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Protests and Corrective Action on the Rise

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 08.31.16

On August 11, 2016, C&M’s Rob Burton was interviewed on “Government Matters,” which airs on ABC 7 and News Channel 8 in D.C., about the recent rise in GAO bid protests and corrective actions. He also discussed the growing need for agencies to provide more informative post-award debriefings for contractors who lose awards.

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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....