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Cardinal Change In MOD Requires Competition

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 08.23.04

Continuing a recent trend of success by bid protesters in the Court of Federal Claims, in CW Gov't Travel, Inc. v. U.S. (Aug. 3, 2004), the court agreed that a modification to an existing contract of a competitor called for services outside the general scope of the original contract and that the work had to be competed. The protester attained this relief even though the mod had been effected a year previously.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.09.26

DOJ Establishes National Fraud Enforcement Division

On April 7, 2026, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum establishing the National Fraud Enforcement Division (NFED) within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). This new division will be dedicated to the centralized, coordinated investigation and prosecution of fraud against taxpayer dollars and taxpayer-funded programs. AAG Blanche acknowledged that, while DOJ has a “storied history of combatting fraud,” DOJ has “never adopted a comprehensive and coordinated approach to investigating and prosecuting fraud against taxpayer dollars and tax-payer funded programs.” The NFED was created to close that gap with its core mission being to “zealously investigate and prosecute those who steal or fraudulently misuse taxpayer dollars.”...