| May.22.2013 |
DoD's Proposed Counterfeit Electronic Parts Rules Are Short on Details |
| May.20.2013 |
Price Realism Requirement Is Easily Triggered |
| May.16.2013 |
Teaming Agreements: Date or Marriage? |
| May.14.2013 |
NIST Now "King of the Hill" on Cyber Standards |
| May.08.2013 |
CFC Denies Fraud Counterclaims for Lack of Scienter |
| May.02.2013 |
DoD Tightens Counterfeit Prevention Policy |
| Apr.16.2013 |
Reform Initiative Becomes Reality |
| Apr.10.2013 |
Initial Loading of Critical Software May Not Always Define Country of Origin |
| Apr.09.2013 |
Animus Unnecessary for Improper Termination |
| Apr.05.2013 |
Christian Doctrine Applied to Subcontract |
| Apr.02.2013 |
Arbitrability Is for the Arbitrator to Decide |
| Apr.01.2013 |
Whistleblower's FCA Claims Fail Public Disclosure and First-to-File Bars |
| Mar.22.2013 |
Seventh Circuit Applies Offsets to FCA Damages Before Trebling |
| Mar.20.2013 |
Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act Available to Qui Tam Relators Even When the U.S. Does Not Intervene |
| Mar.08.2013 |
GSA CO Must Decide GSA Schedule Contract Disputes |
| Mar.06.2013 |
Sequestration: New Agency Letters Warn Industry |
| Mar.04.2013 |
Relator's Detailed Allegations Cannot Overcome Public Disclosure Bar |
| Feb.28.2013 |
"Should Have Known" Standard Applied to CDA Statute of Limitations |
| Feb.26.2013 |
Clean Energy Award Polluted |
| Feb.22.2013 |
Coming to a Site Near You: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Testing |
| Feb.20.2013 |
Agencies Abuse Sole-Source Process |
| Feb.14.2013 |
Cybersecurity Gets a Presidential Push in New EO |
| Feb.13.2013 |
Protest of Private Subcontract Solicitation Has Teeth |
| Feb.12.2013 |
Proposed Consolidation of Civilian Suspension and Debarment Offices |
| Feb.07.2013 |
OMB Issues Strategic Plan to Improve Management of Section 508 |
| Feb.04.2013 |
OMB Proposes a 21st Century Federal Grants Regulatory Structure |
| Jan.30.2013 |
Ask the GAO Cyber Expert |
| Jan.25.2013 |
CFC Rejects Taxes Clause as Basis for Recovering Environmental Remediation Costs |
| Jan.24.2013 |
Federal Circuit Refuses to Give Offeror Second Chance |
| Jan.18.2013 |
White House and Military Departments Release Guidance as (Another) Budget Deadline Approaches |
| Jan.17.2013 |
Not So Fast: Federal Circuit Reverses CFC Decision Limiting Indemnification Rights |
| Jan.15.2013 |
Déjà Vu: Congress Orders DCAA to Revise Guidance on Access to Internal Audit Reports |
| Jan.14.2013 |
Stick to the Plan!: Anticipated March 2013 SBA Final Rule |
| Jan.10.2013 |
Top 10 FCA Decisions of 2012 |
| Jan.04.2013 |
FY 2013 NDAA Shines a Spotlight on Contractor Indemnification |
| Jan.03.2013 |
Final Rule on Nondisplacement of Workers Performing Service Contracts |
| Dec.28.2012 |
Upcoming Government Contracting Weekly Features 2013 Trends |
| Dec.26.2012 |
GAO Stands Down in Lengthy Dispute with VA Over Set-Asides |
| Dec.19.2012 |
How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Headed? |
| Dec.18.2012 |
Pre-Award Protest Timeliness Rule Extended |
| Dec.14.2012 |
Defense Verdict in Security Contractor Trial Affirmed |
| Dec.12.2012 |
OMB Directs Agencies to Prepare for Sequestration |
| Dec.10.2012 |
'Tis The Season... DoD Issues Reminder About Holiday Parties and Gifts |
| Dec.07.2012 |
CFC Judge Sides with VA in Preference Dispute over FSS Buys |
| Dec.05.2012 |
Setting A New Record, FCA Recoveries Reach $5 Billion in FY2012 |
| Dec.04.2012 |
Flying Through The Cloud: Acquisition Turbulence & Cyber Hail |
| Nov.29.2012 |
DOJ Puts Academic Medical Centers in Spotlight |
| Nov.21.2012 |
Top Five Takeaways From the New FCPA Guide |
| Nov.16.2012 |
NAFI Contractor Wins over $100 Million In Wunderlich Act Review of ASBCA Decision |
| Nov.14.2012 |
DOJ and SEC Issue Long-Awaited FCPA Guidance |
| Nov.13.2012 |
Good Faith Duties in Procurements Confirmed |
| Nov.07.2012 |
"Government Contracts 101" Seminar |
| Nov.06.2012 |
Widening a Split, Sixth Circuit Says FCA Amendments Apply to Pending Cases, Not Claims |
| Oct.31.2012 |
Claim Precluded When Not Raised in Earlier Litigation |
| Oct.26.2012 |
Government Sanctioned for Failure to Preserve Documents |
| Oct.23.2012 |
California FCA Strengthened to Parallel the Federal Act |
| Oct.16.2012 |
Davis-Bacon Violation Leads to FCA Liability |
| Oct.12.2012 |
Profit Seeking Is Not Fraudulent |
| Oct.10.2012 |
Government Claims for Clean-Up Costs Related to Cold-War-Era Contracts Rebuffed |
| Oct.05.2012 |
Administration Weighs In (Again) on Contractor Contingency Planning |
| Oct.03.2012 |
Customary Commercial Practice Deserves Respect |
| Sep.28.2012 |
"Look Out Below!" -- Regulating the Domestic Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems |
| Sep.26.2012 |
Sequestration: The Prequel |
| Sep.21.2012 |
Attorney Fees for Claim Preparation Are Recoverable |
| Sep.14.2012 |
OMB Issues Sequestration Report |
| Sep.12.2012 |
Gov't Scrutiny of Higher Education Institutions Continues |
| Sep.07.2012 |
Set-aside Determination Must Be Industry-Specific |
| Sep.05.2012 |
DOJ Sets FCA Sights on Private-Sector Colleges |
| Aug.30.2012 |
Federal Circuit Sweeps Away DOJ's Defenses in Corrective Action Suits |
| Aug.28.2012 |
The FAR Regulators Enter the Cyber Fray |
| Aug.27.2012 |
GAO Rejects Cooperative Agreements Dodge |
| Aug.24.2012 |
DCAA Issues Guidance on Access to Contractor Internal Audit Reports |
| Aug.23.2012 |
Consortium Awarded $30 Million for Manufacturing Pilot Program |
| Aug.20.2012 |
DoD "Green"-Lights Massive Investments in Renewable Energy |
| Aug.17.2012 |
A Galaxy (Not) FAR Away? NASA Awards New Contracts in Space Privatization Program |
| Aug.15.2012 |
CFC Rejects Yet Another Government Argument to Extend CDA Statute of Limitations |
| Aug.13.2012 |
OMB and DoD Do Sequestration Two-Step |
| Aug.07.2012 |
Federal Employees as Relators OK'ed |
| Aug.02.2012 |
Getting to Know SAM |
| Aug.01.2012 |
DOL Guidance on WARN Act Requirements |
| Jul.30.2012 |
Contracts Mean What They Say: Contractor Entitled to Invoice for Total Hours Worked under Labor Hours Contracts |
| Jul.27.2012 |
