Stephen Shaver on CARES Act Relief Funds and Healthcare Organizations
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Preparing Today for Tomorrow's PPP Audit
Compliance Perspectives: Michael Horowitz, Inspector General at the Department of Justice, on Conducting High Profile Internal Investigations - Part 2
Compliance Perspectives: Michael Horowitz, Inspector General at the Department of Justice, on Conducting High Profile Internal Investigations - Part I
The Inspector General (IG) for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued a report critical of recent efforts by contractors to protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The report, which followed the DOD IG's...more
Small Business Administration (SBA) Press Release: SBA Announces Biden-Harris Administration’s Progress in Small Business Lending with End-of-Year Capital Program Numbers - On November 21, Small Business Administrator...more
This coming Saturday is the 20th anniversary of the attacks upon America on September 11, 2001. Like most Americans, this was the seminal event in the history of our country. I have been thinking a lot about that date and the...more
We recently reported several milestones and accomplishments from the inaugural year of the Antitrust Division’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force. To kick off its second year, the Strike Force has now formally announced a...more
This month, and with great fanfare, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its creation of a Procurement Collusion Strike Force. We know what you’re thinking, and no – this Strike Force will not be starring in the...more
On November 5, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced the establishment of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF). The PCSF aims to deter, detect, investigate, and prosecute antitrust crimes and...more
On November 5, 2019, the Justice Department announced the creation of a nationwide "strike force" to address criminal antitrust violations impacting government contracting, such as price fixing and bid rigging. The strike...more
The Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (DoD IG) recently published a nonstatistical sample of 14 Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) IT service contracts, valued at $72 million. The Report presented...more
• In September 2017, the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) began offering voluntary alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in complaints filed by contractors, subcontractors, grantees,...more
The Situation: The U.S. Department of Defense has faced criticism from the Office of Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office concerning its handling of commercial item procurements. The Response: As a...more
A recent report from the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General (IG) identified a number of significant flaws regarding the Defense Logistics Agency’s (DLA) compliance with the Buy American Act (BAA) and the Berry...more
The Department of Defense Inspector General (DoDIG) recently published audit report DoDIG-2017-081 entitled, "Summary of Audits on Assessing Contractor Performance: Additional Guidance and System Enhancements Needed." This...more