2024-2025 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
Navigating Bid Protest Choices at GAO and COFC
Recent Bid Protest Decisions Reshape Strategies for Future Government Contractor Success
5 W’s of Bid Protests: The Who, What, When, Where, and Why
Podcast Series: Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting: Mitigating Protests and Disputes in Government Contracts
Thawing From the Freeze: Significant Developments in Government Contracts from 2021-2022
2021 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
Bid Protest: LPTAs - Are They Still Okay? - Webinar
Podcast: Discussing Government Procurement with Karen Walker and Tiffany Roddenberry
Preparing for Post-Award Debriefings
Past Performance: How to Use Yours, Benefit from Others’, and Defend It from Attacks
Missteps in the Bid Protest Process: War Stories from the Trenches
Government Contracting Phase One: Transitioning From Commercial to Government Work
Common Issues in Government Procurement and Contracting with John Edwards and William Stowe
GovCon Perspectives Podcast Episode 24: Effective Use of “Open and Frank” Discussions in Bid Protests
CPARS From A to Z
Award Protests: Choosing the Forum
How to Assess the Likelihood of Success in Deciding Whether to Bring a Bid Protest
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Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
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Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 14th Advanced Forum on DCAA & DCMA Cost, Pricing, Compliance & Audits returns this June as the leading compliance event for the government contracting community and their advisors!...more
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It is hard to believe 2021 is in the back stretch. At the beginning of the year, we made predictions of what might come from the change in Administration in 2021. In this article, we take a look at what has happened in 2021...more
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