| Dec.01.2020 |
DFEH Provides More Answers to Questions About California’s New Annual Pay Data Reporting Requirements, Including Which Employers Are Required to Submit Pay Data Reports |
| Dec.01.2020 |
EO 13950 Continues to Make Headlines: Agencies Issue Class Deviations and Lawsuits Challenging the EO are Pending |
| Nov.30.2020 |
All Things Protest: The Latest on Key Personnel (November 2020) |
| Nov.30.2020 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: Why is Everyone Talking about November 30? |
| Nov.25.2020 |
D.C. District Court Denies Stay in FOIA Case, Authorizing Release of PPP Borrower Names and Amounts as Soon as December 1 |
| Nov.20.2020 |
COVID-19 Relief Fraud Prosecutions Target Increasingly Sophisticated Schemes |
| Nov.20.2020 |
Fine Print: A False Claims Act Settlement Does Not Void a Contract |
| Nov.19.2020 |
The Government’s Momentum in Ensuring Dominance in AI Continues as OMB Issues Guidance for Regulation of AI Applications |
| Nov.18.2020 |
Poof There it Is: Court Invokes the Constructive Termination for Convenience Doctrine for the Government |
| Nov.17.2020 |
Task Force Report on Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic Provides Recommendations to Improve Resiliency |
| Nov.13.2020 |
The Anticipated SBA Evaluation of PPP Borrower’s Economic Necessity Certification |
| Nov.13.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: ASBCA, GAO, OFCCP, and Federal Circuit News (November 13) |
| Nov.10.2020 |
ASBCA's FY2020 Report – A Look at the Numbers |
| Nov.05.2020 |
DFEH Begins to Provide Some Answers to Questions About California’s New Annual Pay Data Reporting Requirements |
| Oct.30.2020 |
NAACP Seeks Injunction of EO Banning Implicit Bias Training |
| Oct.30.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: DOJ, Bid Protest, DCMA, and DUNS News (October 30) |
| Oct.29.2020 |
All Things Protest: Competitive Foosball Gets Procurement Kicked (October 2020) |
| Oct.28.2020 |
GAO Sustains Protests Alleging Agency Failed to Consider Pandemic Impacts on its Requirements |
| Oct.28.2020 |
Last Chance to Comment on FASC Rule – More Supply Chain Restrictions Coming |
| Oct.27.2020 |
Procurement Collusion Strike Force Brings First Case Against Government Contractor in North Carolina |
| Oct.26.2020 |
Trick or Treat: DCMA Poised to Take on New Role in "Helping" to Resolve TINA Disputes |
| Oct.23.2020 |
OFCCP Issues Request For Information on EO Prohibiting Race and Sex Stereotyping and Scapegoating |
| Oct.09.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: DFARS Interim Cybersecurity Rule (October 9) |
| Oct.09.2020 |
Guidance Issued on Executive Order Banning Unconscious Bias Training |
| Oct.08.2020 |
PPP Borrowers May Require SBA Consent or Escrowing of PPP Loan Balance in Connection with "Change of Ownership" Transactions |
| Oct.05.2020 |
FCA Suit Alleging Manufacturer Fraudulently Induced HHS to Stockpile $1.4B of Tamiflu to Prevent Influenza Pandemic Allowed to Proceed |
| Oct.02.2020 |
New Executive Order Supports Domestic Sources of Critical Minerals |
| Sep.29.2020 |
All Things Protest: Fiscal Year Focus Areas (September 2020) |
| Sep.29.2020 |
Buy 1 Get 2 Free Special on Cyber Regulations: DoD Interim Rule Unveils 3 New Clauses Geared at Cybersecurity Assessments |
| Sep.28.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (September 28) |
| Sep.23.2020 |
Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping Bans Some Diversity Training, Raises Significant Constitutional and Other Questions for Contractors |
| Sep.18.2020 |
Dismissal, Says Who? Recent Seventh and Ninth Circuit Decisions Offer Competing Views on DOJ’s Dismissal Authority under the False Claims Act, But Congress May Have the Last Word |
| Sep.15.2020 |
CFIUS Mandatory Declarations – Bye, Bye NAICS Codes; Hello "Regulatory Authorizations" |
| Sep.14.2020 |
