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"There you go again" - does the fourth estate even try to get it right when it comes to government contracts?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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May 29 2009

The influential inside-the-Beltway newspaper and website Politico "reports" in its May 26th edition that, as the Administration is "following through" on its campaign pledge to cut wasteful Pentagon spending, it is finding that "the price is high"

Working like a highway road crew -- government finally amends SF 1443 to eliminate references to "paid cost rule," a mere seven years after the fact

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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July 6 2009

In November 2002, the FAR Councils eliminated the so-called "paid cost" rule from the FAR, which had previously prevented federal prime contractors other than small businesses from recognizing incurred subcontractor costs for purposes of progress billing until "payment by cash, check, or other form of actual payment" had actually been made

Administration actively solicits higher costs from bidders - is its "high road procurement policy" headed off a cliff?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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March 19 2010

The Obama Administration is now planning yet another spending plan, this time in the form of a policy that actively encourages federal contractors either to increase the pay and benefits extended to their workforces, or to face an evaluative disadvantage in competing for federal contracts

DOD proposed rule would eliminate provisional award fee and defer substantial award fee payments

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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August 4 2010

The Department of Defense recently proposed a rule that would revise guidance for award-fee evaluations to require the incorporation of award-fee plans into all DOD award-fee contracts

Federal "in-sourcing": new rules for inherently governmental functions

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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June 14 2010

On March 31, 2010, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (“OFPP”) issued a proposed rule implementing the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (“FAIR Act”), 31 U.S.C. 501. See 75 Fed. Reg. 16188

DCAA implements Federal Circuit decision requiring interest compounded daily on adjustments for CAS noncompliances

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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June 14 2010

Albert Einstein supposedly said that "the most powerful force in the world is compound interest."

Recovery Act update

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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July 6 2009

On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-5), known popularly by a variety of names, including “ARRA,” the “Recovery Act,” and the “Stimulus Act.”

DCAA's promises of a "new mode of operation" leading to "mutually beneficial relationships" evaporate within less than three months

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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June 14 2010

Just three months ago, newly appointed DCAA Director Patrick Fitzgerald told contractors and acquisition agencies that his agency's new mode of operations would aim at developing "mutually beneficial relationships" with both contractors and DOD acquisition agencies

OFCCP's proposed equal employment opportunity rules: more on-site investigations, more data collected from contractors, closer scrutiny of contractor affirmative action

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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June 16 2011

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) recently proposed two rules that would, among other things, enhance the agency's investigative and enforcement capabilities and substantially increase the amount of EEO-related data it will collect from contractors

Terminations for convenience and creedence clearwater revival: "bad moon rising"

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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April 18 2011

It now is generally accepted that the federal budget must be reduced drastically, although just how drastically and where is still a matter for debate

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