Although not conveyed in those exact words, that sentiment was expressed at several points by Chairman McCaskill during a hearing on April 17 before the Senate Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on The Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform Act of 2012 (S. 2139). Why? Because the Air
At 1 p.m. (Eastern) on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, Crowell & Moring government contracts attorneys Chris Haile and Brian Tully McLaughlin will be conducting a webinar entitled “Government Contract Changes: How They Impact Your Bottom Line” on behalf of L2 Federal Resources. During this 90-minute webinar, Chris and Tully will address common types of
The Department of Defense (“DoD”) continues to contract out work that should be handled by federal employees, according to a new Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) study, which finds shortcomings in DoD’s tracking and management of such “inherently governmental” tasks.
The study urges DoD to better police its inventory of contracts—and bring in-house those functions too
In a recently unsealed decision, Judge Damich of the Court of Federal Claims sustained a pre-award protest by The Electronic On-Ramp, Inc. (“EOR”), finding that the Defense Intelligence Agency (“DIA”) improperly rejected EOR’s bid as late where, although an electronic copy was timely received and the paper copy arrived at the base where DIA
At 1 p.m. (Eastern) on Thursday, April 5, 2012, Crowell & Moring government contracts attorney Addie Cliffe and international trade attorney J.J. Saulino will be conducting a webinar entitled “Navigating the Buy American Act, Trade Agreements Act and Other Domestic Preference Restrictions” on behalf of L2 Federal Resources. This webinar will provide an overview of