| Jan.21.2022 |
Treasury Publishes Final Rule on the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under the American Rescue Plan Act |
| Jan.18.2022 |
To Be, or Not to Be: The ASBCA Holds that a Cost is Not “Incurred” Without a Legal Obligation to Pay |
| Jan.12.2022 |
Agency Failure to Consider Impact of Corporate Transaction Renders Award Decision Infirm |
| Jan.10.2022 |
Cybersecurity Provisions Proliferate in the National Defense Authorization Act |
| Jan.07.2022 |
Federal Circuit Vacates COFC Decision Entitling Contractor to Damages for Breach of Implied Warranty Because the Contractor Did Not Present the Claim to the CO |
| Jan.04.2022 |
Federal Circuit: Prejudice Not Presumed Upon Finding of Agency Irrationality |
| Dec.30.2021 |
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022: Acquisition Policy Changes of Which Government Contractors Should Be Aware |
| Dec.23.2021 |
CMMC 2.0 Scoping Guidance Limits the Scope of Cybersecurity Assessments |
| Dec.20.2021 |
White House Touts EV Action Plan; Calls on Industry and Other Stakeholders to Provide Information to Support Buildout of Charging Infrastructure |
| Dec.20.2021 |
CISA Emergency Directive Requires Immediate Mitigation of Log4j Vulnerabilities |
| Dec.13.2021 |
Not So Majeure—GAO Finds Agency Properly Rejected a Bid Classifying All COVID-19-Related Events as an Excusable Cause of Delay |
| Dec.10.2021 |
DIU Issues Step-by-Step Guidelines for Defense Stakeholders to Responsibly Use AI |
| Dec.09.2021 |
White House Further Looks to Federal Procurement Power to Address Climate Change |
| Dec.09.2021 |
Federal Circuit Keeps Blue & Gold Waiver Rule, But Questions Remain |
| Dec.08.2021 |
DoD Agrees To Improve How It Approaches Intellectual Property Under Government Contracts |
| Dec.07.2021 |
A Georgia District Court Enjoins the Government from Enforcing the Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Nationwide |
| Dec.06.2021 |
White House Announces Reforms to Increase Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Disadvantaged Businesses |
| Dec.01.2021 |
DOL Issues Final Rule to Increase the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractor Employees to $15 |
| Nov.30.2021 |
United States Seeking Critical Minerals Supply Chain Solutions – Funding Grants, Providing Loan Guarantees, Reducing Regulation, and Streamlining Permitting |
| Nov.23.2021 |
File Your Pre-Award Protest Early. Just Not Too Early. |
| Nov.22.2021 |
Executive Order Provides for Nondisplacement of Certain Workers Covered by the Service Contract Act |
| Nov.18.2021 |
GAO Releases Annual Bid Protest Report to Congress for FY 2021, Identifies New “Top Ground” for Sustains |
| Nov.17.2021 |
COFC Dismissal Order Highlights the Pre-Litigation Traps and Timeliness Bars of Section 1498 Claims |
| Nov.17.2021 |
EEOC Joins the List of Executive Branch Agencies Launching Initiatives on Artificial Intelligence |
| Nov.16.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, Commercial Products and Services, DOJ Cooperation Credit |
| Nov.16.2021 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: What can we expect under CMMC 2.0? |
| Nov.12.2021 |
A Focus on Multinationals: Adding Enterprise Value Through Global Whistleblower Protocols and Promoting Employer Values |
| Nov.10.2021 |
Goodbye Commercial “Items”: FAR Council Replaces Definition with Commercial Products and Services |
| Nov.09.2021 |
Tipping the Scales: Third Circuit Weighs in on Circuit Split Regarding the Government’s Dismissal Authority Over False Claims Act Qui Tams |
| Nov.05.2021 |
Pay $100 Million Before Boarding: TSA Liable to Contractor for Patent Infringement Under 28 U.S.C. § 1498 |
| Nov.05.2021 |
CMMC 2.0: DoD Unveils Sweeping Changes Streamlining CMMC Requirements |
| Nov.04.2021 |
CISA Releases Catalog of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Along With a Plan for Remediation |
