1. Home
  2. |Insights
  3. |New Defense CAS Board Proposed in Senate Version of NDAA

New Defense CAS Board Proposed in Senate Version of NDAA

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 07.27.16

Section 811 of the Senate version of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act proposes the creation of a new Defense Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board. The Administration has objected to this provision, which it believes “would result in unnecessary overlap and duplication with the functions of the existing Government-wide CAS Board and could result in contractors with both Defense and civilian contracts having to comply with two different standards for the same cost issue.”

Insights

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....