Bonfire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Keep reading for the details of what we learned from NIGP Annual Forum 2022. The importance of engaging these businesses was summed up in our Innovation for Impact case study session by Glenn O’Steen, Manager, Procurement at Columbia County, Georgia: “Without small businesses, we wouldn’t have an economy. Get your copy here.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It contains some important insights for how GAO bid protest numbers have changed from prior years. One important point about the GAO bid protest process: GAO met its 100-day deadline to process a bid protest in all cases. This is down from 2025 in FY 2023 but up from 1658 in 2022. Numbers are still lower than in 2021 and 2020.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 8, 2024

On May 6, Andrea Gacki gave prepared remarks at the SIFMA AML Conference where she spoke about the new whistleblower program, which was reformed into a best-practice whistleblower program by the passage of the AML Whistleblower Improvement Act in December 2022. FinCEN has also failed to publish draft rules for the whistleblower program.

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Oles Morrison

AUGUST 24, 2022

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker is beyond thrilled at the success of our government contracts practice group Bid Protest Webinar 2022. Bid Protests are an important weapon in a contractor’s arsenal, whether as a successful awardee or disappointed bidder. appeared first on Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP.

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 11, 2024

Kohn , the most important step the DOJ can take is to administer its whistleblower awards in a manner consistent with the United States’ other highly successful whistleblower award programs, such as the SEC Whistleblower Program. According to leading whistleblower attorney Stephen M.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 24, 2024

Department of Justice in September of 2022. In September 2022, the DOJ announced that it had reached a $625,000 settlement with Instec and its owner to settle the whistleblower’s allegations. The BAA creates a preference for domestic products when the government purchases supplies. In 2020, a former employee of Instec Inc.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In September 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco outlined the Department of Justice (DOJ) approach to enforcing corporate misconduct and directed agencies to review existing voluntary self-disclosure policies or, if none exist, draft new ones. Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Holdings Ltd.

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Import and Trade Remedies

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

36 of 2023 on Import Policy and Import Arrangement on 11 December 2023 (“ MOT Regulation 36 ”), which will revoke MOT Regulation No. 25 of 2022. MOT Regulation 36 stipulates that import approval ( Persetujuan Impor/ PI) applications can only be submitted to the MOT after the regulation comes into effect on March 10.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In May 2022, Ivalua commissioned Forrester to survey over 400 procurement leaders across the globe to ask how they plan to minimize the frequency and impact of supply disruptions. 2022 Forrester Study, Ensuring Supply Continuity During Turbulent Times: A Visual Spotlight. What’s your Greatest Supply Management Challenge Today?

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing, (2022) Beijing 04 Minte No. 64, 27 December 2022 Arthur X. Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing, (2022) Beijing 04 Minte No. 3, 30 December 2022 Arthur X. 2022/438, Case No. 2022/5454, Case No. Fujian Dragongate Wine & Spirits Co. Constitution.

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Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 14, 2024

This order stems from the complaint filed against Bankman-Fried and FTX and two former executives of FTX in December of 2022. billion sanction emphasizes how important whistleblowers can be in protecting public funds from fraud. The order charged FTX with violating the Commodities Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While underscoring the risk associated with third-party representatives and the importance of diligence on representatives, the matter also highlights the need for due diligence prior to hiring employees. This appears consistent with other recent DOJ resolutions, such as the 2022 DPA (which we addressed here ) that DOJ entered into with ABB.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 20, 2025

We started discussing the Act back in early 2023 after it was passed in late 2022, and I outlined my predictions at the Court of Federal Claims judicial conference. Here are some initial thoughts on some of the important changes proposed in this rule, as well as a recap of the original statute and my earlier predictions.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 5, 2024

This important anti-retaliation mechanism ensures the whistleblowers are able to continue working as their case is being evaluated and argued,” Nelson continued. Later that year, Dr. Gulden and Dr. Burch were fired.

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Import and Trade Remedies

MAY 21, 2024

trade actions that have or may impose new or increased tariffs on certain imports of Chinese merchandise and solar products. Section 201 On May 16, 2024, the Biden Administration announced changes to safeguard duties under Section 201 currently in effect on certain solar product imports from numerous countries.

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FedScoop

APRIL 15, 2024

But, even though ICE says it has received no new requests for the use of commercial telemetry services since December 2022, the agency has filed a privacy impact assessment with the Department of Homeland Security’s privacy office for review.

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ivalua

JULY 14, 2022

Redwood City, CA, July 12, 2022 – Manufacturers are working to accelerate digitization initiatives to manage supply chain disruptions in 2022 and beyond, according to an original survey commissioned by Ivalua , a leading global spend management cloud provider. The margin of error for this study is +/- 6.4% at the 95% confidence level.

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GovSpend

JUNE 20, 2024

It’s important to note that SBIRs can also be awarded through grants. FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 Total SBIR & STTR $4,731,141,770.47 $4,521,650,478.15 $5,705,785,758.71 $6,235,909,563.14 $2,167,075,873.80 For this blog, I will be focusing on contracts awarded by funding agencies rather than contracting agencies.