Bill Requiring White House to Provide Sequestration Specifics Moves Forward |
| Jul.26.2012 |
FAR Council Finalizes Reporting Requirements for Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards |
| Jul.23.2012 |
Who Knew? Limitations Defense Kept in Play Against U.S. |
| Jul.18.2012 |
DOD Required to Reimburse Pension Cost Deficit |
| Jul.06.2012 |
31-Month Suspension of Affiliates Violates FAR |
| Jun.25.2012 |
State Higher Ed Entities Face Arm-of-the-State Test |
| Jun.21.2012 |
DCAA Executive Compensation Calculation Rejected (Again) |
| Jun.19.2012 |
Attorney Fees for Claim Preparation Are Recoverable, Despite Contingency Arrangement |
| Jun.11.2012 |
Flawed Discussions Nixes Award |
| Jun.06.2012 |
Sequestration: What Does It Mean for Federal Contractors? |
| Jun.05.2012 |
"Crisis Handbook for Government Contractors: A Desktop Survival Guide for In-House Counsel" Is Now Available |
| May.31.2012 |
FTA Proposes Requiring 100% U.S.-Origin Components for Rolling Stock Overhauls |
| May.21.2012 |
Say Goodbye To CCR and Hello To SAM |
| May.16.2012 |
D.C. Circuit Loosens Public Disclosure Bar While Tightening the Reins on Damages |
| May.15.2012 |
CORRECTION: Congress to Vote on Radically Altering CFC's Bid Protest Timeliness Rules |
| Apr.30.2012 |
What You Should Know in the New Era of Transparent Internal Audits |
| Apr.27.2012 |
Routine Request Still "Undisputed" Years Later |
| Apr.24.2012 |
D.C. Circuit Fetters Government Discretion to Settle Qui Tam Claims Over Relator's Objection |
| Apr.20.2012 |
Air Force Debarment Official To Speak At OOPS |
| Apr.13.2012 |
Failure to Comply with Section L Instructions Invalidates Award |
| Apr.04.2012 |
Statute of Limitations Runs from Receipt of Auditable Information |
| Mar.13.2012 |
Cyber Regs Toughened Up |
| Feb.29.2012 |
Airport Public-Private Partnerships Taking Off? |
| Feb.27.2012 |
New GSA Contract Vehicle |
| Feb.23.2012 |
Substantial Penalties Under the FCA Without Real Damages Violates Eighth Amendment |
| Feb.14.2012 |
Inadequate Documentation Dooms Cost Realism Evaluation |
| Feb.10.2012 |
No SBA Protest Review of Approved 8(a) Mentor-Protégé JVs |
| Feb.08.2012 |
Cyber on the Hill |
| Feb.06.2012 |
C&M Top Ranked, Again |
| Feb.03.2012 |
DCAA's Use of a Statistically Invalid Analysis for Testing Compensation Reasonableness |
| Feb.02.2012 |
Inconsistent Statute of Limitations Decisions -- Or Not? |
| Feb.01.2012 |
Will Cyber War Come to a Contract Near You? |
| Jan.30.2012 |
IR&D Reporting Requirements Reinstated |
| Jan.26.2012 |
CFC Weighs in on Timeliness of OCI Protest |
| Jan.24.2012 |
NAFI Contractor Goes Straight to Court When CO Fails to Issue Final Decision |
| Jan.20.2012 |
CAS/PPA Harmonization Rules |
| Jan.18.2012 |
Congress Enacts Appropriations Restriction Relating to Felony Convictions |
| Jan.11.2012 |
For the New Year, Out with Origin but In with New Definitions of Source & Nationality |
| Jan.09.2012 |
Turn Square Corners or Sit on Sideline |
| Jan.05.2012 |
Executive Compensation Limits Expanded |
| Jan.03.2012 |
Contractors Can Review and Object to Public Release of Information in FAPIIS |
| Dec.29.2011 |
NASA Pushes FAR, Far Away for Commercial Crew Program |
| Dec.28.2011 |
Congress Proposes Changes to Technical Data Rights Statutes |
| Dec.07.2011 |
DoD Opens Dialogue With Industry on Open-Source Software |
| Nov.22.2011 |
The "Super Committee" Failed – What Now? |
| Nov.18.2011 |
New Post-Employment "Revolving Door" Certification |
| Nov.08.2011 |
Earlier Complaint Fails 9(b), But Bars FCA Suit |
| Nov.04.2011 |
US Liable for Environmental Remediation Costs Under Contract Clauses |
| Nov.03.2011 |
IG Confirms Many Recovery Act Criminal Investigations |
| Nov.02.2011 |
Final Rule Governing Personal Conflicts of Interest of Contractor and Subcontractor Employees Supporting or Performing Certain Acquisition Functions |
| Oct.27.2011 |
Chance to Change Pricing Generally Required After Corrective Action |
| Oct.26.2011 |
CFC Finds Unreasonable Deviation from Customary Commercial Practices |
| Oct.24.2011 |
Veterans Affairs Snubs GAO? |
| Oct.21.2011 |
Interest Due On Indirect Cost Claims |
| Sep.30.2011 |
SBA Cannot Replace Agency Responsibility Findings with Its Own |
| Sep.28.2011 |
Claim Accrues Before an Impasse |
| Sep.26.2011 |
How Do You Prove Prejudice in a Protest? |
| Sep.21.2011 |
DOD Revises IP Commercial Item Rules |
| Sep.20.2011 |
OMB Announces New "Goal" for Agencies to Accelerate Payments to Small Businesses |
| Sep.16.2011 |
Mandatory Display of Fraud Posters |
| Sep.14.2011 |
Proposal To Further Executive Branch Employees' Acceptance Of Gifts From Lobbyists |
| Sep.13.2011 |
Supreme Court Holds FOIA Response Falls Within FCA Public Disclosure Bar |
| Aug.19.2011 |
Elimination of CAS Exemption for Overseas Contracts and Subcontracts |
| Aug.18.2011 |
Following GAO Recommendation Doesn't Insulate Agency's Action After Protest |
| Aug.02.2011 |
CFC Dismisses Protest of SBA Decision Not to Reopen Size Determination |
| Jul.20.2011 |
CFC Faults Agency for Circumventing Protests |
| Jul.06.2011 |
Agency Failure to Consider Proposal Differences Invalidates Award |
| Jun.23.2011 |
Section 508 Compliance Takes Hit from the Federal Circuit |
| Jun.20.2011 |
No Preferential T&C's Mods Allowed for Commercial Item Buys |
| Jun.17.2011 |
Likely OCI Due to Unequal Information Access Yields PI |
| Jun.14.2011 |
The Sun Has Not Set On Protests Of Civilian Agency Task Orders |
| Jun.07.2011 |
Supreme Court Rules on Scope of Federal Contractors' Rights in Federally Funded Inventions |
| Jun.02.2011 |
New Rule Prescribes Data Required for Adequate Final Indirect Cost Rate Proposal |
| May.31.2011 |
Capital Costs Must be Treated as Indirect Costs |
| May.27.2011 |
Transportation Leaders Propose Massive Public-Private Partnership Project in Northeast Rail Corridor |
| May.23.2011 |
Interim Business Systems Rule Issued |
| May.23.2011 |
A-12 Litigation - After 20 Years a Draw - Or is it? |
| May.16.2011 |
Supremes Hold FOIA Response Satisfies FCA Public Disclosure Bar |
| May.13.2011 |
California High-Speed Rail: On the Fast Track |