Made of Steel – New Buy American Act Rules Change Analysis and Increase Barriers to Offers of Foreign Manufactured End Products and Construction Material, Particularly for Iron or Steel Products |
| Sep.11.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Supply Chain Security, Teaming Agreements, Cost Claims (September 11) |
| Sep.02.2020 |
“Show Us the Money (Trail)”: Estimated Subcontract Costs Disallowed for Lack of Proof |
| Aug.31.2020 |
All Things Protest: Not So Fast – Limitations to Removing Requirements from SBA’s 8(a) Program (August 2020) |
| Aug.31.2020 |
Minimum Offer of Guaranteed Workshare Still Not Enough to Enforce Teaming Agreement |
| Aug.31.2020 |
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Launches the "Foundational Technologies" Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) |
| Aug.26.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Section 3610 News and Regulatory Developments (August 26) |
| Aug.21.2020 |
Stop in the Name of Fraud?: After-the-Fact Fraud Allegation Does Not Divest ASBCA of Jurisdiction |
| Aug.20.2020 |
New DoD Guidance Clarifies, and Restricts, Recovery under § 3610 |
| Aug.17.2020 |
GAO Issues Rare Sustain of a Corrective Action Protest |
| Aug.13.2020 |
SBA Issues PPP Loan Forgiveness FAQ, Providing Further Guidance |
| Aug.13.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Section 889, Federal Network Security, and COVID Fraud News (August 13) |
| Aug.13.2020 |
Section 889 Roll-Out Continues with OMB Revised Guidance for Federal Grants and Agreements |
| Aug.12.2020 |
Government Contracts Training - GC 101 and OOPS |
| Aug.12.2020 |
Federal Circuit Affirms Jurisdiction Over Claim Challenging Legality of FAR Provision |
| Aug.07.2020 |
FEMA Extends and Narrows Restrictions on Exports of Certain Scarce PPE |
| Aug.05.2020 |
President Issues Executive Order Addressing Use of Foreign Labor in Federal Contracting and Hiring |
| Aug.05.2020 |
Independent Public Accountants |
| Aug.04.2020 |
GSA Requiring Mass Modification to MAS Solicitation and Will Issue Mass Bilateral Modifications to All Multiple Award Schedule Contracts to Prohibit Use of Huawei/ZTE Equipment |
| Aug.04.2020 |
Funds Today, Investigation Tomorrow: SBA OIG Warns of Serious Concerns of Rampant Fraud with COVID-19 Relief Funds and Calls for Immediate Action |
| Jul.31.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Section 889 Special Edition (July 31) |
| Jul.30.2020 |
All Things Protest: Out of Bounds - Agency Boundaries in Technical Evaluations (July 2020) |
| Jul.29.2020 |
GSA Panel to Discuss New Section 889 Interim Rule Implementation |
| Jul.15.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: FY19 NDAA, FAR Council, and NIST News (July 15) |
| Jul.14.2020 |
FAR Council Pre-Publishes 2019 NDAA Section 889(a)(1)(B) Interim Rule Further Prohibiting Use of Huawei, ZTE, and Others’ Telecommunications Technology by Contractors |
| Jul.09.2020 |
JAIC Has More Work To Do in Developing Artificial Intelligence Standards, while DoD Components and Contractors Must Implement Security Controls Around Artificial Intelligence, Says DoD OIG |
| Jul.09.2020 |
DOE Seeks Information on Securing Bulk Power System |
| Jul.08.2020 |
NIST Enhances Final Draft of NIST SP 800-172, Enhanced Security Requirements |
| Jul.07.2020 |
Lack of Security Clearance Renders Key Person Unavailable |
| Jul.07.2020 |
The SBA Discloses Recipient Identity and Other Information for PPP Loans of $150,000 and Above |
| Jul.01.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: SBA, DoD, and COVID-19 Enforcement Trend News (July 1) |
| Jul.01.2020 |
GAO Clarifies Timeliness of Preaward Protests Challenging Solicitation Amendments |
| Jun.30.2020 |
Let's Talk FCA: The CARES Act Provider Relief Fund and False Claims Act Risk (June 2020) |
| Jun.30.2020 |
PRAC Report Confirms OIG Focus on Combatting Fraud Related to Emergency Funding Programs |
| Jun.29.2020 |
All Things Protest: Watch Out for Waiver (June 2020) |
