Federal Circuit Compounds Contractors' Interest Problems
Client Alert | 1 min read | 03.04.11
Over the vigorous dissent by several judges, the Federal Circuit on March 1, 2011, denied a petition for en banc review of its decision in Gates v. Raytheon, 584 F.3d 1062 (Fed. Cir. 2009), which held that, because the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) statute requires interest on cost impacts for CAS violations to be calculated at the rate established under 26 U.S.C. § 6621, the interest must be compounded in accordance with 26 U.S.C. § 6622, even though the CAS statute does not refer to or incorporate § 6622 by reference. As we reported on September 24, 2010, the same interest rate is referenced in the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA), and a proposal is pending to amend the FAR to require compound, rather than simple, interest to be used in calculating damages for TINA violations.
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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.
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