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Background — DCAA Incurred Cost Audit Emphasis Areas The DCAA and government contractors have battled the last few years over whether costs... Read More

Executive Order 13881 America First On July 15, 2019, President Trump issued a third Executive Order (EO) to strengthen the Buy American... Read More

Debriefings       Debriefings are an important tool that unsuccessful bidders can, and should, use to gain valuable information. The insights obtained during... Read More

Chances to Win a Claim or Protest The first question most clients ask when we are discussing whether it makes sense to file a claim or bid protest... Read More

The Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) A contractor’s past performance is a required assessment factor in source selection evaluations for all... Read More

The Bonding Requirement The Miller Act, passed by Congress in 1935, requires contractors on all federal construction projects over $150,000 to post... Read More

The Context It is the long-standing US procurement policy to purchase goods, products, and materials produced in the United States when possible.... Read More

Establishment of the JAIC The Department of Defense issued a memorandum on June 27, 2018 establishing the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)... Read More

The Hot Topic Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) has been a hot legal topic in government contracts for a number of years.... Read More

Cybersecurity—A Growing Challenge The rise of cyber attacks and security compromises dramatically illustrate the vulnerability of unclassified, but sensitive, data. As holders... Read More