Leo Tolstoy famously began his 1877 novel Anna Karenina with the observation, “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Much the same could be said of government contractors that find...more
As if more evidence were needed, a recent Department of Justice (DOJ) indictment provides another reminder of the importance of an effective compliance program—and the potential costs to contractors if their program doesn’t...more
If you were somehow still wondering whether small businesses really need to be concerned about the affiliation rules in the Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations, the answer is a resounding “Yes.”...more
Contractors whose protests result in the challenged agency’s taking corrective action may attempt to recover their protest costs, particularly when they feel that the corrective action was unduly delayed....more
2/28/2020
/ Bid Protests ,
Bid Solicitation ,
Competitive Bidding ,
Corrective Actions ,
Cost Recovery ,
Delays ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FBI ,
Federal Contractors ,
GAO ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reimbursements ,
Service Contracts ,
Small Business
Several years ago, the head of the State Department’s Director of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) explained that, when a company engaged in substantial exporting makes no voluntary disclosures of export control violations,...more
1/17/2020
/ Arms Export Control Act ,
CFIUS ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Sales ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Sanction Violations ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements
The recent guilty plea of a furniture company sales executive provides a timely reminder that contractors continue to engage in procurement shenanigans–and continue to get caught. In such circumstances, crime definitely does...more
8/16/2019
/ Competitive Bidding ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Statements ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fraudulent Procurement ,
Government Investigations ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Inspector General ,
Procurement Guidelines