| May.09.2011 |
The Great Dissenter Reviewed |
| May.06.2011 |
Touhy Fooey |
| May.02.2011 |
DOD to Pay All Small Businesses Faster |
| Apr.26.2011 |
Proposed FAR Provision Governing Organizational Conflicts of Interest |
| Apr.11.2011 |
The Wait Is Over for Women-Owned Small Businesses |
| Apr.08.2011 |
We're Staying Open to Handle Your Shutdown Questions |
| Apr.04.2011 |
The False Claims Act's Seal Provisions Upheld |
| Mar.31.2011 |
Agency's "Mail Storm" Excuses Late Proposal |
| Mar.24.2011 |
Government Contracts at the High Court |
| Mar.16.2011 |
Enhanced Requirements for Cost-Reimbursement Contracting |
| Mar.09.2011 |
Allowability of IR&D Costs: Dis-inflation Run Amok |
| Mar.04.2011 |
Federal Circuit Compounds Contractors' Interest Problems |
| Mar.02.2011 |
SBA Shakes Up 8(a) Program Regulations |
| Feb.28.2011 |
Bid Protests Workshop: Practice, Procedure and Strategy |
| Feb.25.2011 |
Shutdown Suspicions? Crowell & Moring Identifies the Questions You Should Be Asking |
| Feb.23.2011 |
Take Care to Preserve Ordering and Option Rights |
| Feb.16.2011 |
Payment for "Subcontractor" Services on T&M Contracts |
| Feb.11.2011 |
OHA Authority and Impact Expanded |
| Feb.08.2011 |
D.C. Circuit Adopts Implied Certification, But Rejects Collective Knowledge |
| Feb.04.2011 |
Novation Trap For The Unwary |
| Feb.02.2011 |
Tucker Act Reaches More NAFIs Than Many Thought |
| Jan.24.2011 |
Government to Release Private Contractor Information Contained in FAPIIS |
| Jan.14.2011 |
Congress Extends GAO's Bid Protest Jurisdiction Over Certain DoD Task And Delivery Orders |
| Jan.12.2011 |
Congress Extends GAO's Task Order Jurisdiction |
| Jan.10.2011 |
Inadequate Justification for Restrictive Requirements Leads to Injunction |
| Jan.04.2011 |
DoD Issues Final OCI Rule For Major Programs |
| Jan.03.2011 |
Contractor Team Arrangement Member Has Privity to Pursue Claims Against the Government |
| Dec.30.2010 |
DOD Issues Final OCI Rule For Major Programs |
| Dec.14.2010 |
When Does a Breach of Contract Violate the False Claims Act? |
| Dec.13.2010 |
Effect of Unilateral Contract Assignment Questioned |
| Dec.07.2010 |
"Collective Knowledge" Rejected |
| Dec.02.2010 |
Negative Responsibility Determination Overturned |
| Nov.24.2010 |
Damages Available For Government Breach of CRADA |
| Nov.10.2010 |
Auction Concept Still Lives at CFC |
| Nov.08.2010 |
Resolving Old Audit Issues |
| Oct.29.2010 |
DOL Again Applies Expansive Interpretation of "Subcontractor" |
| Oct.12.2010 |
Market Value is the Price of Holdover Tenancy |
| Oct.06.2010 |
New Certification of Iran Sanctions Compliance - for You and Your Subsidiaries |
| Oct.05.2010 |
TINA Threshold Raised but Broader Data Requests Likely |
| Oct.01.2010 |
Carrots, Sticks, and Fixes in the New Small Business Jobs and Credit Act |
| Sep.29.2010 |
DOD Proposes Substantial Revision to Intellectual Property Rules |
| Sep.28.2010 |
Technology Replacement Clause Requires Actual Replacement |
| Sep.24.2010 |
Compounding The Problem |
| Sep.14.2010 |
New Reporting Requirements For Grant and Cooperative Agreement Recipients |
| Sep.09.2010 |
Challenge To OCI Waiver Falls Short |
| Sep.02.2010 |
Court Reviews Decision to Stop Using SBA 8(a) Contract |
| Aug.30.2010 |
Subcontract Unenforceable When Violates SBA Requirements |
| Aug.20.2010 |
Another Salvo in the War for Control of Contractor "Systems" Approval |
| Aug.18.2010 |
Only Significant OCIs Require Mitigation |
| Aug.12.2010 |
CDA's Statute of Limitation Not Jurisdictional |
| Aug.10.2010 |
Wherefore Software In Analyzing Substantial Transformation |
| Aug.06.2010 |
Equal Treatment Applies Even If Minimum Discussions Threshold Met |
| Aug.03.2010 |
FAPIIS Information To Be Publicly Available |
| Jul.23.2010 |
DHS Clamps Down On Lead System Integrators |
| Jul.21.2010 |
CFC Rules That GAO Made Faulty OCI Analysis |
| Jul.19.2010 |
ASBCA Hears Past Performance Evaluation Challenges |
| Jul.13.2010 |
Don't Want a Setoff? Better Say It |
| Jul.09.2010 |
Reporting Requirements For Executive Compensation And First-Tier Subcontract Awards |
| Jun.29.2010 |
CFC Dismisses Adverse Past Performance Challenge |
| Jun.25.2010 |
The Best Defense Is A CDA-Compliant Offense |
| Jun.18.2010 |
New Pro-Competitive Restrictions On DoD Prototype Line Items and Options |
| Jun.16.2010 |
CAS Price Adjustments Limited To "Affected" Contracts |
| Jun.14.2010 |
Commerce Proposes Updates To Reauthorized Defense Production Act |
| Jun.10.2010 |
Another GSA Schedule Antikickback/FCA Settlement |
| Jun.08.2010 |
Another Attempt To Catch GSA Schedule Vendors In Violation of TAA Requirements |
| Jun.02.2010 |
No PRB Cost Adjustment For Segment Closings |
| May.21.2010 |
GAO Sides With COFC In Continued Battle Over Hubzone Set-Aside Priority |
| May.19.2010 |
DOD Implements Restrictions On Employee/Contractor Agreements Requiring Arbitration |
| May.18.2010 |
When Size Matters, SBA Has Final Say |
| May.17.2010 |
Resellers Policing Each Other On TAA Compliance |
| May.13.2010 |
Government Considers On-Line Public Access To Contracts And Task/Delivery Orders |
| May.06.2010 |
"Rebalancing" The Federal Workforce |
| May.03.2010 |
No Tolerance For Not Meeting Storage Requirements |
| Apr.28.2010 |
DoD Issues Proposed Rules Governing Organizational Conflicts of Interest |
| Apr.27.2010 |
Court Gives Teeth To Service Disabled Veteran Status |
| Apr.22.2010 |
Costs Of Influencing Collective Bargaining Decisions Proposed For Disallowance |
| Apr.20.2010 |
New Push Toward Project Labor Agreements For Federal Construction Work |
| Apr.15.2010 |
Strict Application Of Micro-Purchase Exception Sinks Award |
| Apr.12.2010 |
DCAA Issues Guidance On Revised Travel Cost Rule |
| Apr.07.2010 |
Cybersecurity Gets Hot On The Hill |
| Apr.05.2010 |
D.C. Circuit Overturns Decision To Release Manufacturing Data Under FOIA |
| Apr.01.2010 |
OCIs Must Be Considered During M&A Activity |
| Mar.31.2010 |
Latest False Claims Act Developments Further Erode Safeguards Against Parasitic Whistleblower Suits |
| Mar.30.2010 |
Recovery Act Buy American Provision: Good News For Canadian Suppliers |
