For some time now, OCIs have been a primary target for regulatory reforms, but now… PCIs?
For some time now, OCIs have been a primary target for regulatory reforms, but now… PCIs?
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Lower-tier subcontractors performing work on government contracts sometimes stand in a difficult position: exposed to the same government compliance requirements as prime contractors, but lacking the direct contractual relationships necessary to obtaining legal recourse in the event that something goes wrong.
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The government must use “full and open competition” when it purchases goods or services unless one of seven primary exceptions is met. A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision serves as a reminder that such exceptions do not necessarily mean competition can be abandoned altogether.
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A proposed regulation would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require government contract offerors with over $10 million in federal grants and contracts to provide information relating to criminal convictions, civil judgments and administrative proceedings directly into a new information system maintained by the government.
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The last hurdle before the implementation of a rule requiring federal government contractors to verify employees’ employment eligibility has been cleared.
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The Obama Administration has finally and officially endorsed the rules requiring federal government contractors to use E-Verify – the previous administration’s immigration compliance system extensively covered in this blog.
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If you provide medical services to federal government employees, you may be a government contractor without knowing it. And what you don’t know can hurt you.
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On May 22, 2009, President Obama signed the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (WSARA), a statute that, in the President’s words, aims to “eliminate some of the waste inefficiency in our defense projects.”
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