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OGE Amends Executive Branch Ethics Program

Client Alert | 1 min read | 11.07.16

On November 2, 2016, the Office of Government Ethics issued a final rule amending the regulations setting forth the elements and procedures of the executive branch ethics program by defining and describing the executive branch ethics program, delineating the responsibilities of various government stakeholders, and enumerating key executive branch ethics procedures. Among the various amendments, which are detailed in our blog post, the final rule centralizes the procedures of the executive branch ethics program and modifies the procedures for the correction of agency noncompliance by outlining several remedial actions that may be taken.

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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....