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Gen Digital Pays $55 Million False Claims Act Judgment Following Whistleblower Suit and Trial

Whistleblower Network News

Following a four-week bench trial, Gen Digital was found liable “for making knowing false claims to the United States when it mispresented its commercial sales practices during the negotiation and subsequent performance of a General Services Administration (GSA) contract,” according to the government.

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Lockheed, Air Force Agree To Ax $132M Contract Appeal

Government Contracts

The Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal on Wednesday by the Air Force challenging an Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals' ruling entitling Lockheed Martin to more than $131.8 million for excessive "over and above" work under a 2007 contract.

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Three Black Women Whistleblowers That Broke Silence and Caused Sweeping Reforms

Whistleblower Network News

Tommie (“Toni”) Savage’s federal employee whistleblower case has stretched on for nearly a decade and a half since she began to experience retaliation for blowing the whistle on systemic contracting fraud within the Army Corps of Engineers. The auditing department confirmed all her allegations of contract fraud. In 2007, Ms.

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Reaffirming Arbitration: The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice Decides on the Persistent Debate of Public Entities’ Participation in Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

2.143.882/SP The underlying dispute pertained to a contract signed in 1976 between Ferrovia Paulista S.A. When RFFSA was disbanded in 2007, the Federal Government assumed its contractual obligations, including an arbitration agreement in the original contract. The STJ’s Decision in REsp No. 11.308/DF ( União v.

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Contractor’s dispute over cost-accounting standards has roots dating back 17 years

Federal News Network

Zach Prince So, Tom, the dispute has been essentially based on facts that came up in 2007. So, what happens, if you’ve got a contract that’s subject to the full cost accounting standards, you have to submit a disclosure statement. Because if you’ve got cash contracts that means they’re at least $2 million.

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Agency Discretion Recertified: GAO Affirms Agency Discretion to Request Size Recertification for Task Orders

SmallGovCon

When it comes to meeting the size standards, the normal rule for a set-aside contract is simple: If you’re small at the time you submitted your initial offer for the contract, you’re small for the life of the contract. One contractor recently protested when the contracting officer did just that. So says 13 C.F.R.

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Friday Flash 11/08/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

What’s next for interagency contracting? Amazon Web Services – Platinum Sponsor of the Fall Training Conference Whose contract is it anyway? What’s next for the budget and Federal market? What’s next for artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and cloud? What’s next for GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program?