul.17.2009 |
FCA Treble Damages Awarded For Grant Fraudulently Induced, Despite Successful Performance |
| Jul.15.2009 |
Administration To Begin E-Verify Enforcement On September 8, 2009 |
| Jul.10.2009 |
Defacto Debarment: Broad Contracting Prohibitions For Many Expatriate Corporations |
| Jul.08.2009 |
Fraud Or Indiscretion? It Depends Who You Are |
| Jul.06.2009 |
Elimination of Price Reduction Clause and Other Recommendations by MAS Panel |
| Jun.30.2009 |
Boards' CDA Jurisdiction Does Not Extend To Third-Party Beneficiaries |
| Jun.23.2009 |
Treasury Issues Compensation Standards For TARP Participants |
| Jun.12.2009 |
U.S. Not A "Party" To Whistleblower Cases When It Has Not Intervened, Supreme Court Says |
| Jun.11.2009 |
A-12 Default Affirmed |
| Jun.08.2009 |
E-Verify Enforcement Suspended Until September 2009 |
| Jun.04.2009 |
Inexact IDIQ Exercise = Constructive Change |
| Jun.02.2009 |
GAO Bites Agency On Corrective Action Discussions |
| May.28.2009 |
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Contracting |
| May.26.2009 |
Congress Clamps Down On OCIs & Competition For DoD Major Systems |
| May.21.2009 |
Unfortunate Change To Settlement Fees And Costs Allowability Law |
| May.19.2009 |
Congress Amends False Claims Act |
| May.06.2009 |
Federal Circuit Reaffirms Deferential OCI Standard |
| May.04.2009 |
No Small Business Set-Asides For FSS Purchases |
| Apr.22.2009 |
Public-Private Partnerships On The Rise |
| Apr.17.2009 |
Crystal-Ball Jurisprudence Critiqued |
| Apr.16.2009 |
Beware of Noncompliance With Price Reduction Clause Requirements |
| Apr.13.2009 |
Fourth Circuit Rules In Custer Battles |
| Apr.03.2009 |
Recovery Act CRIB Sheet For Government Contractors, Part II, The Interim FAR |
| Mar.31.2009 |
House Hammers Hubzone Program |
| Mar.26.2009 |
Agency Acceptably Disqualifies Offeror For Refusal To Wall Off Employee |
| Mar.24.2009 |
DCAA "Independence" |
| Mar.19.2009 |
Recourse For Negative Past Performance Evaluation |
| Mar.16.2009 |
E-Mails Regarding Competitor's Responsibility Not Releasable Under FOIA |
| Mar.06.2009 |
Agency's Corrective Action Based Upon GAO Recommendation Reasonable |
| Mar.04.2009 |
President Focuses On "Cleaning Up" Federal Contracting |
| Mar.03.2009 |
Fraudulent Claim Gets The Triple Whammy |
| Feb.26.2009 |
Stimulus Act Crib Sheet for Government Contractors |
| Feb.25.2009 |
Buy American Provisions of Stimulus Act |
| Feb.24.2009 |
B&P Costs Plus Injunctive Relief Permitted |
| Feb.03.2009 |
Obama Moves Out On The Union Front |
| Jan.23.2009 |
Clearing The Decks--FAR Council Finally Issues COTS Waivers Mandated By Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 |
| Jan.16.2009 |
More Confusion On What Costs Are Allocable To Government Contracts |
| Jan.14.2009 |
Must DOJ Intervene In Qui Tam Cases Within 60 Days After The Case Is Filed? |
| Jan.13.2009 |
GAO Sends Agency Back To The Drawing Board -- Again |
| Jan.07.2009 |
Fasten Your Seatbelts -- Bumpy Road Ahead |
| Jan.05.2009 |
Iraq Delays Enforcement Of Certain Laws |
| Jan.02.2009 |
Tech Bundling Justified For Emergency Situations |
| Dec.16.2008 |
The Status Of Forces: Largely Uncertain |
| Nov.24.2008 |
Successful Protest Leads To Award |
| Nov.20.2008 |
Mandatory Disclosure Is The New Reality |
| Nov.14.2008 |
E-Verify -- Immigration Enforcement Comes to Federal Contracting |
| Nov.06.2008 |
