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Obama win means more of the same for gov't contractors

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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November 8 2012

After a long election cycle with record campaign spending and razor-thin margins in the polls leading up to Election Day, the 2012 election cycle is (finally) over

Going low: Ninth Circuit holds that false estimates and fraudulent underbidding can lead to false claims

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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August 7 2012

In a startling decision of "first impression" on Thursday, the Ninth Circuit held that a contractor's proposed cost estimates for a cost-reimbursable contract may give rise to false claims under the False Claims Act where the proposal is based on "false estimates" or "fraudulent underbidding"

Scrutiny over commercial item contracts continues

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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February 21 2012

For nearly two decades, Government agencies and contractors alike have benefitted from the more streamlined rules and contract clauses that govern the acquisition of "commercial items."

Government contractors can breathe a sigh of relief (sort of) -- Congress passes two different bills limiting campaign finance disclosure by government contractors

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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January 9 2012

In April 2011, a draft Presidential Executive Order was leaked that would have required federal government contractors, as well as their executives, to disclose their political spending

National Defense Authorization Act harmonizes bid protest authority for task and delivery orders

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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January 5 2012

Section 813 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (NDAA or Act), which was signed into law by President Obama on December 31, 2011, corrects an imbalance in contractors' ability to protest the award of task and delivery orders issued under indefinite-deliveryindefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts

Proposed FAR amendment would require privacy training for government contractors

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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November 8 2011

The Department of Defense, the General Services Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have proposed a regulation that would require employees of government contractors who work with “systems of records” covered by the Privacy Act of 1974 to undergo annual privacy training

ASBCA reverses course and holds that the $10,000 penalty waiver of FAR 42.709-5 applies to individual cost elements

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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November 4 2011

On October 19, 2011, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (Board or ASBCA) issued a decision clarifying whether the $10,000 waiver threshold in FAR 42.709-5(b) applies to individual unallowable costs or the sum of all unallowable costs

Supreme Court to review Bivens suit against employees of federal prison contractor

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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May 19 2011

May 18, 2011On May 16, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal that could lead to significant personal liability for federal contractors' employees

Leaked draft of presidential executive order would require contractors to report political spending

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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May 13 2011

In April, a draft Presidential Executive Order (the E.O.) was leaked and generated immediate controversy

Pay-to-play survey now available

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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May 13 2011

Almost two-dozen states and scores of municipalities have some sort of pay-to-play restrictions on contributions related to current or prospective government contractors

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