| Mar.29.2010 |
CFC Has Jurisdiction Over "Nonprocurement" Protests |
| Mar.26.2010 |
Remember To Quote Approved Rates |
| Mar.25.2010 |
Ready Or Not, Here FAPIIS Comes -- Significant New Disclosure Requirements For Contractors |
| Mar.24.2010 |
MAS Advisory Panel Urges Increased Competition And Transparency |
| Mar.23.2010 |
Mandatory Suspension/Debarment Review For "Poorly Performing" Contractors |
| Mar.22.2010 |
Help Wanted: Bounty Hunters |
| Mar.19.2010 |
TSA Snared in GAO Protest Jurisdiction |
| Mar.19.2010 |
IR&D Definition Clarified |
| Mar.15.2010 |
GAO Ups the Ante on Biased Ground Rules OCIs |
| Mar.12.2010 |
Don't Risk A "Jury Verdict" |
| Mar.11.2010 |
Proposed Rule For Women-Owned Small Business Set-Asides |
| Mar.08.2010 |
DOD Proposed New Cybersecurity Rules |
| Mar.04.2010 |
DoD Implements Franken Amendment For Non-Commercial Contracts |
| Mar.01.2010 |
Cost Conference With Discount |
| Feb.24.2010 |
No Warranty Without Express Language |
| Feb.22.2010 |
Constitutional Challenges To Security Clearance Revocations Are Permissible |
| Feb.19.2010 |
Check For Weed |
| Feb.05.2010 |
US and Canada Thaw Relations By Reducing Buy American Friction |
| Feb.04.2010 |
Agencies May Not Rely On Flawed DCAA Audits |
| Jan.27.2010 |
Crackdown On Contractors With Tax Delinquencies |
| Jan.22.2010 |
ACO Approval of Contractor Business Systems, With Teeth |
| Jan.19.2010 |
Blanket Purchase Order Does Not Equal Task Order Contract |
| Jan.06.2010 |
Two Bites Allowed If In Different Spots On The Apple |
| Jan.04.2010 |
Weakened Dollar Causes Further Rise In TAA Thresholds |
| Dec.28.2009 |
Sweeping Prohibition on Arbitration of Employment Disputes in 2010 Defense Appropriations |
| Dec.18.2009 |
Statute Of Limitations Invalidates Government Claim For The First Time |
| Dec.14.2009 |
Costs of Air Travel Limited to the “Lowest Priced Airfare Available to the Contractor” |
| Dec.08.2009 |
Limits On Bid Protest Review Reinforced |
| Dec.03.2009 |
FCA Settlement Does Not Bar Third-Party Claims |
| Nov.30.2009 |
FOIA Release Is FCA 'Public Disclosure' |
| Nov.18.2009 |
GAO Sustains TRICARE Protest On Multiple Grounds |
| Nov.11.2009 |
Ignorance of The Law |
| Nov.05.2009 |
SBA Proposes Important New Section 8(A) Regulations |
| Oct.19.2009 |
New Limits On Use Of "Of A Type" Commercial Services |
| Oct.15.2009 |
"Excessive" Pass-Through Charges Defined And Prohibited |
| Oct.14.2009 |
It's All In The Name |
| Oct.13.2009 |
3 Days For Contractor ARRA Comments |
| Sep.28.2009 |
Many Small Projects Do Not Equal One Big Project |
| Sep.24.2009 |
GAO Reports Deficiencies In DCAA Audit Reports |
| Sep.23.2009 |
PRB Costs Allowable Whether Measured Under FAS 106 or IRS Criteria |
| Sep.18.2009 |
Abu Ghraib Service Contractors Immune From Tort Claims |
| Sep.14.2009 |
OCIs Down Air Force Award |
| Sep.10.2009 |
25th Anniversary Version Of FMF Guidelines -- No Celebration For It Companies |
| Aug.28.2009 |
Get There On Time, Or The Party's Over |
| Aug.25.2009 |
Reporting And Registration Under ARRA |
| Aug.04.2009 |
Past Performance CDA Appeal Revisited |
| Jul.31.2009 |
Crowell & Moring Cops #1 Ranking |
| Jul.23.2009 |
Equality For All - OMB Instructs Agencies To Ignore GAO And Give Equal Consideration To Three SBA Programs |
| Jul.17.2009 |
FCA Treble Damages Awarded For Grant Fraudulently Induced, Despite Successful Performance |
| Jul.15.2009 |
Administration To Begin E-Verify Enforcement On September 8, 2009 |
| Jul.10.2009 |
Defacto Debarment: Broad Contracting Prohibitions For Many Expatriate Corporations |
| Jul.08.2009 |
Fraud Or Indiscretion? It Depends Who You Are |
| Jul.06.2009 |
Elimination of Price Reduction Clause and Other Recommendations by MAS Panel |
| Jun.30.2009 |
Boards' CDA Jurisdiction Does Not Extend To Third-Party Beneficiaries |
| Jun.23.2009 |
Treasury Issues Compensation Standards For TARP Participants |
| Jun.12.2009 |
U.S. Not A "Party" To Whistleblower Cases When It Has Not Intervened, Supreme Court Says |
| Jun.11.2009 |
A-12 Default Affirmed |
| Jun.08.2009 |
E-Verify Enforcement Suspended Until September 2009 |
| Jun.04.2009 |
Inexact IDIQ Exercise = Constructive Change |
| Jun.02.2009 |
GAO Bites Agency On Corrective Action Discussions |
| May.28.2009 |
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Contracting |
| May.26.2009 |
Congress Clamps Down On OCIs & Competition For DoD Major Systems |
| May.21.2009 |
Unfortunate Change To Settlement Fees And Costs Allowability Law |
| May.19.2009 |
Congress Amends False Claims Act |
| May.06.2009 |
Federal Circuit Reaffirms Deferential OCI Standard |
| May.04.2009 |
No Small Business Set-Asides For FSS Purchases |
| Apr.22.2009 |
Public-Private Partnerships On The Rise |
| Apr.17.2009 |
Crystal-Ball Jurisprudence Critiqued |
| Apr.16.2009 |
Beware of Noncompliance With Price Reduction Clause Requirements |
| Apr.13.2009 |
Fourth Circuit Rules In Custer Battles |
| Apr.03.2009 |
Recovery Act CRIB Sheet For Government Contractors, Part II, The Interim FAR |
| Mar.31.2009 |
House Hammers Hubzone Program |
| Mar.26.2009 |
Agency Acceptably Disqualifies Offeror For Refusal To Wall Off Employee |
| Mar.24.2009 |
DCAA "Independence" |
| Mar.19.2009 |
Recourse For Negative Past Performance Evaluation |
| Mar.16.2009 |
E-Mails Regarding Competitor's Responsibility Not Releasable Under FOIA |
| Mar.06.2009 |
Agency's Corrective Action Based Upon GAO Recommendation Reasonable |
| Mar.04.2009 |
President Focuses On "Cleaning Up" Federal Contracting |
| Mar.03.2009 |
Fraudulent Claim Gets The Triple Whammy |
| Feb.26.2009 |
Stimulus Act Crib Sheet for Government Contractors |
| Feb.25.2009 |
Buy American Provisions of Stimulus Act |
| Feb.24.2009 |
B&P Costs Plus Injunctive Relief Permitted |
| Feb.03.2009 |
Obama Moves Out On The Union Front |
| Jan.23.2009 |
Clearing The Decks--FAR Council Finally Issues COTS Waivers Mandated By Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 |
| Jan.16.2009 |
More Confusion On What Costs Are Allocable To Government Contracts |
| Jan.14.2009 |
Must DOJ Intervene In Qui Tam Cases Within 60 Days After The Case Is Filed? |