| Nov.04.2021 |
Court of Federal Claims Refuses to Hear Protest from IDIQ Awardee |
| Nov.04.2021 |
Federal Contractors Now Have Until January 4 for Their Covered Workforce to be Vaccinated |
| Oct.18.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: COVID Vaccine Mandate, Cybersecurity, DOD’s Climate Adaptation Plan |
| Oct.15.2021 |
Agencies Continue to Lay Groundwork for Consideration of Potential FAR Amendments Aimed at Climate Change Risks |
| Oct.14.2021 |
FEATURE COMMENT: COFC Pushes Back on GAO Waiver and Cost-Realism Analyses |
| Oct.14.2021 |
Biden Administration Works with Industry Stakeholders to Address Supply Chain Delays at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach |
| Oct.08.2021 |
Executive Order 14042 Agency Class Deviation Guidance, A Side-by-Side Comparison |
| Oct.08.2021 |
Just in Time for Halloween: DOJ Launches Cyber Enforcement Initiative Using False Claims Act |
| Oct.06.2021 |
GSA Will Insert FAR 52.223-99, Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors in Multiple Award or Federal Supply Schedule Contracts for Products and Services |
| Oct.06.2021 |
Vaccine Mandate Mandatory for Government Contractors: Additional Guidance; More Questions |
| Oct.01.2021 |
FAR Council Publishes Memo with FAR Clause; DoD and GSA Publish Class Deviations for Implementing Executive Order 14042 |
| Sep.29.2021 |
Potential Federal Government Shutdown: Crowell & Moring Identifies and Answers Common Questions |
| Sep.23.2021 |
Biden Administration Announces Streamlining of Paycheck Protection Program as Part of White House Covid Plan |
| Sep.20.2021 |
COFC Refuses to Expand Blue & Gold and Requires Army to Consider Performance Risk in Cost Realism Evaluation |
| Sep.16.2021 |
FAR Updated to Conform with Prior SBA Changes to its Regulations |
| Sep.10.2021 |
President Biden Announces National Vaccination Strategy: Contractors Are Subject to New Vaccine Requirements |
| Sep.08.2021 |
GAO Rules that DoD May Not Require a Small Business Joint Venture Itself to Hold Facility Clearance |
| Sep.02.2021 |
OMB Approves OFCCP’s Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface: The Obligation to Certify Contractor AAPs May be Right Around the Corner |
| Aug.10.2021 |
Out with the DUNS, In with the UEI: GSA Announces Transition Deadline for April 2022 |
| Aug.06.2021 |
Multiple Post-Argus Decisions Hold No “Assurance of Confidentiality” Required for FOIA Exemption 4 |
| Aug.05.2021 |
A focus on multinationals: Whistleblower incentives on the international stage |
| Aug.04.2021 |
The ASBCA Rejects the Navy’s Attempt to Use a Default Termination as a Sword and Shield |
| Aug.03.2021 |
Buy (Even More) American – FAR Council Proposes New Rules Implementing Executive Order 14005, “Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers” |
| Aug.03.2021 |
DoD Requests Public Input on Sustainability and Climate-Related Disclosures |
| Aug.02.2021 |
SBA To No Longer Rely on Economic Necessity Questionnaires in Processing PPP Forgiveness Applications |
| Jul.27.2021 |
Senator Grassley Introduces Long-Promised Proposed Amendments to the False Claims Act |
| Jul.22.2021 |
Fifth Circuit Declines to Take a Side in the FCA Circuit Split on DOJ’s Dismissal Authority Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(2)(A) |
| Jul.09.2021 |
New Rule Requires Contractors to Report Data for DoD Service Contracts in SAM |
| Jul.08.2021 |
Laches Defense No Longer Available in ASBCA Appeals |
| Jun.30.2021 |
All Things Protest: How to Handle Inadvertent Government Disclosure of Competition-Sensitive Information (June 2021) |
| Jun.29.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Claims, Inadvertent Disclosure of Information (June 29) |
| Jun.23.2021 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: What Do Contractors Need To Know About The New Cybersecurity Executive Order? |
