Annual ISDC Reporting
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.07.19
The annual Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee recently issued its annual report to Congress. The report, found here, contains details of the state of the federal suspension and debarment program for Fiscal Year 2018 (note the significant timelag). The report notes a focus on cybersecurity contractor compliance issues, and proposals to modernize/streamline lead agency coordination. Otherwise, total numbers of suspensions, proposed debarments, and debarments continued to decline year-over-year, while pre-notice interactions with contractors continued to comprise a significant portion of SDO offices’ dockets.
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