| Jan.13.2009 |
GAO Sends Agency Back To The Drawing Board -- Again |
| Jan.07.2009 |
Fasten Your Seatbelts -- Bumpy Road Ahead |
| Jan.05.2009 |
Iraq Delays Enforcement Of Certain Laws |
| Jan.02.2009 |
Tech Bundling Justified For Emergency Situations |
| Dec.16.2008 |
The Status Of Forces: Largely Uncertain |
| Nov.24.2008 |
Successful Protest Leads To Award |
| Nov.20.2008 |
Mandatory Disclosure Is The New Reality |
| Nov.14.2008 |
E-Verify -- Immigration Enforcement Comes to Federal Contracting |
| Nov.06.2008 |
DOD's Affirmative Action Program Unconstitutional |
| Nov.03.2008 |
CFC Gives CICA Its Bite |
| Oct.29.2008 |
Contingency Contractor Beware |
| Oct.21.2008 |
"Rule of Two" For Small Business Set-Asides Extended to Award of Task and Delivery Orders |
| Oct.17.2008 |
Government Procurement Is Going Green |
| Oct.15.2008 |
Protestor Bags Redo and B&P Costs, Too |
| Oct.13.2008 |
CAS Pension Requirements In The Market Meltdown |
| Oct.07.2008 |
SBA Issues Final Rule On WOSB Contracting Program But Has Yet To Identify Eligible Industries |
| Oct.02.2008 |
Alternative Procurement Yields Protestor Bid Preparation Costs |
| Sep.25.2008 |
Competitive Range Of One Gets Close Scrutiny |
| Sep.22.2008 |
OCI Exclusion Without Notice Denies Due Process |
| Aug.29.2008 |
CFC Has "Pre-Procurement" Protest Jurisdiction |
| Aug.21.2008 |
Parent's No-Debarment Agreement Doesn't Stop CO Finding Sub Lacks Integrity |
| Aug.08.2008 |
Customs Proposes To Substantially Transform The Substantial Transformation Test |
| Jul.23.2008 |
More Disclosure Proposed -- And Not By The Government |
| Jul.16.2008 |
DOJ Offers Last-Minute Criticism of The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007 |
| Jul.15.2008 |
Post Hoc Explanation Inadequate To Save Unreasonable Price Evaluation |
| Jul.03.2008 |
All Those Disclosure Requirements -- They Just Keep Coming |
| Jul.01.2008 |
OGE Issues Final Rule On Post-Employment Conflict Of Interest Restrictions |
| Jun.26.2008 |
Crowell & Moring Once Again Rated Leading Government Contracts Firm |
| Jun.24.2008 |
GAO Blasts Faulty Past Performance Evaluation |
| Jun.20.2008 |
Congress Has A "Heart"? |
| Jun.19.2008 |
Tanker Award Tanked |
| Jun.17.2008 |
New Protest Jurisdiction at GAO |
| Jun.11.2008 |
Government Contractors Must Use E-Verify |
| Jun.10.2008 |
Subcontractor Must Intend That Government Pay False Claim Submitted To Prime, Supreme Court Rules |
| Jun.03.2008 |
Supremes Allow Paralegal Fees Recovery At Market Rates |
| May.28.2008 |
Task Order Protest as Breach at The ASBCA |
| May.20.2008 |
Flawed Pension Cost Decision Is Reversed - But Why? |
| May.16.2008 |
Scope of Proposed Rule on Self-Reporting is Expanded and Would Also Require Self-Reporting of FCA Violations and Contract Overpayments |
| May.13.2008 |
DFARS Excessive Pass-Through Cost Rule Modified |
| May.09.2008 |
Agency's Preclusionary (And Erroneous) "Revolving Door" Advice Provides Pre-Award Bid Protest Standing |
| May.06.2008 |
No Prime Liability = No Pass-Through |
| Apr.30.2008 |
"//signed//" Doesn't Cut It |
| Apr.25.2008 |
Federal Taxes, Contractor Responsibility, and Suspension and Debarment |
| Apr.21.2008 |
Beware The Cooperative Agreement |
| Apr.16.2008 |
Mandatory Disclosure And Cooperation To Be Proposed For Commercial Item And Overseas Contractors |
| Apr.09.2008 |
GAO To Staff New Contract Appeals Board |
| Apr.03.2008 |
GAO Repeats Protective Order Warning |
| Mar.10.2008 |
CFC Faults GSA's False Statistical Precision In Major Evaluation |
| Mar.05.2008 |
Court Of Federal Claims Examines Contracting Authority |
| Feb.28.2008 |
Stay Tuned For Likely Changes In False Claims Law |
| Feb.27.2008 |
TSA Back Under The Thumb off FAR and CICA |
| Feb.21.2008 |
Go Ahead and Offer the Senator a Cup of Coffee - Senate Gift Rules Don't Require You to Be Rude, Just Stingy |
| Feb.21.2008 |
Go Ahead and Offer the Senator a Cup of Coffee |
| Feb.05.2008 |
GAO Slams Protestor For Protective Order Violation |
| Jan.30.2008 |
Line Item Prices Still Exempt Under FOIA |
| Jan.22.2008 |
Crossing The Threshold |
| Jan.17.2008 |
Potential OCI Short-Circuits Sole-Source Award |
| Jan.08.2008 |
Supreme Court Strictly Enforces CFC Statute Of Limitation |
| Jan.02.2008 |
SBA Proposes Set-Aside Rules For Women-Owned Small Businesses |
| Dec.21.2007 |
Happy Holidays From The Far Council -- Proposed Restrictions On Allowable Airfare |
| Dec.10.2007 |
Latest DoD "Reform" Act Is Far-Reaching |
| Dec.04.2007 |
Be Certain of The Sum Certain |
| Nov.26.2007 |
Déjà Vu: Another FAR Rule On Contractor Codes Of Business Ethics And Conduct |
| Nov.16.2007 |
Contractor Socked For Double And Treble Damages |
| Nov.14.2007 |
DOJ Would Mandate Contractor Compliance Programs And Self-Reporting |
| Nov.13.2007 |
FAR Integrated With Safety Act |
| Nov.12.2007 |
Agency's Stafford Act Interpretation Rejected |
| Nov.05.2007 |
Assembly In US Does Not Unlock TAA Procurement Door For Padlocks Made From Chinese Parts |
| Oct.30.2007 |
False Claims Act - Supreme Court Will Review Allison |
| Oct.26.2007 |
DOD Suspensions and Debarments Are Dramatically Up: Check Your Compliance Program |
| Oct.17.2007 |
Court Explores New Frontier On The OCI Front |
| Oct.15.2007 |
Interest Paid Is Recoverable In Damages |
| Sep.27.2007 |
Congressional Sledgehammer Drops On DHS Cyber Insecurity |
| Sep.19.2007 |
Little Dab of Fraud Will Do Ya (In) |
| Sep.14.2007 |
Gotta Give A Guy A Fair Chance On The Redo |
| Sep.05.2007 |
Court Dumps CICA Stay Override |
| Aug.31.2007 |
Compound Interest On CAS |
| Aug.22.2007 |
State Slammed For Adopting GAO Recommendation |
| Aug.20.2007 |
Congress Hammers TSA Exemption From FAR |
| Aug.03.2007 |
SBA Proposes To Relax Employee-Based Size Standard |
| Aug.01.2007 |
Civil FCA Relator Fees Are Deductible |
| Jul.30.2007 |
Strong Mitigating Factors Trump Debarment |
| Jul.06.2007 |
CAS Exemption For Time & Material And Labor Hour Contracts |
| Jul.05.2007 |
Further Progress On What Used To Be The Berry Amendment |
| Jul.03.2007 |
CAS-covered Contract Not "Affected" By Accounting Change |
| Jun.27.2007 |