| Jun.22.2021 |
Subcontracting Status Reports, Even if False, Are Not Claims Under the FCA |
| Jun.21.2021 |
Federal Circuit Affirms Board Decision on Pandemic-Related Claim |
| Jun.16.2021 |
You Snooze, You Lose: Contractor’s Compensation Costs are Not Expressly Unallowable When the Government Delayed in Setting Annual Cap |
| Jun.15.2021 |
District Court Reverses Course on Whether Kickbacks Presumptively Inflated Government Costs Under the False Claims Act |
| Jun.15.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: National Security, Mandatory Disclosures, Small Business (June 15) |
| Jun.14.2021 |
False Claims Act Consent Judgment Can Prompt Termination of SDVOSB Status Even Without an Admission of Liability |
| Jun.10.2021 |
How Vast Government Aid and Imaginative Enforcement Could Mean FCA Liability for a Growing Breadth of Industries |
| Jun.08.2021 |
False Claims Act Settlement Highlights DOJ’s Continued Pursuit of Large Contractors That Fail to Meet Subcontracting Requirements |
| Jun.02.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: New EO on Climate-Related Risk, Mentor-Protégé JV Size Determination, FedRAMP (June 2) |
| Jun.01.2021 |
DoD Proposes Rule on Evaluation of Joint Venture Past Performance for Construction and A&E Services Contracts |
| May.28.2021 |
All Things Protest: Proposed DFARS Rule on Enhanced Postaward Debriefings (May 2021) |
| May.27.2021 |
Joint Ventures Pursuant to SBA MPAs – Attention to the Details! |
| May.24.2021 |
DoD Advances Proposed Rule on Enhanced Debriefings |
| May.17.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Cybersecurity EO, Transactional Data Reporting, and American Rescue Plan (May 17) |
| May.17.2021 |
Treasury Issues Guidance on the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under the American Rescue Plan Act |
| May.17.2021 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: What are the DoD’s Requirements for Cloud Services? |
| May.10.2021 |
Time is Money: Contractor’s Claims for Payment Dismissed |
| May.07.2021 |
“Mere allegations of fraud do not divest the Board of jurisdiction” – Government’s Motion to Dismiss Denied When It Cannot Prove that Appeal Resolution Depends on a Factual Determination of Fraud |
| May.06.2021 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: Tell me about FedRAMP |
| May.05.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Minimum Wage for Contractors and Bid Protests (May 5) |
| May.05.2021 |
Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Protest: Intervenor’s Silence Waives Future Protest Grounds |
| Apr.30.2021 |
All Things Protest: Evolving Developments in Awardee Standing (April 2021) |
| Apr.29.2021 |
GSA Clarifies the Future of Transactional Data Reporting in the Federal Supply Schedule Program |
| Apr.23.2021 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: What are the basics of NIST SP 800-53? |
| Apr.19.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Bid Protests and False Claims Act (April 19) |
| Apr.09.2021 |
GSA Bid Rigging Case Nets Another Guilty Plea |
| Apr.05.2021 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: What About Controlled Technical Information? |
| Apr.02.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: IT, Supply Chain, DOJ's Procurement Collusion Strike Force, and American Jobs Plan (April 2) |
| Apr.01.2021 |
"Here before. Many times. And without resolution." – Board’s Dismissal of Contractor’s Appeals as Moot Precludes Analysis of Costs Repeatedly Disallowed on the Same Grounds |
| Mar.30.2021 |
All Things Protest: The Importance of Submitting a Complete Proposal (March 2021) |
| Mar.29.2021 |
Commerce Publishes ANPRM Seeking Comment on the Licensing Process for ICTS Transactions |
| Mar.25.2021 |
Antitrust Division Praises Early Success and Heralds New Endeavors for Procurement Collusion Strike Force |
| Mar.22.2021 |