DOD's Affirmative Action Program Unconstitutional |
| Nov.03.2008 |
CFC Gives CICA Its Bite |
| Oct.29.2008 |
Contingency Contractor Beware |
| Oct.21.2008 |
"Rule of Two" For Small Business Set-Asides Extended to Award of Task and Delivery Orders |
| Oct.17.2008 |
Government Procurement Is Going Green |
| Oct.15.2008 |
Protestor Bags Redo and B&P Costs, Too |
| Oct.13.2008 |
CAS Pension Requirements In The Market Meltdown |
| Oct.07.2008 |
SBA Issues Final Rule On WOSB Contracting Program But Has Yet To Identify Eligible Industries |
| Oct.02.2008 |
Alternative Procurement Yields Protestor Bid Preparation Costs |
| Sep.25.2008 |
Competitive Range Of One Gets Close Scrutiny |
| Sep.22.2008 |
OCI Exclusion Without Notice Denies Due Process |
| Aug.29.2008 |
CFC Has "Pre-Procurement" Protest Jurisdiction |
| Aug.21.2008 |
Parent's No-Debarment Agreement Doesn't Stop CO Finding Sub Lacks Integrity |
| Aug.08.2008 |
Customs Proposes To Substantially Transform The Substantial Transformation Test |
| Jul.23.2008 |
More Disclosure Proposed -- And Not By The Government |
| Jul.16.2008 |
DOJ Offers Last-Minute Criticism of The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007 |
| Jul.15.2008 |
Post Hoc Explanation Inadequate To Save Unreasonable Price Evaluation |
| Jul.03.2008 |
All Those Disclosure Requirements -- They Just Keep Coming |
| Jul.01.2008 |
OGE Issues Final Rule On Post-Employment Conflict Of Interest Restrictions |
| Jun.26.2008 |
Crowell & Moring Once Again Rated Leading Government Contracts Firm |
| Jun.24.2008 |
GAO Blasts Faulty Past Performance Evaluation |
| Jun.20.2008 |
Congress Has A "Heart"? |
| Jun.19.2008 |
Tanker Award Tanked |
| Jun.17.2008 |
New Protest Jurisdiction at GAO |
| Jun.11.2008 |
Government Contractors Must Use E-Verify |
| Jun.10.2008 |
Subcontractor Must Intend That Government Pay False Claim Submitted To Prime, Supreme Court Rules |
| Jun.03.2008 |
Supremes Allow Paralegal Fees Recovery At Market Rates |
| May.28.2008 |
Task Order Protest as Breach at The ASBCA |
| May.20.2008 |
Flawed Pension Cost Decision Is Reversed - But Why? |
| May.16.2008 |
Scope of Proposed Rule on Self-Reporting is Expanded and Would Also Require Self-Reporting of FCA Violations and Contract Overpayments |
| May.13.2008 |
DFARS Excessive Pass-Through Cost Rule Modified |
| May.09.2008 |
Agency's Preclusionary (And Erroneous) "Revolving Door" Advice Provides Pre-Award Bid Protest Standing |
| May.06.2008 |
No Prime Liability = No Pass-Through |
| Apr.30.2008 |
"//signed//" Doesn't Cut It |
| Apr.25.2008 |
Federal Taxes, Contractor Responsibility, and Suspension and Debarment |
| Apr.21.2008 |
Beware The Cooperative Agreement |
| Apr.16.2008 |
Mandatory Disclosure And Cooperation To Be Proposed For Commercial Item And Overseas Contractors |
| Apr.09.2008 |
GAO To Staff New Contract Appeals Board |
| Apr.03.2008 |
GAO Repeats Protective Order Warning |
| Mar.10.2008 |
CFC Faults GSA's False Statistical Precision In Major Evaluation |
| Mar.05.2008 |
Court Of Federal Claims Examines Contracting Authority |
| Feb.28.2008 |
Stay Tuned For Likely Changes In False Claims Law |
| Feb.27.2008 |
TSA Back Under The Thumb off FAR and CICA |
| Feb.21.2008 |
Go Ahead and Offer the Senator a Cup of Coffee - Senate Gift Rules Don't Require You to Be Rude, Just Stingy |
| Feb.21.2008 |
Go Ahead and Offer the Senator a Cup of Coffee |
| Feb.05.2008 |
