Jul 26, 2021 | Contractor Business Systems and Reviews, Government Contract Litigation, and Bid Protests, Regulatory Updates
The US Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) review will involve a compliance check to determine whether contractors have maintained records consistent with Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the...
May 13, 2021 | Contractor Business Systems and Reviews, Government Contract Litigation, and Bid Protests, Procurement, Regulatory Updates
FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Publication of List of Equipment and Services Covered by Section 2 of Secure Networks Act The Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (Secure Networks Act) became law in March 2020. The Act established...
Nov 19, 2020 | Government Contract Litigation, and Bid Protests
The Department of Justice announced on November 12, 2020, that the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) is adding eleven new national partners. A total of twenty-nine agencies and offices now are committed on the national level to combatting collusion, antitrust...
Nov 19, 2020 | Government Contract Litigation, and Bid Protests
Rob McDonald, CPA, CFA has been featured in Who’s Who Legal’s Litigation – Expert Witnesses 2020. He is described as someone who is “known among peers as a ‘pleasure to work with’ and has over 20 years of experience with forensics and litigation consulting matters.”...
Nov 16, 2020 | Government Contract Accounting, FAR, and CAS, Government Contract Litigation, and Bid Protests, Regulatory Updates
On September 30, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment issued a memorandum on “Delegation of Defective Pricing Authority to the Defense Contract Management Agency.” This could apply to defective pricing audits received after the...
Nov 19, 2019 | Government Contract Litigation, and Bid Protests
On November 6, 2019, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for the fiscal year that ended on September 30. The number of protests filed at GAO decreased to 2,198 from 2,607 in FY 2018, a decline of 16 percent....