Courts, Boards, & GAO
Protests are Starting to Test the Limits of Procurement Speed
Courtney Holbrook - A recent GAO decision may signal something the federal acquisition community has not yet paid enough attention to: Procurement speed still...
A Judge Ruled that SBA Mishandled the ATI Case. But the Company Remains Suspended.
GovCon Intelligence - The Small Business Administration failed to provide a Federal administrative judge with enough information to review the agency’s decision to suspend...
Anthropic and Iran – the Government Contracting State of Play
Hunton Andrews Kurth - When world events move quickly, the government contracting space is one area where impacts are felt immediately. Just within the...
All Things Protest: Final Proposal Revisions and Federal Circuit Opinions
Crowell & Moring - In this episode of the “All Things Protest”, Crowell’s Christian Curran, Zachary Schroeder, and Bryan Dewan discuss a recent GAO...
Back to the Drawing Board: SBA OHA Overturns Suspension of 8(a) Contractor
Koprince McCall Pottroff - In October 2025, the SBA suspended an 8(a) Program contractor called ATI Government Solutions, LLC (ATI) after a suspension under...
More than 500 Businesses Supported the Rule of Two. Congress voted 23-0. So, Why Is an Amendment Needed?
The Rule of Two - Small businesses have fought for years to uphold the Rule of Two. This battle included efforts such as writing...
Don’t Get Left in the Doghouse: The Federal Circuit’s Global K9 Case and the Duty to Intervene
Crowell & Moring - On May 14, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a stark warning to government contractors:...
Canaries in the Coal Mine: Law’s Crashout Over AI Is Coming for Everyone
Corporate Compliance Insights - By now, AI’s public blunders are legion, and many of the most jaw-dropping have come from one field: law. But...
How 8(a) Survives (with Jackie Robinson-Burnette)
GovCon Intelligence - Ahead of her presentation at this week’s VETS conference, former White House appointee and 8(a) associate administrator Jackie Robinson-Burnette joined me...
Pentagon’s JWCC Follow-On Would Create Cloud Marketplace, Expand AI and Edge Computing
DefenseScoop - The Pentagon’s next iteration of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract would establish a cloud marketplace for military users while expanding...
March 2026 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month: Under the Heat of GAO Review, ICE’s Evaluation Reasoning Melts Away
Crowell & Morell - This installment of Crowell & Moring’s Bid Protest Sustain of the Month Series focuses on a notable GAO decision from...
Executive Order Encourages Fixed-Price Federal Contracting: Commercial Challenges and Bid-Protest Impacts
Morgan Lewis - The White House recently issued an executive order requiring executive branch agencies to default to fixed-price contracts rather than cost-reimbursement models...
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