Federal Government

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memo on May 19, 2025, announcing the DOJ’s establishment of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative.  The initiative will “utilize the False Claims Act

Continue Reading DOJ Announces New Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Targeting DEI

The federal procurement landscape continues to shift and transform.

Two recent executive orders push the government contracting community further towards the plan for a comprehensive update of the Federal Acquisition

Continue Reading The Push Towards FAR 2.0 – Interpreting the Most Recent Trump Executive Orders

Government contractors working for the Department of Education (DE), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other agencies like the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Consumer Financial Protection

Continue Reading Amid Uncertainty, Government Contractors Should Document, Notify, and Escalate Claims

President Trump signed a multitude of Executive Orders (EOs) during his first two weeks in office. EOs are directives from the President to federal agencies that do not require Congressional

Continue Reading Executive Orders to Watch for Federal Contractors and Fund Recipients

The Federal Circuit just dismissed the Government’s “Late is Late” appeal on Dec. 16th as moot, preserving the split between the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) and the Government

Continue Reading Late is Late Update: eSimplicity Upheld

Most government contracts include a Changes clause (notably, FAR 52.243-1), which grants the Government the right to order changes to the scope of the contractor’s work.  That clause also entitles

Continue Reading Lesson Learned: Board Holds that Only the Contracting Officer Can Bind the Government

Late last year, the Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”) contradicted long-standing Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) precedent on the acceptability of photocopied signatures on bid bonds finding that the Government’s reliance

Continue Reading COFC Says GAO has been wrong on Photocopied Bid Bond Signatures for Decades

The Federal Government is committed to developing its relationship with small and disadvantaged businesses through set-aside contracts that incentivize and protect these companies from competing with large, established competitors. But

Continue Reading Can the Government Ignore Red Flags of Set-Aside Fraud?