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3 Days For Contractor ARRA Comments

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 10.13.09

On September 30, OMB issued interim guidance on reviewing reports submitted by contractors pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requirements. In addition to providing guidance on the scope of agency review, the memo sets forth a tight schedule for agency review and comment and gives contractors a three-day window to respond to agency comments, all of which will be made public on federalreporting.gov.

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Client Alert | 2 min read | 12.19.25

GAO Cautions Agencies—Over-Redact at Your Own Peril

Bid protest practitioners in recent years have witnessed agencies’ increasing efforts to limit the production of documents and information in response to Government Accountability Office (GAO) bid protests—often will little pushback from GAO. This practice has underscored the notable difference in the scope of bid protest records before GAO versus the Court of Federal Claims. However, in Tiger Natural Gas, Inc., B-423744, Dec. 10, 2025, 2025 CPD ¶ __, GAO made clear that there are limits to the scope of redactions, and GAO will sustain a protest where there is insufficient evidence that the agency’s actions were reasonable....