| 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) |
| 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) |