New Timeliness Rule Sinks Ferry’s Protest |
| Jun.18.2007 |
Board Finds Liability For Constructive Receipt of Pension Plan Assets at Plan Merger |
| Jun.14.2007 |
CAS Board Adjusts Coverage Threshold |
| Jun.12.2007 |
Ambiguous Instructions Give Disqualified Offeror A Second Chance |
| Jun.08.2007 |
IRS Mandates Audit of Deductibility of Settlements |
| Jun.06.2007 |
GAO Teaches Course in Cost Realism 101 |
| May.11.2007 |
"Yardstick" Measures Failure to Progress in A-12 Default Termination |
| Apr.30.2007 |
Limitation on Mark-Up of Subcontractor Costs |
| Apr.25.2007 |
Bad Faith Conduct Pervades Contract |
| Apr.24.2007 |
Patent Case Has Implications For Contract Interpretation |
| Apr.16.2007 |
Decision Signals Increased SBA Scrutiny of Size Status |
| Apr.10.2007 |
GAO And SBA Disagree on Effect of Noncompliance With Subcontracting Limitation |
| Apr.04.2007 |
Government Auditor Cannot Qualify As An Original Source |
| Apr.02.2007 |
Supreme Court Deals Set-Back To Whistleblowers |
| Mar.28.2007 |
Supreme Court Resolves “Original Source” Issue |
| Mar.26.2007 |
CFC Sets Out Contract Interpretation Standards |
| Mar.16.2007 |
Government Not Immune To E-Discovery Costs |
| Mar.06.2007 |
ASBCA Reconsiders CAS 418 Definition Of "Homogeneous Cost Pools" |
| Feb.16.2007 |
Proposed Far Rule Would Require Many Federal Contractors And Subcontractors To Adopt Ethics Program |
| Feb.02.2007 |
Federal Supply Schedules Opened To State And Local Governments For Recovery Purchasing |
| Jan.29.2007 |
Award Fee Determination Must Be Made By Designated Official |
| Jan.17.2007 |
Imminent Qualification As Source Must Be Considered By Agency |
| Jan.12.2007 |
Federal Circuit Opens Split Over Paralegal Reimbursement Under EAJA |
| Jan.04.2007 |
Court Opens Third Party's Files To Aid Private International Arbitration |
| Dec.29.2006 |
During Bid Protest Stay Agency Should Have Terminated Award To Large Business Following SBA Size Decision |
| Dec.27.2006 |
Department Of Justice Issues Updated Guidelines For Corporate Prosecution |
| Dec.21.2006 |
Government Seeks To Push Defective Pricing Into Twilight Zone |
| Dec.20.2006 |
What The Far Council Giveth The Dar Council Taketh Away |
| Dec.14.2006 |
Private Party MEO Teammate Allowed Intervention To Protect Proprietary Information |
| Dec.12.2006 |
SBA Modifies Time At Which Size Status Is Determined |
| Dec.07.2006 |
Proof Of Actual Bias Not Required To Show Conflict Of Interest |
| Dec.07.2006 |
Preliminary Observations About DOD Class Deviation for Specialty Metals |
| Dec.05.2006 |
Supreme Court To Decide Who Qualifies As An "Original Source" |
| Nov.28.2006 |
Lost Profits Available For Long-Term Contract Breach |
| Nov.21.2006 |
Government's Complaints-In-Intervention Do Not Relate Back To Qui Tam Complaint |
| Nov.16.2006 |
RFP Must State Whether Or Not Subcontractor Past Performance Will Be Considered |
| Nov.14.2006 |
Court Re-Affirms Rule On CDA Interest |
| Nov.09.2006 |
On Time Means On Time |
| Oct.25.2006 |
Cyber Barbarians & Federal Data Breaches In 2006 |
| Oct.19.2006 |
Misleading Discussions Can Be With Awardee |
| Oct.12.2006 |
No Longer The Berry Amendment But Worse |
| Oct.06.2006 |
Congress Pressures DHS To Expedite Safety Act Approvals |
| Oct.04.2006 |
It Doesn't Have To Be Fancy |
| Sep.29.2006 |
Base And Option Years Unit Pricing Not Releasable Under FOIA |
| Sep.19.2006 |
Protest Sustained Because Agency Unreasonably Evaluated Weaknesses In Protester's Proposal |
| Sep.15.2006 |
Limitations Of Cost Notice Obligations Must Be Met |
| Sep.13.2006 |
Services In Contract Don't Trump "Non-Manufacturer Rule" |
| Sep.12.2006 |
T4C, IDIQ Clauses Are No Safe Harbor Against Breach Damages |
| Sep.06.2006 |
Government Meets Its Waterloo In The Great Engine War |
| Aug.29.2006 |
Option Exercise Not Fully Discretionary |
| Aug.24.2006 |
The Federal Circuit Confirms Proper SCA Price Adjustments |
| Aug.21.2006 |
False Invoices Under CPA Contract Not False Claims "Presented" To U.S. Government |
| Aug.18.2006 |
DOD Scales Back Proposed Export Control Compliance Clauses |
| Aug.17.2006 |
'Page-Count' Method Supports Claim For Reimbursement Of Protest Costs |
| Aug.11.2006 |
"The New Contract Is Better" Isn't A Justification |
| Aug.11.2006 |
NASA Proposes Cyber Lock-Down On Contractors |
| Aug.08.2006 |
GAO Faults Army For Failure To Pursue Certificate Of Competency |
| Aug.04.2006 |
Request For Clarification Amounts To Discussions |
| Aug.01.2006 |
Board Wields Sanctions To Enforce CDA Subpoena Against DOJ |
| Jul.27.2006 |
Crowell & Moring Rated Leading Government Contracts Firm |
| Jul.25.2006 |
Changing Court Rules Signal Changing Court |
| Jul.19.2006 |
Cyberthreats & Homeland Security: Stopping A Digital Pearl Harbor |
| Jun.20.2006 |
Government In Jurisdictional Pickle Over Reverse-False-Claims Action For Unpaid Customs Duties |
| Jun.16.2006 |
Contracting Authority Analyzed In 3 Cases |
| Jun.13.2006 |
Restricted Recompetition Given Close Scrutiny |
| Jun.08.2006 |
Sample Tasks Must Be Reasonable Proxy For Entire Contract |
| Jun.06.2006 |
Order Of Precedence Clause Gets Boost |
| Jun.02.2006 |
Lack Of Experience Can Be Cured |
| Jun.01.2006 |
You Win Some/You Lose Some |
| May.30.2006 |
You Makes Your Choice And Takes Your Chances |
| May.25.2006 |
Seminar On Teaming And Joint Ventures |
| May.23.2006 |
ASBCA Applies Affirmative Misconduct Standard In Denying Contractor's Estoppel Defense |
| May.19.2006 |
CMS Loses Medicare Protest Under New Competitive Procedures |
| May.16.2006 |
Seminar On Improving Past Performance Evaluations |
| May.11.2006 |
You Must Ante Up To Play In The Game |
| May.10.2006 |
The Global Collision Of Privacy & Homeland Security |
| May.08.2006 |
Declaratory Judgment Actions Examined |
| May.03.2006 |
DOE Solution To Underfunded Pension Plans: Don't Pay For Them |
| May.01.2006 |
Jurisdiction Found Over 85-804 Indemnification Clause Breach Claims |
| Apr.25.2006 |
Too Bad, So Sad |
| Apr.21.2006 |
Battlefield Contractors Need Federal Forum For Tort Claims |
| Apr.19.2006 |
New Electronic Discovery Rules Approved |
| Apr.14.2006 |
