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A river runs through it: Congress finds a potential way to fund water infrastructure projects despite sequestration

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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March 21 2013

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ("EPW") marked up legislation Wednesday that provides millions for dredging, hurricane risk

Playing on Uncle Sam's time: Federal grant sanctions triggered by game playing employees

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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February 15 2013

In the Age of Solyndra, adherence to Federal grant requirements is a necessity like never before. Concerns with transparency, misuse of Federal money

Sequestration 2013: contractors, beware the Kalends of March

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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February 11 2013

As many inside the Beltway know, the Budget Control Act of 2011 imposes automatic and wide-reaching cuts if the U.S. government fails to reach an

Sequestration: from remote possibility to inevitable

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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December 27 2012

While the world did not end Friday, December 21, 2012, as some had feared, last Friday still struck terror in the hearts of many government contractors

Second Circuit holds that proper measure of FCA damages for grant recipient is the full amount of the grant

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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October 15 2012

In a troubling decision that could have significant implications for grant recipients, the Second Circuit recently held that the proper measure of damages in a False Claims Act (“FCA”) case against a grant recipient is the full amount of the grant, regardless of any benefit that the government may have received. United States ex rel. Feldman v. van Gorp, --- F.3d ----, 2012 WL 3832087 (2d Cir. Sept. 5, 2012

Whistle while you work: the Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act of 2012

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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September 24 2012

On September 13, 2012, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), along with Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA), introduced the Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act of 2012 (H.R. 6406

Designation of biobased items for federal procurement

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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August 15 2011

On July 22, 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ("USDA") finalized a proposed rule that designates certain items for inclusion in the USDA's BioPreferred Program ("Program"

$120 million in grants available for transformational manufacturing

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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July 28 2011

The Department of Energy announced it has made $120 million in grants available through its Industrial Technology Program for "transformational manufacturing processes and technologies" that will help double energy productivity in U.S. industry (DE FOA-0000560

No summer vacation for effort to improve federal financial transparency: President Obama signs Executive Order 13576 and the House and Senate introduce competing versions of the Data Act

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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July 27 2011

In the past month, both President Barack Obama and Congress have attempted to accelerate efforts to prevent and identify fraud and abuse in government spending

The eye of the TIGER: $526.944 million available in grants for road, rail and port projects

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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July 19 2011

The Department of Transportation ("DOT") is once again making grant funds available for road, rail and port projects under the Grants for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Program, commonly known as "TIGER."

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