GAO Slams Protestor For Protective Order Violation |
| Jan.30.2008 |
Line Item Prices Still Exempt Under FOIA |
| Jan.22.2008 |
Crossing The Threshold |
| Jan.17.2008 |
Potential OCI Short-Circuits Sole-Source Award |
| Jan.08.2008 |
Supreme Court Strictly Enforces CFC Statute Of Limitation |
| Jan.02.2008 |
SBA Proposes Set-Aside Rules For Women-Owned Small Businesses |
| Dec.21.2007 |
Happy Holidays From The Far Council -- Proposed Restrictions On Allowable Airfare |
| Dec.10.2007 |
Latest DoD "Reform" Act Is Far-Reaching |
| Dec.04.2007 |
Be Certain of The Sum Certain |
| Nov.26.2007 |
Déjà Vu: Another FAR Rule On Contractor Codes Of Business Ethics And Conduct |
| Nov.16.2007 |
Contractor Socked For Double And Treble Damages |
| Nov.14.2007 |
DOJ Would Mandate Contractor Compliance Programs And Self-Reporting |
| Nov.13.2007 |
FAR Integrated With Safety Act |
| Nov.12.2007 |
Agency's Stafford Act Interpretation Rejected |
| Nov.05.2007 |
Assembly In US Does Not Unlock TAA Procurement Door For Padlocks Made From Chinese Parts |
| Oct.30.2007 |
False Claims Act - Supreme Court Will Review Allison |
| Oct.26.2007 |
DOD Suspensions and Debarments Are Dramatically Up: Check Your Compliance Program |
| Oct.17.2007 |
Court Explores New Frontier On The OCI Front |
| Oct.15.2007 |
Interest Paid Is Recoverable In Damages |
| Sep.27.2007 |
Congressional Sledgehammer Drops On DHS Cyber Insecurity |
| Sep.19.2007 |
Little Dab of Fraud Will Do Ya (In) |
| Sep.14.2007 |
Gotta Give A Guy A Fair Chance On The Redo |
| Sep.05.2007 |
Court Dumps CICA Stay Override |
| Aug.31.2007 |
Compound Interest On CAS |
| Aug.22.2007 |
State Slammed For Adopting GAO Recommendation |
| Aug.20.2007 |
Congress Hammers TSA Exemption From FAR |
| Aug.03.2007 |
SBA Proposes To Relax Employee-Based Size Standard |
| Aug.01.2007 |
Civil FCA Relator Fees Are Deductible |
| Jul.30.2007 |
Strong Mitigating Factors Trump Debarment |
| Jul.06.2007 |
CAS Exemption For Time & Material And Labor Hour Contracts |
| Jul.05.2007 |
Further Progress On What Used To Be The Berry Amendment |
| Jul.03.2007 |
CAS-covered Contract Not "Affected" By Accounting Change |
| Jun.27.2007 |
New Timeliness Rule Sinks Ferry’s Protest |
| Jun.18.2007 |
Board Finds Liability For Constructive Receipt of Pension Plan Assets at Plan Merger |
| Jun.14.2007 |
CAS Board Adjusts Coverage Threshold |
| Jun.12.2007 |
Ambiguous Instructions Give Disqualified Offeror A Second Chance |
| Jun.08.2007 |
IRS Mandates Audit of Deductibility of Settlements |
| Jun.06.2007 |
GAO Teaches Course in Cost Realism 101 |
| May.11.2007 |
"Yardstick" Measures Failure to Progress in A-12 Default Termination |
| Apr.30.2007 |
Limitation on Mark-Up of Subcontractor Costs |
| Apr.25.2007 |
Bad Faith Conduct Pervades Contract |
| Apr.24.2007 |
Patent Case Has Implications For Contract Interpretation |
| Apr.16.2007 |
Decision Signals Increased SBA Scrutiny of Size Status |
| Apr.10.2007 |
GAO And SBA Disagree on Effect of Noncompliance With Subcontracting Limitation |
| Apr.04.2007 |
Government Auditor Cannot Qualify As An Original Source |
| Apr.02.2007 |
Supreme Court Deals Set-Back To Whistleblowers |
| Mar.28.2007 |
Supreme Court Resolves “Original Source” Issue |
| Mar.26.2007 |
CFC Sets Out Contract Interpretation Standards |
| Mar.16.2007 |
Government Not Immune To E-Discovery Costs |
| Mar.06.2007 |
