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We've Come to the End of the Road: FY 2018 Report to Congress Says DCAA Backlog is No More

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 07.11.19

The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) recently made public its Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Report to Congress (“Report”), which, among other things, reports that DCAA has eliminated its incurred cost audit backlog.

The Report also describes its industry outreach activities and DCAA’s plans to focus more attention on other audits, such as business systems, Truth in Negotiations Act, Cost Accounting standards, pre-award surveys, claims, and terminations. Those plans are discussed more fully in our blog post.  

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Client Alert | 2 min read | 04.16.26

Federal Circuit Holds Challengers to CICA Stay Overrides Need Not Satisfy Four-Factor Injunctive Relief Test

In a significant decision for government contractors, on April 15, 2026, in Life Science Logistics, LLC v. United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that bid protesters challenging an agency’s override of an automatic stay of contract performance under the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) need not satisfy the demanding four-factor test traditionally required for preliminary injunctive relief.  In so doing, the Federal Circuit clarified that CICA stay override challenges need only demonstrate that the override decision was arbitrary and capricious—nothing more....