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Federal News Network

JULY 24, 2024

The use of OTAs spiked in 2020 during the pandemic and after coming down in 2021 have been back on the rise in 2022 and 2023. The Government Accountability Office reported that agencies spent more than $16 billion through OTAs in 2023, which was a $4 billion increase over 2022. GAO says the Army spent more than $6.9

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We think if we replace that language with best value, it’s clear, it’s easier to train, it’s easier to explain, and, more important, it’s consistent with the direction Congress has given and consistent with what we’re trying to do with the acquisition system.” This projects to be a $11.5

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Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This blog will cover the key findings of this Report and the most important takeaways for current and prospective DOE implementing partners. billion as reported in the FY 2022 Agency Financial Report.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The first part in 2022 went through without issue. The problem was that now, the 2022 contract to Peregrine was about to expire with no successor to take on the data management services. But we think this protest raises some important questions. In fact, couldn’t this have maybe applied to the 2022 Peregrine contract itself?

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 26, 2024

“Whistleblower information that the IRS can act on is an important component of effective tax administration as it bolsters the fair and effective enforcement of our nation’s tax laws, the success of our voluntary tax system, and our efforts to reduce the tax gap.” The figure still falls short of the $312 million awarded in FY 2018, however.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Between 2016 and 2022, DoD took 15,000 OTA actions worth about $70 billion. In fiscal 2022, the department took about 4,400 actions worth $10.7 That’s very important for us as practitioners,” Evangelista said. The post DoD dispelling lingering myths about OTAs first appeared on Federal News Network.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Overall, the UN reports the proportion of the population lagging behind in digital government development has dropped from 45% in 2022 to 22.4% Saudia Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain also placed high on the list, reflecting significant gains compared to the UN’s last study in 2022.

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FedScoop

MAY 17, 2024

Notably, those funding levels fell short of what lawmakers previously authorized to carry out the work of the CHIPS and Science Act, which was signed into law in 2022 to boost U.S. production of semiconductors and to support scientific research and development in emerging technology areas. Mike Collins, R-Ga., Similarly, Rep.

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Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The three senators, who were instrumental in leading the Senate to its unanimous passage of the Act at the end of 2022 , wrote that “We were proud to introduce and pass this legislation because it provides vital support to U.S. law enforcement to enforce sanctions and anti-money laundering statutes and protect our national security interest.”

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 20, 2023

1782/2022 (Commercial) , the DCC did not allow the claimant to have recourse to the courts to hear his claim. 1514/2022 (Commercial) (also discussed in a prior blog post ). The General Assembly has a number of powers amongst which is the power to consider and decide on points of law, which are complex, new or of significant importance.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 5, 2024

Mr. Azam pointed to the NACP as playing an important role in the country’s ascension in the index from 61st in 2018 to 51st in 2019, its highest rank in two decades. The country enjoyed comparatively marginal improvements, rising to 61st in 2022 and 57 in 2023. billion) between 2018 and 2023.

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Telles.eu

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This was (and is) particularly important because of the sudden decision to award directly contracts especially for PPE. In early 2022 1.5b That those mountains of PPE were never needed in the first place is also evident when vast amounts of it were left to rot in containers at a cost to taxpayers of £1m/day in late 2020.

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GovSpend

MARCH 19, 2024

The 2022 Annual Business Survey which covers 2021, estimates that women owned businesses had an estimated $2.1 As we understand the use of the set-aside program it is also important to understand the use of the NAICS codes, specifically for set-asides and sole source awards. from 2019 to 2023. million employees.

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FedScoop

MAY 7, 2024

CBP told FedScoop that it cannot publicly disclose confidential business information related to importations. import ban of certain Chinese firms.) Another allegation, which was received in August 2020 and closed December 2022, involved an allegation of forced labor and a product described as “Apple store employee uniforms.”

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FedScoop

MARCH 15, 2024

The congressional watchdog, tasked by a bicameral, bipartisan group of lawmakers to investigate FOIA response delays, found that the backlog jumped from 14% in 2013 to 22% in 2022, with the growing complexity of requests, staffing shortages and increasing threats of litigation also cited as impediments to the work.

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FedScoop

APRIL 5, 2024

And although the funding for those efforts stopped in December 2022, Sim said, there’s “a recognition that it’s still important from a public health perspective to keep track of school closure information.”

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GovLoop

MAY 19, 2023

In March 2022, the FBI issued a warning that ransomware attacks were straining local governments and public services. But just as important, they help agencies build their own expertise in preventing and responding to attacks. This was not news.

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 23, 2023

But it’s an important one for small business joint venture members to understand and comply with. The JV got its first award on September 15, 2018, and submitted its initial offer, including price, for the procurement at issue, more than two years later on June 7, 2022. And here is where it got a little interesting.

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USFCR

JANUARY 14, 2025

Real-World Impact: Success Stories Consider this example: A small California-based excavation company joined the Viper Program in 2022. Monitor Deadlines: Keep track of important dates to stay on top of the process. Within six months, they secured a $2 million debris removal contract.

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