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DoD publishes second version of rules on contractor business systems and withholding of contract payments
- Venable LLP
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- USA
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- December 15 2010
For the second time this year, the Department of Defense has published a Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) proposed rule regarding contractor business systems
DC Circuit’s Civil False Claims Act decision provides clarity for government contractors
- Venable LLP
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- USA
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- December 8 2010
The DC Circuit's December 3, 2010 opinion in United States v. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), provides some welcome guidance for government contractors hoping to understand their potential liability under the Federal Civil False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729-33
Contractors in Afghanistan should prepare for the termination of private security contracts and taxation of subcontractors
- Venable LLP
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- Afghanistan, USA
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- November 30 2010
Contractors performing under U.S. government contracts in Afghanistan are accustomed to working under adverse conditions and dealing with the considerable uncertainty in performing in a hostile environment
FAPIIS goes public: contractor performance and integrity information database will be made publicly available
- Venable LLP
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- USA
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- August 31 2010
When the President signed the 2010 Supplemental Appropriations Act on July 29, 2010, a provision of that law directed the General Services Administration ("GSA") to make nearly all of the information in the recently-created Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System ("FAPIIS") database available to the public
DOD contractors and subcontractors: are you complying with the new flowdown notice requirement on US export control laws?
- Venable LLP
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- USA
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- June 29 2010
Compliance with U.S. export control laws is critical during this time of heightened enforcement
Supreme Court tackles Honest Services Fraud: how might its decision affect government contractors?
- Venable LLP
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- USA
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- June 1 2010
In its current term, which ends in June, the Supreme Court ("Court") is poised to hand down opinions in three cases involving challenges to convictions under the Honest Services Fraud corollary to the mail and wire fraud statutes
Proposed DFARS rule: withholding payments to DoD contractors
- Venable LLP
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- USA
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- February 2 2010
The Department of Defense (DoD) is accepting comments until March 16, 2010 on a proposed DFARS rule that, if implemented, will allow a Contracting Officer (CO) to withhold 10, 50, or even 100 of interim payments to contractors where the CO determines that a contractors "business systems" are deficient
Zero-defect DCAA audits: a fundamental shift from cooperation to strict compliance
- Venable LLP
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- USA
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- June 24 2009
This article provides background with respect to recent GAO reports that are critical of the Defense Contract Audit Agency ("DCAA"), as well as several audit guidance memoranda that DCAA issued in the aftermath of these reports
US-Iraq SOFA and recent decisions highlight risks for US contractors supporting US efforts overseas
- Venable LLP
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- Iraq, USA
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- March 31 2009
Companies performing contracts for the US Government in Iraq entered into those contracts with certain expectations about the risks they might face trying to perform in a hostile operational environment
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