Show Me the Money? When a Sum Approximate Counts as a Sum Certain |
| Mar.22.2021 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: What is Covered Defense Information? |
| Mar.19.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: American Rescue Plan, Department of Labor, Copyright Infringement (March 19) |
| Mar.19.2021 |
American Rescue Plan Presents New Government Contracting Opportunities – What Prospective Contractors Should Know |
| Mar.18.2021 |
CARES Act Section 3610 Relief Extended Until September 30, 2021 |
| Mar.15.2021 |
GAO's High Risk List Puts Spotlight on Emergency Loans For Small Businesses, Reinforcing Audit and Investigation Risk for PPP and EIDL Program Participants |
| Mar.10.2021 |
All Things Protest: COFC Deems Small Business Ineligible for Failing to Recertify as Other than Small under FAR 52.219-8 While Proposal Was Pending Following an Acquisition (March 2021) |
| Mar.09.2021 |
Stopped in its Tracks: The Government’s Failure to Track Software Use Constitutes Infringement Under 28 U.S.C. § 1498 |
| Mar.08.2021 |
Deep Sixed: Federal Circuit Boots Trademark Licensee for Meritless Claims Against U.S. Army |
| Mar.08.2021 |
Not So Fast: An REA that Does Not Seek a Final Decision Is Not a CDA Claim |
| Mar.08.2021 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: What is Controlled Unclassified Information? |
| Mar.05.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Supply Chain and Small Business False Claims Act (March 5) |
| Mar.05.2021 |
DOJ Announces FCA Settlement Arising out of Violation of SBA’s Joint Venture Requirements |
| Mar.04.2021 |
Let’s Talk FCA: Top False Claims Act Developments of 2020 and a Look Ahead (March 2021) |
| Feb.23.2021 |
"A Claim By Any Other Name": Jurisdiction Over Certified Supplement to Termination Proposal |
| Feb.22.2021 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: What is Federal Contract Information? |
| Feb.19.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Suspension/Debarment, False Claims Act, and Oversight (February 19) |
| Feb.18.2021 |
'You Have to Come Down with a Sledgehammer, Not a Toothpick!' – Senator Grassley Previews Potential Amendments to Increase False Claims Act Enforcement and Recoveries |
| Feb.17.2021 |
February Reports from PRAC and SIGPR Confirm Government’s Focus on Pandemic Funding Oversight and Enforcement Challenges |
| Feb.09.2021 |
NIST Finalizes Enhanced Security Requirements for Combating Advanced Cyber Threats |
| Feb.08.2021 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: What is an APT? |
| Feb.08.2021 |
Eleventh Circuit Holds that a Sincere Belief is not the Same as a Reasonable One Under the False Claims Act’s Retaliation Provision |
| Feb.05.2021 |
The Latest Insights into Suspension and Debarment Activities Across the Federal Government |
| Feb.05.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Domestic Preferences, Regulatory Freeze, Bid Protests, Executive Orders (February 5) |
| Feb.01.2021 |
The Top FCA Developments of 2020 |
| Jan.29.2021 |
One-Two Punch: President Biden Issues Made in America Executive Order Mere Days After FAR Council Issues Final Rule Tightening Federal "Buy American" Requirements |
| Jan.29.2021 |
All Things Protest: 2020 Protest Statistics and What to Watch for in 2021 (January 2021) |
| Jan.28.2021 |
President Biden Executive Order Leverages Federal Government's Buying Power to Tackle Climate Change |
| Jan.27.2021 |
OMB Issues Guidance on Pandemic Federal Workplace Safety |
| Jan.25.2021 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: The CIA Triad |
| Jan.22.2021 |
How To Cope with Increased Whistleblower Complaints |
| Jan.22.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: Executive Orders, COVID Vaccine Update, Supply Chain, LPTA (January 22) |
| Jan.22.2021 |
Defense Production Act (DPA) a Critical Component of Biden Strategy for COVID-19 |
