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A Reminder that the “Government Control” Exception to the Late-Is-Late Rule...

July 26, 2024

The agency rejected the protester’s proposal as late. The protester argued its late proposal was excused by the FAR’s “government control” exception. But GAO...

Law

Protester Claimed Awardee Exceeded a Limitation on Proposal Revisions. Why Did...

July 26, 2024

The agency asked offerors to revise the number of FTEs in their proposals. The protester argued the awardee didn’t comply with this limitation because,...

Government Tries But Fails to Wriggle Its Way Out of Unpaid...

Claims July 26, 2024

SBA Considers Restrictions on the Use of Mentor-Protégé Joint Ventures

Expert Opinion July 26, 2024

Ostensibly OK: SBA Decision on Ostensible Subcontractor Rule Gives Contractors Some...

Expert Opinion July 26, 2024

Some Highlights of Provisions in this Year’s NDAA that Could Affect...

Law July 26, 2024

General Dynamics IT Cleared to Proceed on $308M GSA Award

Law July 26, 2024

Major Federal Bridge Grants Jump-Start Long-Stalled Projects

Grants July 26, 2024

Contractor Argued Termination for Default Was Uncalled For. CBCA Agreed.

Claims July 25, 2024

Agency Took Corrective Action and Affirmed Award Decision. Was the Affirmation...

Law July 25, 2024

Cyber

KOSA, COPPA 2.0 Likely to Pass U.S. Senate

July 26, 2024

Covington - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) initiated procedural steps that will likely lead to swift Senate passage of the Kids Online...

Pentagon’s New Cyber Rules Are ‘Stifling’ Foreign Suppliers, Advisors Say

Cyber July 26, 2024

US Sanctions Russian Hacktivists for Targeting Critical Infrastructure

Cyber July 26, 2024

Biden Briefed on CrowdStrike IT Outage as Multiple Federal Systems Impacted

Cyber July 26, 2024

Critical Incident Response: Managing a Cyber Disruption and Preventing Future Business...

Cyber July 26, 2024

At the Olympics, AI Is Watching You

Cyber July 26, 2024

Compliance

Boeing’s 737 Max Plea Deal: Monitorship, Gov’t Contracts

Compliance

Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 3: Claims and...

Compliance

FCPA Repeat Offenders

Compliance

SBA Moving Ahead with Upgrades to Certification System Despite GOP Protest

Compliance

What the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Means for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Compliance

NJ Biopharma Company Settles FCA/AKS Case for $5M+

Resources and cases

Law

A Reminder that the “Government Control” Exception to the Late-Is-Late Rule Does Not Apply to Electronic Submissions

12 hours ago

Law

Protester Claimed Awardee Exceeded a Limitation on Proposal Revisions. Why Did GAO Let It Slide?

12 hours ago

Claims

Government Tries But Fails to Wriggle Its Way Out of Unpaid Invoices

12 hours ago

Claims

Contractor Argued Termination for Default Was Uncalled For. CBCA Agreed.

2 days ago

Law

Agency Took Corrective Action and Affirmed Award Decision. Was the Affirmation a Post-Hoc Rationalization of the Award or a New Agency Action?

2 days ago

Law

An Agency Must Consider the Experience of a Protege in a Mentor-Protege JV. How Much Consideration Is Required?

3 days ago

Law

Small Business Complained About Non-Responsibility Determination. COFC Wasn’t Feeling It.

3 days ago

Claims

Biting the Hand that Feeds You: Eleventh Circuit Says Small Business Protege Turned on Mentor, Likely Breached Fiduciary Duty

4 days ago

Law

Sketchy in Spain: Protester Said Awardee’s Labor Problems in Spain Should’ve Impacted Its Past Performance. Why Didn’t the Federal Circuit Agree?

4 days ago

Law

The Importance of Being Conformist: If the Solicitation Provides Proposal Organization Instructions, Follow Them

5 days ago

Others

Compliance

DoD – Information Request on Financing Support for Covered Technology Categories-Specific to Lenders

ago 2 days

Compliance

DoD – Information Request on Financing Support for Covered Technology Categories—Specific to Companies and Trade Associations

ago 3 days

Compliance

DOE – Acquisition of Information Technology and the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA)

ago 4 days

Compliance

If the Government Could Have Known It, Then It Exists: FCA Complaint Dismissed Under the First-to-File Bar

ago 4 days

Compliance

DoT – Definition of Military Installation and the List of Military Installations in Regulations Pertaining to Certain Transactions by Foreign Persons Involving Real Estate...

ago 7 days

Upcoming Events

Failing to Meet Grant Goals Does Not Mean Defendants Never Intended...

Compliance April 14, 2020

Revisions to the Uniform Guidance Include Welcome Changes and New Areas...

Law September 11, 2020

Failure to Meet Academic Accreditation Guidelines Not Automatically Material to Government’s...

Compliance August 5, 2020

Did the Government’s Denial of a Grant Application Amount to a...

Claims June 15, 2023

Grants - Resources

Did the Government’s Denial of a Grant Application Amount to a...

Claims June 15, 2023

Wondering About the Difference Between a Contract and a Grant? COFC...

Grants October 17, 2023

Grantee’s Procurement Process Lacks Conflict of Interest Policies

Grants May 1, 2023

Request for Comments – OMB Uniform Guidance

Grants June 5, 2023

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