| Jun.24.2020 |
Antitrust Division Update Affirms Continued Efforts of Procurement Collusion Strike Force |
| Jun.22.2020 |
Does CAS Make Sense? |
| Jun.19.2020 |
First Pandemic Response Accountability Committee Report Emphasizes Government-Wide Concerns About Fraud and Grant Management |
| Jun.19.2020 |
SBA and Treasury Release New Forgiveness Applications and Revise Interim Final Rules to Conform to New PPP Flexibility Act Requirements |
| Jun.18.2020 |
Industry & DoD Push for Delay in Implementing the Section 889(a)(1)(B) Prohibition |
| Jun.17.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: COVID-19 Guidance and Enforcement, DoD OIG, and FAR News (June 17) |
| Jun.17.2020 |
AAG Delrahim Touts Success of DOJ’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force on International Stage |
| Jun.12.2020 |
New Interim Final Rule Clarifies Key Changes in Paycheck Protection Program |
| Jun.12.2020 |
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Highlights COVID-19 Enforcement Trends and Priorities |
| Jun.08.2020 |
Revisions to DOJ’s Corporate Compliance Guidance Indicate that a Dynamic, Data-Driven and Well-Resourced Compliance Program is More Important than Ever |
| Jun.05.2020 |
President Signs New Paycheck Protection Program Changes into Law Offering Greater Flexibility |
| Jun.04.2020 |
Introducing the Export Controls Classroom |
| Jun.04.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: CDC Guidance, DPA, DOJ Corporate Compliance Evaluation Criteria Guidance News (June 4) |
| Jun.01.2020 |
CFIUS Expands Types of Transactions Subject to Pre-Closing Mandatory Declarations |
| May.28.2020 |
All Things Protest: CICA Stay Overrides (May 2020) |
| May.27.2020 |
DOJ Charges Individual for Using COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program for Personal Expenses |
| May.22.2020 |
Prosecutors in New York and Texas Charge Individuals for Defrauding COVID-19 Relief Programs |
| May.19.2020 |
The SBA Changes the PPP Eligibility Ground Rules – Providing New Calculation of Employee Count for Affiliates With Questions Remaining on Applicable Headcount for Applicants |
| May.19.2020 |
DPC Issues Section 3610 Draft Reimbursement Guidance |
| May.18.2020 |
SBA Releases Complex PPP Loan Forgiveness Application, Creating Further Need for Guidance |
| May.15.2020 |
White House Delegates Title III DPA Authority to U.S. International Development Finance Corporation |
| May.15.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: EEO-1, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers, and Section 3610 News (May 15) |
| May.14.2020 |
Federal Government Invites Comment on Domestically Nonavailable Articles |
| May.14.2020 |
The SBA Extends the Safe Harbor Deadline for Return of PPP Loans to May 18, 2020 |
| May.13.2020 |
The SBA’s PPP Safe Harbor Deadline—of Tomorrow—Remains Firm With Added Protection on Smaller Loan Amounts |
| May.12.2020 |
FEMA to Release New Emergency Management Priorities and Allocation System to Govern FEMA DPA Title I Activities |
| May.12.2020 |
Continuing Uncertainty Around Loan Forgiveness in the Paycheck Protection Program |
| May.07.2020 |
COVID-19 Enforcement Actions Surrounding Stimulus Funds |
| May.06.2020 |
SBA Extends "Safe Harbor" for Return of PPP Loans, Promises Further Guidance on the Economic Need Certification, and Creates Further Confusion Related to Its 500 Employee Standard |
| May.04.2020 |
Preparing for COVID Investigation and Enforcement |
| May.04.2020 |
President Declares Threat to Electric Power Grid a National Emergency |
| May.01.2020 |
Updated Section 3610 Guidance |
| May.01.2020 |
SBA Caps the Aggregate Amount of PPP Loans Each Corporate Family Can Receive |
| May.01.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Continued COVID-19 Impacts on Government Contracts (May 1) |
| Apr.29.2020 |
DPA Authority Delegated to Department of Agriculture to Combat Food Supply Chain Threat |
