Continental Breakfast & Registration

Welcome

Reflecting on the Past Year/Anticipating the Year Ahead

• The Uncertain Impact of Austerity
• The Likelihood of More Risk, Scrutiny, and Challenges
• But Less Reward

10:00-11:00 am

Accounting and Pricing Developments

• Business Systems Audits and Penalties
• New Restrictions on Allowability (executive compensation and IR&D)
• Significant Cases (CAS offsets, executive compensation, statute of limitations)
• Changing Rules on "Commercial Items"

11:00-11:15 am

Break

11:15-12:15 pm

Cyber Contracting: Emerging Rules For Information Security

• How agencies are writing cyber rules in RFPs
• Where to look for unpublished cyber rules
• Why cyber breaches can kill new business

International Issues In Government Contracting

• Potential changes to U.S. Government contracting opportunities abroad in light of shifting U.S. foreign aid priorities
• Considerations in Cross-Border Transactions
• International Investigations

12:15-1:30 pm

Lunch

Speaker: Steven A. Shaw, Deputy General Counsel for Contractor Responsibility, Office of the Air Force General Counsel

1:45-2:30 pm

General Counsel Panel: The In-House Perspective on Forecasts and Challenges for an Election Year

2:30-3:15 pm

Suspension and Debarment

• Increased Coordination Between IGs, SDOs, and DOJ Will Mean More S/D Activity
• Appropriations Act Requirements - Mandatory Debarment?
• Other Legislative Efforts
• The S/D Threshold - How Low Can It Go?
• The S/D of Grant Recipients
• Timing and How to Prepare

3:15-3:30 pm

Break

3:30-4:30 pm

False Claims Act: Recent Developments and Their Impact on Compliance and Enforcement

• Recent FCA and Qui Tam Enforcement Statistics
• Recent FCA-Related Regulatory/Legislative Developments
• Recent FCA Enforcement Trends
• Recent Cases and Settlements and Their Impact on Compliance and Enforcement

Bid Protests: Trends and Developments

• Analysis of Protest Statistics and Trends
• Challenging GAO: Agency Defiance and COFC Disputes
• Protest Jurisdiction
• Resurgence of Cost Realism

5:30-6:30 pm

Reception

Top Labor and Employment Issues for Government Contractors in 2012 and Beyond

• Interplay Between the SCA and the NLRA: Potential Leverage Opportunities for Organized Employers
• A Mad, Mad World: The OFCCP's Breath-taking Regulatory and Enforcement Agenda
• Trade Secrets Litigation: Protecting Valuable Assets
• A Mad, Mad World Part II: EEOC's Systemic Discrimination Initiative

Conflicts of Interest, Unfair Competitive Advantage, and Procurement Integrity Act

• Developments in Organizational Conflicts of Interest Cases at GAO and the Courts: Change in Direction?
• Recent Revolving Door Unfair Competitive Advantage Cases and Related Developments: No Clear Direction?
• Developments in Application and Scope of Procurement Integrity Act: Added Direction?
• Personal Conflict of Interest Rules: No Direction (Yet)?

Potential New Pitfalls in Government IP

• Revised Commercial Item IP Rules
• 2012 NDAA Opens the Door for New DoD IP Rights
• The Supreme Court Interprets Bayh Dole

Investigations

• Devising Investigation Strategies that Meet the Need
• Dealing with Dual Criminal and Civil Enforcement Threats
• Navigating Debarment and Disclosure Considerations
• Special Hazards for In-house Counsel in Recent Enforcement

Contract Changes and Disputes

• Terminations and Scope Reductions
• Pressure on Pricing
• Resolving Disputes