ASBCA Reconsiders CAS 418 Definition Of "Homogeneous Cost Pools" |
| Feb.16.2007 |
Proposed Far Rule Would Require Many Federal Contractors And Subcontractors To Adopt Ethics Program |
| Feb.02.2007 |
Federal Supply Schedules Opened To State And Local Governments For Recovery Purchasing |
| Jan.29.2007 |
Award Fee Determination Must Be Made By Designated Official |
| Jan.17.2007 |
Imminent Qualification As Source Must Be Considered By Agency |
| Jan.12.2007 |
Federal Circuit Opens Split Over Paralegal Reimbursement Under EAJA |
| Jan.04.2007 |
Court Opens Third Party's Files To Aid Private International Arbitration |
| Dec.29.2006 |
During Bid Protest Stay Agency Should Have Terminated Award To Large Business Following SBA Size Decision |
| Dec.27.2006 |
Department Of Justice Issues Updated Guidelines For Corporate Prosecution |
| Dec.21.2006 |
Government Seeks To Push Defective Pricing Into Twilight Zone |
| Dec.20.2006 |
What The Far Council Giveth The Dar Council Taketh Away |
| Dec.14.2006 |
Private Party MEO Teammate Allowed Intervention To Protect Proprietary Information |
| Dec.12.2006 |
SBA Modifies Time At Which Size Status Is Determined |
| Dec.07.2006 |
Proof Of Actual Bias Not Required To Show Conflict Of Interest |
| Dec.07.2006 |
Preliminary Observations About DOD Class Deviation for Specialty Metals |
| Dec.05.2006 |
Supreme Court To Decide Who Qualifies As An "Original Source" |
| Nov.28.2006 |
Lost Profits Available For Long-Term Contract Breach |
| Nov.21.2006 |
Government's Complaints-In-Intervention Do Not Relate Back To Qui Tam Complaint |
| Nov.16.2006 |
RFP Must State Whether Or Not Subcontractor Past Performance Will Be Considered |
| Nov.14.2006 |
Court Re-Affirms Rule On CDA Interest |
| Nov.09.2006 |
On Time Means On Time |
| Oct.25.2006 |
Cyber Barbarians & Federal Data Breaches In 2006 |
| Oct.19.2006 |
Misleading Discussions Can Be With Awardee |
| Oct.12.2006 |
No Longer The Berry Amendment But Worse |
| Oct.06.2006 |
Congress Pressures DHS To Expedite Safety Act Approvals |
| Oct.04.2006 |
It Doesn't Have To Be Fancy |
| Sep.29.2006 |
Base And Option Years Unit Pricing Not Releasable Under FOIA |
| Sep.19.2006 |
Protest Sustained Because Agency Unreasonably Evaluated Weaknesses In Protester's Proposal |
| Sep.15.2006 |
Limitations Of Cost Notice Obligations Must Be Met |
| Sep.13.2006 |
Services In Contract Don't Trump "Non-Manufacturer Rule" |
| Sep.12.2006 |
T4C, IDIQ Clauses Are No Safe Harbor Against Breach Damages |
| Sep.06.2006 |
Government Meets Its Waterloo In The Great Engine War |
| Aug.29.2006 |
Option Exercise Not Fully Discretionary |
| Aug.24.2006 |
The Federal Circuit Confirms Proper SCA Price Adjustments |
| Aug.21.2006 |
False Invoices Under CPA Contract Not False Claims "Presented" To U.S. Government |
| Aug.18.2006 |
DOD Scales Back Proposed Export Control Compliance Clauses |
| Aug.17.2006 |
'Page-Count' Method Supports Claim For Reimbursement Of Protest Costs |
| Aug.11.2006 |
"The New Contract Is Better" Isn't A Justification |
| Aug.11.2006 |
NASA Proposes Cyber Lock-Down On Contractors |
| Aug.08.2006 |
GAO Faults Army For Failure To Pursue Certificate Of Competency |
| Aug.04.2006 |
Request For Clarification Amounts To Discussions |
| Aug.01.2006 |
Board Wields Sanctions To Enforce CDA Subpoena Against DOJ |
| Jul.27.2006 |
Crowell & Moring Rated Leading Government Contracts Firm |
| Jul.25.2006 |