| Apr.28.2020 |
Pay-to-Play 2: CFIUS Filing Fees Go Into Effect May 1, 2020 |
| Apr.28.2020 |
Guidance for the Federal Contractor in Dealing with a Financially-Distressed Subcontractor During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Apr.28.2020 |
GSA Issues Class Deviation Regarding Implementation of Section 3610 of the CARES Act |
| Apr.28.2020 |
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Health Plans in Landmark $13 Billion Affordable Care Act Case |
| Apr.27.2020 |
DoD’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center Seeks Tools to Test Artificial Intelligence |
| Apr.24.2020 |
Let's Talk FCA: Top Health Care-Related Developments of 2019 (April 2020) |
| Apr.23.2020 |
Government Adds FAQ Demanding Repayment of Paycheck Protection Program Loans from Companies with "Adequate Sources of Liquidity" |
| Apr.23.2020 |
OFCCP Remains Active - New Scheduling Letters and Agency Directives Will Impact Audits |
| Apr.23.2020 |
Congress Approves an Interim Stimulus Package Adding Over $480 Billion in Funding for Small Businesses, Health Care Providers, and Testing |
| Apr.17.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: COVID-19 Issues Facing Government Contractors (April 17) |
| Apr.17.2020 |
White House Issues Guidance on “Opening Up America Again” |
| Apr.16.2020 |
EPA Considers Updating Federal Procurement Guidelines for Recycled Content |
| Apr.13.2020 |
Section 3610 Billing Guidance |
| Apr.10.2020 |
New CDC Guidance for Employers When Employees Are Potentially Exposed to COVID-19 |
| Apr.10.2020 |
DoD Issues Class Deviation Regarding Implementation of Section 3610 of the CARES Act |
| Apr.10.2020 |
GSA Makes BAA and TAA Non-Availability Exception Due to COVID-19 National Emergency, Applicable to GSA Schedule Orders |
| Apr.08.2020 |
FEMA Allocates Certain Scarce PPE for Domestic Use and Restricts Exports |
| Apr.05.2020 |
CARES Act Small Business Loans Today: Keeping Up and Ensuring Compliance |
| Apr.04.2020 |
Tips and Enforcement Risks When Accepting Stimulus Funds |
| Apr.03.2020 |
CARES Act Small Business Loans Move Forward but with Significant Revisions |
| Apr.02.2020 |
All Things Protest: Coronavirus Impacts on Procurements and Protests (April 2020) |
| Apr.02.2020 |
COVID-19 Effects on Cleared Contractors |
| Mar.31.2020 |
Welcomed Guidance: DoD Issues Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program Instructions |
| Mar.31.2020 |
CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program and SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Lifelines for Small Businesses: Are You Eligible, How Do You Apply, and What are the Key Terms/Benefits? |
| Mar.31.2020 |
The DoD Issues Memo Regarding Section 3610 of the CARES Act; Implementing Guidance to Follow |
| Mar.30.2020 |
Follow Up: White House Expands Invocation of Defense Production Act Authorities as Part of COVID Response |
| Mar.30.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Updates on Government Contracts COVID-19 Issues (March 30) |
| Mar.27.2020 |
Follow Up: White House Issues Order under Defense Production Act as Part of COVID Response |
| Mar.27.2020 |
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) Section 3610 — Billing and Contractual Relief for Government Contractors When Employees Cannot Work due to the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Mar.26.2020 |
Avoiding Waivers of Privilege in Corporate Disclosures to the Government |
| Mar.25.2020 |
DOJ & FTC Facilitate Lawful Collaborations to Respond to COVID-19 |
| Mar.25.2020 |
Launch of GSA Coronavirus Procurement-Related Website |
| Mar.25.2020 |
The Virginia Coronavirus Fraud Task Force |
| Mar.23.2020 |
Follow Up: White House Issues Order under Defense Production Act as Part of COVID Response |
| Mar.23.2020 |
Government Relief From COVID-19 Impacts on Federal Contracts and Grants |
| Mar.20.2020 |
