Courts, Boards, & GAO
Special Alert: Supreme Court Overrules Chevron, Upends 40 Years of Administrative Law
Fishermen challenged a Commerce Department regulation that required them to pay the salaries of government...
GAO Says Agency Botched Professional Compensation and Cost Realism Evaluations, Upends $3.8 Billion Award
The protester challenged the agency’s evaluation of $3.8 billion award. The protester said the agency...
Contractor Tried to Claim Costs Incurred by Its Parent. The Federal Circuit Wasn’t Buying It.
The contractor submitted a claim for tax payments made but its partent. The Federal Circuit...
Protester Unable to Convince GAO It’s an Interested Party
The agency claimed the protester was not an interested party because its proposal was technically...
So, You Think the Agency Should’ve Given You a Sole Source Award? Don’t Come Crying to GAO.
As part of a corrective action, the agency terminated the protester’s sole source award. The...
Good Timing: SBA Decision on Full-Time Devotion Allows For Two Jobs if No Hours Overlap
Koprince McCall Pottroff - There are multiple overlaps in SBA’s socioeconomic rules for the various...
OHA Decision Reaffirms SBA’s Strict Adherence to Joint Venture Requirements
Bass Berry & Some - In a recent decision, the Office of Hearings and Appeals...
GSA Incentivizes FSS Contractors to Reduce Single-Use Plastic but Rejects Banning Plastic in Federal Procurement
Crowell & Moring - GSA issued a final rule seeking to minimize the use of...
What Happens When a Company that Didn’t Bid Files an Award Protest?
Federal News Network - A vendor of computer vision software protested an award to systems...
Supreme Court Deals ‘Earth-Shattering’ Blow to Federal Agencies’ Administrative Powers
Government Executive - The Supreme Court on Thursday reversed federal agencies’ longstanding capacity to adjudicate...
Claims Court Says USAID Wrongly Cut JV From $800M Deal
Law 360 - The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has ruled that the U.S. Agency...
Government Prevailed in GAO Protest But then Lost at COFC. Did the Split Decision Mean the Protester Couldn’t Recover Fees Under the EAJA?
A prevailing protester requested fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). The government...
