When a contractor delivers goods to the government that do not conform to the precise requirements of the contract, the results are usually . . . not good. When the agency specifies certain products in the contract, the contractor should plan to satisfy the exact specifications (or prepare to suffer the consequences).
Civil False Claims Act
False Claims Act Recoveries: FY 2017 Picks Up Where FY 2016 Left Off
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 Act recoveries in Fiscal Year 2016, clawing back $4.7 billion from government contractors accused of misconduct. And the latest trends for 2017 show that individual…
Don’t Be Fooled by the Latest Example of Federal Small Business Contracting Fraud
By Nicholas T. Solosky on
As I’ve covered extensively on this blog, the U.S. government is conducting a wide-spread and on-going crackdown on contracting fraud. Under the Civil False Claims Act alone, the government clawed back $3.5 billion in 2015. And 2016 is poised to be another banner year.
One of the hot topics in fraud prevention of…