| Jan.22.2021 |
NIST Keeps IoT Hot with Draft Guidance |
| Jan.22.2021 |
Less Risk, More Reward: DoD Proposed Rule on Operational Contract Support Expands Overseas Contracting Opportunities |
| Jan.21.2021 |
Special Treatment—DoD’s Vaccination Distribution Plan for Some DoD Contractors |
| Jan.21.2021 |
The Spigot is Open: DOJ Reports First Civil Settlement for Paycheck Protection Program Fraud |
| Jan.21.2021 |
FCC Publishes Telecommunications Supply Chain Security Rule |
| Jan.19.2021 |
Not Your Parents' IT: New Interim Rule to Scrutinize Acquisition of IT Products and Services from Foreign Adversaries |
| Jan.15.2021 |
Virginia Enacts Permanent COVID-19 Employee Health and Safety Requirements |
| Jan.15.2021 |
DoD and GSA Take Aim at Supply Chain Risks |
| Jan.14.2021 |
Advancing America’s Dominance in AI: The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act’s AI Developments |
| Jan.13.2021 |
SBA OIG Management Alert Raises Serious Concerns Over Paycheck Protection Program Loan Recipients on the Department of Treasury’s Do Not Pay List |
| Jan.12.2021 |
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021: Need-to-Know Provisions for Government Contractors |
| Jan.12.2021 |
Cybersecurity Breach Turns Back the Clock - Confidential Information to be Filed in Paper |
| Jan.11.2021 |
SBA Issues Application Forms for New and "Second-Draw" PPP Loans |
| Jan.11.2021 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: Why is I-O-T so H-O-T? |
| Jan.08.2021 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: NDAA FY2021, Section 3610, Executive Order 13950 (January 8) |
| Jan.08.2021 |
Executive Order Prohibiting Bias Training? Ignore That. DoD Issues Class Deviation to Comply with Nationwide Ban on EO 13950 Provisions. |
| Jan.07.2021 |
SBA Begins Rolling Out Guidance for New PPP and PPP Second Draw Loans |
| Dec.30.2020 |
Section 3610 of the CARES Act Extended Until March 31, 2021 |
| Dec.24.2020 |
If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Another: Claiming Alternative Sums Not Fatal Under CDA |
| Dec.24.2020 |
One Way or Another, Congress Will Allow a One-Year Extension of 8(a) Status for Participants Who Were in the 8(a) Program on or Before September 9, 2020 |
| Dec.23.2020 |
Contractors May Include Third-Party Restrictive Markings on Unlimited Rights Data |
| Dec.22.2020 |
All Things Protest: Stay Override Challenge in a Pandemic-Related Procurement (December 2020) |
| Dec.22.2020 |
Stand Up: Third Parties May Challenge False Claims Act Civil Investigative Demands |
| Dec.22.2020 |
NISPOM, Including Revised Personal Reporting Requirements and Reduced FOCI Mitigation Burden, Codified in Code of Federal Regulations |
| Dec.21.2020 |
FCC Reverses Precedent, Rules that Government Contractors Are Subject to the TCPA |
| Dec.21.2020 |
DoD’s Stocking Stuffer: Defense Department Announces Proposed CMMC Pilot Programs |
| Dec.16.2020 |
Making a List, Checking it Twice: OIG Report Details Contractor Payments Under Section 3610 of the CARES Act |
| Dec.15.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: SolarWinds Compromise (December 15) |
| Dec.14.2020 |
Byte-Sized Q&A: What is NIST? |
| Dec.11.2020 |
Architect-Engineering Firm Wins GAO Protest Alleging Misevaluation of Qualification Statements under $2 Billion Brooks Act Procurement |
| Dec.10.2020 |
IoT Goes Federal under Newly Signed Law |
| Dec.09.2020 |
The DoD's Own Cyber Monday: Defense Department Releases CMMC Assessment Guides |
| Dec.09.2020 |
Let’s Talk FCA: DOJ False Claims Act Investigations (Part 2) (December 2020) |
| Dec.07.2020 |
Executive Order 13960 Establishes Government-wide Principles for its Use of AI |
| Dec.04.2020 |
Fastest 5 Minutes: EO 13950, Commercial Item Contracting, and Service Contract Act Enforcement News (December 4) |
| 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) |