9/28/2023 6:36:29 PM How Government Contractors Should Prepare for the Looming Government Shutdown By Kendra Perkins Norwood Ozra Ajzadeh With only two days left until the federal government’s new fiscal year begins, Congress remains at an impasse over a dozen spending bills...
4/6/2023 6:44:31 PM Third Circuit Rules Office of the Inspector General Need Not Abide By Statutory Filing Deadlines in Whistleblower Retaliation Case By Elizabeth Leavy Lawrence Sher Ariya Serbest In a case decided this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit turned government filing deadlines on their head by...
2/14/2023 3:00:00 PM Department of Defense issues interim rule proposing to restrict acquisition of personal protective equipment from non-allied foreign nations By Elizabeth Leavy William Kirkwood Ozra Ajzadeh The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has recently issued an interim rule that proposes to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition...
7/18/2022 8:44:30 PM GAO dismisses post-award protest because protester is not an interested Party By Liza Craig Josh Turner The U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently dismissed a protest challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s...
7/11/2022 5:11:46 PM GAO Sustains Post-Award Protest Challenging The Navy’s Unreasonable Interpretation Of Its Own Solicitation Criteria By Liza Craig Josh Turner Jordon DeGroote Ahmad Younis +1 more... Show less The U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently sustained a protest challenging the Department of the Navy’s (“Navy”)...
6/15/2022 6:30:48 PM GAO sustains pre-award protest challenging a solicitation as unduly restrictive. By Liza Craig Josh Turner Karim Alhassan Edward Fultz Eric Manski +2 more... Show less In a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision, the watchdog sustained a pre-award protest filed by an offeror alleging...
6/6/2022 9:07:14 PM GAO dismisses pre-award bid protest as untimely By Liza Craig Josh Turner Edward Fultz Karim Alhassan +1 more... Show less On April 25, 2022, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) dismissed a protest that Defense Solutions Group, LLC (“DSG”) had filed...
5/17/2022 7:15:06 PM GAO sustains protest where agency fails to establish a competitive range and engages in unequal discussions only with the awardee By Liza Craig Edward Fultz Karim Alhassan On April 25, 2022, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest filed by Rice Solutions LLC, challenging the award of a...
4/26/2022 1:51:42 PM GAO determines protestor is not an interested party and also filed an untimely protest By Liza Craig Eric Manski On April 14, 2022, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) dismissed a protest in the Matter of U.S. Marine Management, Inc. B-420468,...
3/29/2022 6:52:05 PM GAO sustains a protest because agency documentation fell short By Liza Craig Josh Turner Eric Manski Ray Vanderhyden Kirsten Lowell +2 more... Show less On March 14, 2022, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest (B-420267.3, B-420267.4) filed by Starlight Corporation...
3/15/2022 5:00:28 AM GAO denies a protest as untimely, notwithstanding the Agency’s decision to answer additional questions after enhanced debriefing concluded By Liza Craig Josh Turner Eric Manski Ray Vanderhyden Kirsten Lowell +2 more... Show less On March 7, 2022, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) dismissed a protest in the Matter of K&K Industries, Inc. B-420422;...
3/10/2022 6:11:28 AM FAR Council mandates more domestic content in Buy American Act revision By Leigh Hansson Liza Craig Josh Turner Eric Manski Ray Vanderhyden Ozra Ajzadeh +3 more... Show less 75% domestic requirement takes effect in 2029 On March 7, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council issued a final rule changing...
3/3/2022 4:52:16 PM GAO sustains protest because of material key personnel misrepresentations and disparate treatment during proposal evaluation By Liza Craig Josh Turner Eric Manski Kirsten Lowell +1 more... Show less Late last year, on December 20, 2021, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), sustained a protest in the Matter of Insight Technology...
1/28/2022 8:10:40 PM Federal agencies must update cybersecurity controls to achieve a zero trust architecture By Elizabeth Leavy Liza Craig Eric Manski On January 26, 2022, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published Memorandum M-22-09, “Moving the U.S. Government Toward Zero...
11/23/2021 1:44:18 AM Protest sustained because offeror with actual knowledge failed to notify agency of a key employee’s unavailability By Liza Craig Kirsten Lowell Jordan Rose Eryn Terry Josh Turner +2 more... Show less On November 4, 2021, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest in the matter of Ashlin Management Group, Inc.,...
10/12/2021 6:18:30 PM DOJ announces Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative with significant implications for government contractors By Leigh Hansson Bart Huffman Liza Craig Josh Turner Jordan Rose +2 more... Show less Consistent with the Biden Administration’s keen focus on improving the nation’s cybersecurity, as articulated in Executive Order 14028...