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Reporting And Registration Under ARRA

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 08.25.09

Contractors receiving American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds are required to register and file quarterly electronic reports with the Government. After considerable delay, the government announced today that contractors may begin registering at federalreporting.gov and encouraged early registration, even though the full electronic reporting tool will not be available until October 1, 2009.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 09.15.26

GAO Indicates Reasonable Conflict of Interest Investigation Must Include Inquiry of Involved Firm

The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recent decision in Viderity Inc.—Costs, B-424422.5, Sept. 1, 2026, offers useful insight into what constitutes a legally sufficient conflict of interest investigation. The decision arose in an unusual procedural posture: Viderity initially protested, alleging that an agency evaluator had a personal conflict of interest. After the agency took corrective action, Viderity filed a cost entitlement claim requesting that GAO direct the agency to reimburse Viderity’s protest costs. In evaluating that claim, GAO assessed whether Viderity’s underlying protest ground was “clearly meritorious.”...