Changing Court Rules Signal Changing Court |
| Jul.19.2006 |
Cyberthreats & Homeland Security: Stopping A Digital Pearl Harbor |
| Jun.20.2006 |
Government In Jurisdictional Pickle Over Reverse-False-Claims Action For Unpaid Customs Duties |
| Jun.16.2006 |
Contracting Authority Analyzed In 3 Cases |
| Jun.13.2006 |
Restricted Recompetition Given Close Scrutiny |
| Jun.08.2006 |
Sample Tasks Must Be Reasonable Proxy For Entire Contract |
| Jun.06.2006 |
Order Of Precedence Clause Gets Boost |
| Jun.02.2006 |
Lack Of Experience Can Be Cured |
| Jun.01.2006 |
You Win Some/You Lose Some |
| May.30.2006 |
You Makes Your Choice And Takes Your Chances |
| May.25.2006 |
Seminar On Teaming And Joint Ventures |
| May.23.2006 |
ASBCA Applies Affirmative Misconduct Standard In Denying Contractor's Estoppel Defense |
| May.19.2006 |
CMS Loses Medicare Protest Under New Competitive Procedures |
| May.16.2006 |
Seminar On Improving Past Performance Evaluations |
| May.11.2006 |
You Must Ante Up To Play In The Game |
| May.10.2006 |
The Global Collision Of Privacy & Homeland Security |
| May.08.2006 |
Declaratory Judgment Actions Examined |
| May.03.2006 |
DOE Solution To Underfunded Pension Plans: Don't Pay For Them |
| May.01.2006 |
Jurisdiction Found Over 85-804 Indemnification Clause Breach Claims |
| Apr.25.2006 |
Too Bad, So Sad |
| Apr.21.2006 |
Battlefield Contractors Need Federal Forum For Tort Claims |
| Apr.19.2006 |
New Electronic Discovery Rules Approved |
| Apr.14.2006 |
CAS Offsets Permitted Among Different Contract Types |
| Apr.12.2006 |
Contradictory Technical And Cost Evaluations Don't Add Up |
| Apr.10.2006 |
Top Congressional Staffers Speak on Homeland Security – April 12th |
| Apr.03.2006 |
Breach Of Good Faith Doesn't Require Malice |
| Mar.31.2006 |
CAS Coverage And Indirect Costs |
| Mar.27.2006 |
But Judge, That Was Only What We Said To Congress |
| Mar.21.2006 |
Past Performance Formula For Disaster |
| Mar.15.2006 |
Can Employee Releases Bar False Claims Act Actions? |
| Mar.13.2006 |
Rep. Hunter Steals Page From NISPOM Play Book (Literally) |
| Mar.08.2006 |
Union Obtains Protest Relief In District Court |
| Mar.06.2006 |
Offeror's Flip-Flop On Berry Amendment Compliance Dooms Award |
| Mar.02.2006 |
DOD Issues Final Rule Re Criminal Jurisdiction Over Employees Of Battlefield Contractors |
| Mar.01.2006 |
Report Highlights Problematic Katrina Contracting Practices |
| Feb.28.2006 |
Report Highlights Problematic Katrina Contracting Practices |
| Feb.24.2006 |
Chutzpah Goes Unrewarded |
| Feb.23.2006 |
Overhead Pool Flunks "Homogeneity" Test Absent "Benefit" To The Government |
| Feb.21.2006 |
Public Disclosure Of "Industry-Wide" Overbilling Practice Bars Qui Tam Suit Based Upon Similar But Undisclosed Fraudulent Transactions |
| Feb.17.2006 |
Failure To Update Invalidates Evaluation And Responsibility Determination |
| Feb.15.2006 |
GSA "Invites" Schedule Contractors To Examine Origin Of Offered Products |
| Feb.14.2006 |
When It Sounds Too Good To Be True, It Usually Is |
| Feb.13.2006 |
OCI Mitigation Doesn't Go Far Enough |
| Feb.10.2006 |
No Out-Of-Pockets, No Interest |
| Feb.08.2006 |
Bad Alchemy: Turning Estimates Into Fraud |
| Feb.06.2006 |
Unequal Price Discussions Sink Award |
| Feb.02.2006 |
Plain Meaning Of Statute Restricts Competition |
| Jan.30.2006 |
Termination Clause Trumps Cost-Sharing |
| Jan.27.2006 |
|