Aug 19, 2019 | Government Contract Accounting, FAR, and CAS, GSA & VA Schedule, GSA Schedules
The US General Services Administration’s pending consolidation of its Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts from twenty-four separate contracts into one broad contract, at the same time creating a five-year pilot program for an e-marketplace, may make having a...
Aug 14, 2019 | International Development, Non-Government Organizations and Not-for-Profits
The Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 (S.2463/H.R.5105) combines the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) with parts of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and has budget of $60 billion, more than...
Jul 22, 2019 | International Development, Non-Government Organizations and Not-for-Profits, Procurement
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has said its commercial procurement reforms—introduced in 2017 following concerns about profiteering and unethical behavior by some contractors—are working, even as suppliers say they are penalizing smaller...
Jul 16, 2019 | International Development, Non-Government Organizations and Not-for-Profits
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued guidance on grant-related self-disclosures. This pertains in part to Mandatory Disclosures under 45 CFR 75.113. It pertains in some measure to the HHS OIG’s civil...
Jul 12, 2019 | Contractor Business Systems and Reviews, Other Government Regulatory Topics, Procurement
Mia Bautista took part in sessions on “Yours, Mine, Ours” (July 10) and “Contract and Procurement Fraud” (July 11). On July 12, Ryan Byrd discussed “Detecting Fraud Through Vendor Audits”; and Rob Hichens and Amit Garg discussed...