CAS Offsets Permitted Among Different Contract Types |
| Apr.12.2006 |
Contradictory Technical And Cost Evaluations Don't Add Up |
| Apr.10.2006 |
Top Congressional Staffers Speak on Homeland Security – April 12th |
| Apr.03.2006 |
Breach Of Good Faith Doesn't Require Malice |
| Mar.31.2006 |
CAS Coverage And Indirect Costs |
| Mar.27.2006 |
But Judge, That Was Only What We Said To Congress |
| Mar.21.2006 |
Past Performance Formula For Disaster |
| Mar.15.2006 |
Can Employee Releases Bar False Claims Act Actions? |
| Mar.13.2006 |
Rep. Hunter Steals Page From NISPOM Play Book (Literally) |
| Mar.08.2006 |
Union Obtains Protest Relief In District Court |
| Mar.06.2006 |
Offeror's Flip-Flop On Berry Amendment Compliance Dooms Award |
| Mar.02.2006 |
DOD Issues Final Rule Re Criminal Jurisdiction Over Employees Of Battlefield Contractors |
| Mar.01.2006 |
Report Highlights Problematic Katrina Contracting Practices |
| Feb.28.2006 |
Report Highlights Problematic Katrina Contracting Practices |
| Feb.24.2006 |
Chutzpah Goes Unrewarded |
| Feb.23.2006 |
Overhead Pool Flunks "Homogeneity" Test Absent "Benefit" To The Government |
| Feb.21.2006 |
Public Disclosure Of "Industry-Wide" Overbilling Practice Bars Qui Tam Suit Based Upon Similar But Undisclosed Fraudulent Transactions |
| Feb.17.2006 |
Failure To Update Invalidates Evaluation And Responsibility Determination |
| Feb.15.2006 |
GSA "Invites" Schedule Contractors To Examine Origin Of Offered Products |
| Feb.14.2006 |
When It Sounds Too Good To Be True, It Usually Is |
| Feb.13.2006 |
OCI Mitigation Doesn't Go Far Enough |
| Feb.10.2006 |
No Out-Of-Pockets, No Interest |
| Feb.08.2006 |
Bad Alchemy: Turning Estimates Into Fraud |
| Feb.06.2006 |
Unequal Price Discussions Sink Award |
| Feb.02.2006 |
Plain Meaning Of Statute Restricts Competition |
| Jan.30.2006 |
Termination Clause Trumps Cost-Sharing |
| Jan.27.2006 |
FY05 Protestors Achieve Effective Relief 37% Of Time At GAO |
| Jan.26.2006 |
OFCCP Moves To Eliminate Burdensome EO Survey |
| Jan.23.2006 |
Termination Clause Trumps Cost-Sharing |
| Jan.18.2006 |
Mitigation Plan Doesn't Always Heal OCI |
| Jan.09.2006 |
French Corporate Environment Not So Whistleblower-Friendly |
| Jan.05.2006 |
"Presentment" Defense Rejected In Medicare FCA Case |
| Jan.03.2006 |
Pitiful Price Evaluation Unfairly Caters To Certain Bidders |
| Dec.30.2005 |
Collateral Contracts Rule Explained |
| Dec.28.2005 |
Presolicitation Statements Not Dispositive Of Whether Mod Is Beyond Scope |
| Dec.21.2005 |
All Similar Past Performance Scores Are Not Comparable |
| Dec.20.2005 |
False Claim Need Not Be "Presented" By Defendant |
| Dec.19.2005 |
Unfair Disqualification Results In Reinstatement |
| Dec.15.2005 |
Subway Wins Latest Round Of 15-Year Construction Litigation Saga |
| Dec.13.2005 |
Design Effort Explicitly Excluded From Commercial Contract Work Qualified As IR&D |
| Dec.08.2005 |
Sole-Source Protest Win Nets Only Protest Costs |
| Nov.21.2005 |
Technical Data Rights Decision Blurs Issues |
| Nov.18.2005 |
Past Performance Remains Fertile Ground For Protest Challenges |
| Nov.09.2005 |
Stay of FSS Procurement Requires Prompt Action |
| Nov.09.2005 |
False Eligibility Application For Grant May Violate FCA |
| Nov.07.2005 |
Attention To Small Business Subcontracting Plan Is No Small Matter |
| Nov.01.2005 |
USPS Auction Crash Lands |
| Oct.31.2005 |
Davis-Bacon Act Reinstated |
| Oct.27.2005 |
Court Enforces 50% Labor Value Rule |
| Oct.25.2005 |
"Plain Meaning" In The Federal Circuit |
| Oct.19.2005 |
Administrative Leave OK If Feds Gave It Too |
| Oct.18.2005 |
Agency Playing Favorites Leads To Bad Faith Termination |
| Oct.14.2005 |
DoD Relaxes Cost Rules For Katrina Donated Leave |
| Oct.12.2005 |
OFCCP Issues "Internet Applicant" Definition |
| Oct.10.2005 |
DoJ “FOIA Post” Demonstrates Continued Policy To Disclose Unit Pricing |
| Oct.05.2005 |
OMB Reverses $250,000 Micropurchase Cap |
| Oct.04.2005 |
Contractors Must Check Everywhere "Reasonable" On FedBizOpps |
| Sep.30.2005 |
"Certain" Means No Weasel Words |
| Sep.27.2005 |
GSBCA Rejects GSA's Defective Pricing Allegations |
| Sep.20.2005 |
Evaluation Backup Gets Hard Look |
| Sep.08.2005 |
The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming! |
| Sep.06.2005 |
Emergency Procurements In Support Of Hurricane Katrina Relief |
| Aug.18.2005 |
Cancellation Of RFP Upended |
| Aug.12.2005 |
Corrective Action Needs Correcting |
| Aug.09.2005 |
CPA Procurements Subject to Civil False Claims Act |
| Aug.04.2005 |
Court of International Trade Takes Jurisdiction Over Civil FCA Case |
| Aug.02.2005 |
Insurance Commission Split Is Kickback |
| Jul.29.2005 |
Travel Expense Rebates And Incentives Result In $40 Million FCA Settlement |
| Jul.28.2005 |
Later Reg Trumps Contract Clause Again |
| Jul.22.2005 |
False Estimates: A Misguided Notion Under The FCA |
| Jul.14.2005 |
Court Limits Good Faith Presumptions Of Government |
| Jul.12.2005 |
It's July In Washington So Lets Publish Some Export Control Regulations |
| Jul.12.2005 |
Constitutionality Of SDB Preference Still Undecided |
| Jul.08.2005 |
Closing A Business Unit Creates An Opportunity To Recover Unfunded Pension Costs |
| Jul.06.2005 |
Subs: Don't Forget The Disputes Clause |
| Jun.27.2005 |
States’ Statutes Of Limitations Apply To Federal FCA Retaliation Claims |
| Jun.22.2005 |
Relaxation Of Requirements = Out-Of-Scope Mod |
| Jun.20.2005 |
Crowell & Moring Rated Leading Government Contracts Firm |
| Jun.16.2005 |
Potential Loss Of Workforce Supports Incumbent's Injunction |
| Jun.09.2005 |
June 8 FAC Confirms FAR Changes |
| Jun.07.2005 |
Privacy Perils Loom For DHS Contractors |
| Jun.01.2005 |
"Piggy-Backer" Falls at GAO |
| May.27.2005 |
Unhealthy Business Practices Overseas Infect Health Care Companies |
| May.25.2005 |
Don't Assume That A Debriefing Is Continuing After The Initial Session |
| May.20.2005 |
Contractor Must Actually Receive Final Decision To Start The Clock |
| May.10.2005 |
DoD Issues Final Rule About Contractor Personnel In The Battlefield |
| May.01.2005 |
Postal Service Adopts New “Best Commercial Practices” Acquisition Rules |