Department of Defense Issues Defense Industrial Base Memorandum |
| Mar.19.2020 |
White House Issues Order under Defense Production Act as Part of COVID Response |
| Mar.18.2020 |
Silence = Acquiescence: Government Stuck with Contractor’s Interpretation that was Provided with its Proposal |
| Mar.18.2020 |
COVID-19 Benchmarking Survey Results |
| Mar.18.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: An Up to the Minute Look at Emerging COVID-19 Issues (March 18) |
| Mar.12.2020 |
Just in Time for Spring: Revision 2 to NIST SP 800-171 Comes into Full Bloom |
| Mar.11.2020 |
OSHA Issues Guidance to Employers on Preventing Worker Exposure to Coronavirus (COVID-19) |
| Mar.06.2020 |
The JAIC Rolls Out DoD’s Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence |
| Mar.06.2020 |
Pay to Play: CFIUS Implementing Fees for Submissions of Voluntary Notices |
| Mar.04.2020 |
Contractor Recovers Increased Costs from a Collective Bargaining Agreement Executed After an Option Period is Exercised |
| Mar.04.2020 |
DOJ Antitrust Division Assistant Criminal Chief and USPS IG Special Agent Talk Procurement Collusion Strike Force |
| Mar.03.2020 |
The Government Contractor Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness Toolkit |
| Mar.02.2020 |
Government Contracts Classroom: Top Questions about the Procurement Collusion Strike Force |
| Feb.28.2020 |
No Recovery Under EAJA for Employee’s Costs Working on an Appeal |
| Feb.28.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Antitrust, OFCCP, and DoD OIG News (February 28) |
| Feb.28.2020 |
All Things Protest: The More You Know – Debriefing-Adjacent Developments (February 2020) |
| Feb.27.2020 |
ABA Hosts Joint Meeting to Discuss Procurement Collusion Strike Force |
| Feb.25.2020 |
OIG Audit Finds Nearly $900 Million in SDVOSB Set-Aside Contracts Awarded to Ineligible Contractors |
| Feb.21.2020 |
Draft NIST Guidance Highlights Supply Chain Fundamentals as Key Practices in Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management |
| Feb.21.2020 |
Senior DOJ Official Reinforces Role of Leniency, Compliance Programs to Deter Bid Rigging and Anticompetitive Procurement Conduct |
| Feb.20.2020 |
Introducing the "Government Contracts Classroom" |
| Feb.20.2020 |
WMATA OIG Announces Partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force |
| Feb.14.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: CMMC, GSA Schedule, and Cost Accounting News (February 14) |
| Feb.13.2020 |
Double Take: The DoD OIG Recommends Attempting to Recoup $43 Million in Purportedly Expressly Unallowable Costs Not Previously Disallowed |
| Feb.12.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: How Marijuana Laws Affect Government Contractors (February 12) |
| Feb.11.2020 |
New Rules Combating Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods Impact E-Commerce |
| Feb.11.2020 |
ABA Hosts Joint Meeting to Discuss Procurement Collusion Strike Force |
| Feb.10.2020 |
Federal Circuit Confirms Qualification as a "U.S.-Made End Product" under the TAA, Does Not Require Substantial Transformation in the U.S. |
| Feb.10.2020 |
Let’s Talk FCA: Top False Claims Act Developments of 2019 (February 2020) |
| Feb.07.2020 |
Application of the Spearin Doctrine Entitles Contractor to Recover FCA Litigation Costs |
| Feb.06.2020 |
Protecting Work Product: When the Threat of Litigation Is Too Remote for Privilege |
| Feb.04.2020 |
ASBCA's FY19 Report – a Look at the Numbers |
| Feb.03.2020 |
Coronavirus: DHS Announces New Travel Restrictions on Certain Inbound U.S. Flights and Travelers from China, Including Medical Screening and Quarantine |
| Feb.03.2020 |
No More "Wait & See" for CMMC: DoD Releases Final Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification |
| Jan.31.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: DoD 5000 Series, CUI Protection, Anti-Kickback Settlement News (January 31) |
