The False Claims Act (FCA) was enacted in 1863 to stop the massive fraud perpetrated by large contractors during the Civil War. The FCA has gone through many iterations since
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Failure to Meaningfully Consider OCI
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For contractors, defending (and overcoming) bid protests that challenge contract awards based on alleged Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) may hinge on what a contractor does at the very beginning…
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FAR 52.204-21 and the Future of Federal Cybersecurity Enforcement
Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of opening the 2017 Associated General Contractors of America Federal Contractor Conference in Washington, DC with a presentation focused on the emerging…
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False Claims Act Recoveries: FY 2017 Picks Up Where FY 2016 Left Off
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The U.S. Department of Justice is maintaining its momentum in the prosecution of alleged government contracting fraud. DOJ had its third largest year ever in terms of civil False Claims…
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Awards to Lower Tier Small Business Subcontractors Finally Count towards Small Business Subcontracting Goals
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After years of pushing by industry groups and the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule …
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GSA Leasing: How to Recoup Operating Cost Escalations
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GSA leases include operating costs (for example, the cost of cleaning services, supplies, materials, maintenance, trash removal, landscaping, water, sewer charges, heating, electricity, and certain administrative expenses attributable to occupancy)…
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Great News for Federal Contractors: Credit Coming for Lower-Tier Small Business Subcontracting
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It’s a frustrating position for government contractors: you have plenty of small businesses working on your job, but cannot count them towards your subcontracting goals because they are not first-tier…
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SBA Proposes to Expand the Mentor-Protégé Program to Include All Small Businesses, Not Just 8(a) Small Businesses
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Yesterday, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued new proposed rules that could dramatically change the landscape for small businesses, as well as large federal contractors that team with small business…
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SBA 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Joint Ventures Beware: No Guarantee of Exemption from the Rules of Affiliation
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Just because an 8(a) small business and a large business have been approved to participate in the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) mentor-protégé program under 13 CFR § 124.520 does…
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