| Apr.26.2005 |
Federal Circuit Clarifies Prejudice Review In Bid Protest Cases |
| Apr.18.2005 |
Agency Can't Ignore Obvious Costs In Evaluation |
| Apr.13.2005 |
Defense Base Closure Process Launched |
| Apr.12.2005 |
Court Tackles Hubzone Issues In Two Cases |
| Apr.07.2005 |
"Disparate Impact" Theory Available In Age Discrimination Cases |
| Apr.04.2005 |
Contractors Must Go The Extra Mile For Preaward Review |
| Apr.01.2005 |
Veterans' Preference Comes Of Age |
| Mar.24.2005 |
A Sewer By Any Other Name Would Smell As Foul |
| Mar.23.2005 |
Court Applies Totten Reasoning To Subcontractor Liability Under FCA |
| Mar.22.2005 |
Using Available Funds For Other Purposes No Excuse For Breach |
| Mar.17.2005 |
Commercial Items Rulemaking Tackles Hot Issues |
| Mar.16.2005 |
Substantial Changes To CAS Administration Regulations |
| Mar.11.2005 |
No Past Performance = Neutral, Not Negative |
| Mar.04.2005 |
Punctilious Performance Required For Recovery |
| Mar.03.2005 |
Similar State FCA Allegations Yield Mixed Results |
| Mar.01.2005 |
GAO Finds Druyun Contracts Flawed |
| Feb.23.2005 |
"National Security" Limits Judicial Review Of CICA Stay Override |
| Feb.14.2005 |
Unicor Banned From Competing In Small Business Set Asides For Services |
| Feb.09.2005 |
Undocumented Clarifications Mean Undone State Award |
| Feb.07.2005 |
A GSA Schedule Buy Must Be All Schedule |
| Feb.04.2005 |
DSCA Relaxes Contingent Fee Limitation On FMF Contracts |
| Feb.02.2005 |
Contractor Wins Defective Pricing Battle In Great Engine War |
| Jan.21.2005 |
DAM Contractor's Underbidding Insufficient For FCA Liability |
| Jan.07.2005 |
GAO Scallops Procurement, Finding Solicitation Was Flaky |
| Jan.05.2005 |
No Match, No Deal In FSS Buy |
| Dec.16.2004 |
Court Cuts Back FCA Coverage For Medicaid Fraud |
| Dec.06.2004 |
R-E-V-I-E-W Does Not Spell R-E-L-I-E-F |
| Nov.03.2004 |
Even Short Contract Extensions Require Updated Service Contract Act Wages |
| Nov.01.2004 |
Court Reviews Past Performance Evaluation On Existing Contract |
| Oct.26.2004 |
Partial Termination Doesn't Allow Repricing In Commercial Services Contract |
| Oct.20.2004 |
GAO Sustains For Failure To Set Aside For Small Business |
| Oct.14.2004 |
Divided Federal Circuit Disallows Recovery Of Interest As Damages |
| Oct.07.2004 |
Agency Liable For Negligent Estimate In LOE Contract |
| Oct.07.2004 |
Risk Of Accepting Out-Of-Scope Task/Delivery Orders Gets Greater |
| Oct.01.2004 |
False Statement Liability Involving Federal Grantees Curtailed Again |
| Sep.29.2004 |
A Day Early Is Too Late |
| Sep.17.2004 |
Split D.C. Circuit Limits False Claims Act Liability Under Federal Grants |
| Sep.14.2004 |
Agency Must Discuss Evaluated Weaknesses |
| Sep.10.2004 |
GAO Finds "Classic Example" Of Impaired Objectivity OCI |
| Sep.07.2004 |
ASBCA Declares Material Breach, Allows Contractor To Stop Work |
| Aug.26.2004 |
The Long Tail Of Government Contracts |
| Aug.23.2004 |
Cardinal Change In MOD Requires Competition |
| Aug.16.2004 |
A-76 Mix And Match Faulted By GAO |
| Aug.02.2004 |
SDB Preference Constitutional |
| Jul.30.2004 |
LOC Clause Applies To Each Delivery Order, Not Full Contract |
| Jul.30.2004 |
T4D Slam Dunked To T4C When Contractor Misled |
| Jul.30.2004 |
CO'S Opinion Due No Deference On Statutory Application |
| Jul.30.2004 |
B&P Costs Don't Include Sub Costs Or Profit |
| Jun.30.2004 |
GAO Finds Discussions Were Not Meaningful And, In Fact, Misleading |
| Jun.30.2004 |
As He Exits, Bremer Leaves Contractors With Limited Immunity From Iraqi Law |
| Jun.09.2004 |
COFC Denies Protest But Notes Possible Procurement Integrity And Antitrust Violations |
| Jun.09.2004 |
NRO Prohibits Exclusive Teaming Agreements |
| May.26.2004 |
Declaratory Relief Available For NAFI Contractor At Board |
| May.21.2004 |
For Iraq War Items Sole Source Award, COFC Grants Limited Injunctive Relief Despite OCI And CICA Violations |
| May.19.2004 |
Safety Act Red Tape Wins The First Round: Applications 19 -- Approvals 0 |
| May.19.2004 |
GAO Dismisses Subcontract Protest |
| May.10.2004 |
Contracting Officer's Final Decision Not Afforded RES Judicata Status |
| May.10.2004 |
Fourth Circuit Extends Time For Retaliation Claims |
| May.10.2004 |
Employee Unions And Elected Representatives Lack Standing For GAO Protests Of Private Sector Awards In A-76 Competitions |
| May.10.2004 |
COFC Reverses Another Cica Stay Override |
| Apr.28.2004 |
Employee Unions And Elected Representatives Lack Standing For GAO Protests Of Private Sector Awards In A-76 Competitions |
| Apr.27.2004 |
Agency Reasonably Distrusts Its Own Estimates |
| Apr.18.2004 |
SBA Size Standards Revised To Cap Number Of Employees |
| Apr.10.2004 |
IT Encryption Certificate Required By The DOD |
| Mar.22.2004 |
GAO Protest Jurisdiction Covers Concession Contracts |
| Mar.10.2004 |
Navy Pays Lost Profits For Misappropriating FSS Contractor's Data |
| Mar.04.2004 |
When Does An Oral Presentation Become A "Discussion"? |
| Mar.01.2004 |
Fourth Circuit Affirms Award By Interstate Compact |
| Feb.26.2004 |
Intentional Low Bid Is Not A False Claim |
| Feb.18.2004 |
Army Can't Bypass Competition Without Court Scrutiny |
| Feb.13.2004 |
Contractor Wins Directed Award In A-76 Protest |
| Feb.12.2004 |
Proposed NRO Clause Would Require Broad Disclosure -- Comments Due Tomorrow |
| Feb.09.2004 |
Defense Contractors Begin To Feel Effect Of DoD Requirement To Provide Unique Item Identifiers And Unit Cost Information |
| Feb.04.2004 |
Fifth Circuit Reaffirms Breadth Of FCPA's Anti-Bribery Provisions |
| Feb.02.2004 |
Congress Sends Mixed Signals On Buy American Requirements |
| Jan.28.2004 |
CFC Requires Strict Adherence To FAR’s Data Rights Clause |
| Jan.20.2004 |
White House Will Screen Appointees Seeking Outside Employment |
| Jan.15.2004 |
Expert Advice -- Caveat Emptor |
| Jan.08.2004 |
Fourth Circuit Interprets Corporate Knowledge And Materiality Under FCA |
| Jan.07.2004 |
Proposed Federal Guidelines For Compliance Programs Published For Comment |
| Jan.06.2004 |
Government Liable For Foreign Sub's Patent Infringement |