| Jan.31.2020 |
All Things Protest: New Year’s Resolutions on Corrective Action (January 2020) |
| Jan.27.2020 |
Senior DOJ Official Discloses Uptick in Referrals to Antitrust Division’s New Procurement Collusion Strike Force |
| Jan.23.2020 |
GAO Rejects Use of Highest-Technically Rated Reasonably-Priced Award Criteria for FSS Contracts |
| Jan.17.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: ITAR, FCA, Bid Protest News (January 17) |
| Jan.16.2020 |
FY 2020 NDAA |
| Jan.16.2020 |
Let's Talk FCA: Resolving False Claims Act Disputes (January 2020) |
| Jan.10.2020 |
Raise Confirmed! DoD Finalizes Doubling of CPSR Threshold |
| Jan.10.2020 |
DOJ Announces $3B in False Claims Act Recoveries |
| Jan.09.2020 |
Even A Little Early Can Be Late: GAO Rules that Proposal Emailed Prior to Submission Deadline but Received Minutes Afterward was Untimely |
| Jan.08.2020 |
Curing Claim Certification Defects No Longer Limited to Technical Defects |
| Jan.07.2020 |
Awardee's Reliance on Incumbent Employee Who Had Never Been Contacted Constitutes a Material Misrepresentation of Proposed Staff |
| Jan.06.2020 |
GAO Rejects Agency’s Attempt to Award an FSS BPA Under Multiple Schedule Contracts |
| Jan.03.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: CMMI, Employment Enforcement, OCI News (January 3) |
| Dec.31.2019 |
All Things Protest: The Year’s Most Interesting Decisions (December 2019) |
| Dec.20.2019 |
GAO Rejects Navy’s Blind-Eye Approach to Awardee’s Whitewash of Adverse Performance Information |
| Dec.17.2019 |
DoD Previews Final Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification with Revision 0.7 |
| Dec.16.2019 |
The Gift that Keeps on Giving: FAR Council Attempts to Reduce Burden of Representation Requirement for Covered Telecommunication Offerings |
| Dec.13.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Nonconforming Items, Size Standards, EEO-1 News (December 13) |
| Dec.10.2019 |
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Argument in Maine and Companion Cases |
| Dec.09.2019 |
GAO Denies Air Force "Leeway" to Conduct Tradeoff Using Paired Proposals |
| Dec.06.2019 |
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Talks Procurement Fraud, Compliance and DOJ’s New Procurement Collusion Strike Force |
| Dec.05.2019 |
Contractors File Suit Against New York MTA’s New Debarment Regime |
| Dec.03.2019 |
GAO Finds Eight Days Insufficient for FPR Response |
| Dec.02.2019 |
Supply Chain Perspectives — Connecting the Dots on Supply Chain Security and Risk Management |
| Nov.27.2019 |
GAO: Ongoing DoD Fraud Risk Assessment Efforts Should Include Contractor Ownership |
| Nov.26.2019 |
Commerce to Publish Proposed Regulations to Implement EO on "Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain" |
| Nov.26.2019 |
All Things Protest: Breaking Down GAO’s Annual Statistics (November 2019) |
| Nov.25.2019 |
Enhanced Requirement to Report Counterfeit, Suspect Counterfeit, and Nonconforming Goods |
| Nov.22.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Suspension/Debarment, Bid Protest, and FCA News (November 22) |
| Nov.21.2019 |
Secretary of Defense Esper Calls on Private Sector to Join Forces with DoD in the Development of AI |
| Nov.20.2019 |
OFCCP Rolls Out Updated Construction Contractor Technical Assistance Guide |
| Nov.19.2019 |
Veterans Day Sees Uncle SAM.gov Absorb FedBizOpps |
| Nov.13.2019 |
Immaturity of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model: Revisions Omit Higher-Level Updates |
| Nov.12.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: DOJ's Antitrust Strike Force (November 12) |
| Nov.08.2019 |
GAO Bid Protest Statistics for FY2019 |
| Nov.07.2019 |
Annual ISDC Reporting |
| Nov.06.2019 |
DOJ Announces Antitrust Strike Force Focused on Public Procurements |
| Nov.01.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: DOL Enforcement, FCA, and VA Data Security News (November 1) |
