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Getting a subpoena: Are you ready?

Webinar | 10.13.20, 9:00 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT

Please join us for a webinar discussing the anticipated increase in enforcement activity and investigations related to disbursement and use of CARES Act funds and procurement of PPE and medical equipment and related government contracting. Over the past several months, the Department of Justice brought many criminal matters targeting misuse of stimulus funds and procurement fraud, as well as Congressional inquiries in these areas.


Our discussion will cover (i) future areas of inquiry and focus; and (ii) steps companies can take now to ensure that they are ready when the inquiries begin.


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Webinar | 03.12.26

On-Going Government Audits of Small Business Programs: Why the Federal Government’s Focus on ‘Waste, Fraud, and Abuse’ Impacts Both Large and Small Contractors

The federal government has identified purported ‘waste, fraud, and abuse’ in small business programs as a major focus of its current enforcement efforts. As it relates to federal procurement, we have seen audits and investigations rolled out not only of active participants in the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Program but also reviews of various types of small business contracts (such as 8(a) sole source and set-aside awards, preference-based awards, and small business set-aside awards over particular values). Join Crowell & Moring as we discuss what aspects of contract performance and teaming arrangements are being scrutinized (e.g., size/status eligibility, limitations on subcontracting compliance, reasonableness of market rates, etc.) and how these considerations can impact both small government contractors holding the prime contracts under review and their subcontractors. ...