| Oct.30.2019 |
Approved: E-Signatures for CDA Claim Certifications Receive the ASBCA’s Stamp of Approval |
| Oct.28.2019 |
OIG Audit Report Recognizes Significant Strides in DOD’s Use and Investment in Additive Manufacturing for Sustainment Parts |
| Oct.28.2019 |
All Things Protest: DisHarmonia—Takeaways from a Recent GAO Decision (October 2019) |
| Oct.22.2019 |
Expressly Does Not Require Being Expressed: Fed. Circuit Finds Salary Costs for Lobbying are Expressly Unallowable |
| Oct.18.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Commercial Item, Multiple Award Schedule, and FOIA News (October 18) |
| Oct.17.2019 |
Federal Guidance |
| Oct.17.2019 |
DOJ Issues FOIA Exemption 4 Guidance Following Argus Leader; Confirms That “Assurance of Confidentiality” At Time of Submission Not Currently Required |
| Oct.16.2019 |
DOE Invests Again in AI |
| Oct.15.2019 |
Let's Talk FCA: Cybersecurity Risks (October 2019) |
| Oct.11.2019 |
In the Land of the Disfavored: FAR Council Issues Proposed Rule on Avoiding Usage of LPTA |
| Oct.10.2019 |
At Last! Proposed Amendments to the FAR Reflecting Increased MPT, SAT and TINA Thresholds |
| Oct.08.2019 |
Court of Federal Claims Grants Summary Judgment in Affordable Care Act "Reinsurance" Litigation |
| Oct.04.2019 |
Show Me the Value: DFARS Proposes Rule on Market Research and Value-Based Price Reasonableness Determination |
| Oct.04.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Waning LPTA Authority and Other Transactions News (October 4) |
| Oct.02.2019 |
Government Charged With Knowledge of Unapproved Subcontractors Listed on Invoices |
| Oct.01.2019 |
Snooze You Lose: ASBCA Denies Appeal Seeking Payment for Employee Paid "To Do Nothing" During Stop Work |
| Sep.27.2019 |
All Things Protest: Failure to Launch – OTA Jurisdiction at COFC (September 2019) |
| Sep.26.2019 |
Let's Talk FCA: Small Business Subcontracting (September 2019) |
| Sep.25.2019 |
Zero Hour: Contractors Face Increased FCA Exposure for Cybersecurity Noncompliance |
| Sep.24.2019 |
ASBCA Rejects the Government’s Use of "Prior Material Breach" Affirmative Defense |
| Sep.20.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Huawei and ZTE, Kaspersky Lab, and Sanctions News (September 20) |
| Sep.20.2019 |
NIST Announces Plan for Federal Engagement in Artificial Intelligence |
| Sep.18.2019 |
Administration Moves to Complete FIRRMA Implementation by the February 13, 2020 Statutory Deadline |
| Sep.17.2019 |
If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get: Hearings Not Guaranteed in "Granston Memo" Dismissals |
| Sep.12.2019 |
GSA Requiring “Bilateral” Modification to All Multiple Award Schedule Contracts to Prohibit Use of Huawei/ZTE Equipment |
| Sep.10.2019 |
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Matures: DoD Adds New Requirements to Draft Cybersecurity Certification |
| Sep.09.2019 |
COFC Finds it Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Bid Protest Challenging Evaluation and Award of Prototype OTA |
| Sep.05.2019 |
State and Federal Agencies Look to Contractors in the Wake of Hurricane Dorian |
| Aug.30.2019 |
All Things Protest: One-Sided Discussions (August 2019) |
| Aug.23.2019 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: FISMA, FedBizOpps, GSA TDR Pilot News (August 23) |
| Aug.22.2019 |
Supply Chain Perspectives — Connecting the Dots on Supply Chain Security and Risk Management |
| Aug.21.2019 |
The Fate of the Price Reduction Clause Remains Uncertain: GSA Extends, But Does Not Make Permanent, the Transactional Data Rule Pilot Program |
| 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.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.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.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.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 |
| 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.2 |