Government Contracts Legal Forum

JULY 10, 2024

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 requires that the DFARS business systems clauses implement criteria for contractors’ accounting, cost estimating, material management & accounting, earned value management, purchasing, and property management systems. View the full article

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Public Contracting Institute

JULY 5, 2024

In the complex world of government contracting, understanding and implementing Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) is crucial for success. Today, we’re diving deep into CAS 406, which focuses on establishing and adhering to cost accounting periods.

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SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 11, 2024

For code 561210 to be applicable, the work must fall within at least three different NAICS industries, and no single NAICS code may account for 50% of the work described. Even though the RFQ described services within the definition of NAICS code 238220, Dellew failed to prove NAICS code 238220 accounted for a majority of the contract value.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

These safeguards are designed to protect the integrity of the procurement process and ensure fairness and accountability. These methods may include Shopping , Limited Competitive Bidding , Force Account , or Direct Contracting. The solicitation process concludes with the submission of bids by potential suppliers or contractors.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

“The intent of this program is to redefine the moving experience of our military personnel and their families, and to deploy an IT backbone with intelligence to retain data and knowledge that allows for optimization and importantly, accountability. So I expect more noise in that sense. Am I concerned about the rate structure? No, I’m not.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Congress would really like the FAR to focus on additional examples Definitions. the FAR must update “definitions related to specific types of organizational conflicts of interest, including unequal access to information, impaired objectivity, and biased ground rules.” So, it definitely leaves some gaps to fill. Definitions.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 15, 2024

The Government Accountability Office found that the median DoD-wide award lead times decreased by more than 20%, from 41 days in 2019 to 32 days in 2022. For example, the Navy takes 132 days to award a definitive contract and 185 days to award indefinite delivery contracts.

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Federal News Network

MAY 30, 2024

Dan Ramish Well, Tom, nontraditional defense contractors are defined to include all contractors that do not have a subcontract or contract subject to full cost accounting standards coverage and have not had one in the preceding year. Is that the rationale? So, that’s certainly one of the priorities with this rule.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 5, 2024

The primary aim seemed to be to shut us down from seeking accountability,” explained Venkatesan. They responded by filing close to 18 defamation suits against Venkatesan and his colleagues. At least fourteen of the SLAPP suits sought ten million rupees as compensation for alleged defamation. “The

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

He has been in numerous leadership roles in the private sector for over 25 years, spanning accounting, finance, technology & operations management spheres. He is a Certified Public Accountant. He was responsible for the oversight, strategy and definition of Accenture Federal Services technical offerings.

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GovLoop

MAY 26, 2023

By definition, data ethics refers to the norms of behavior that promote appropriate judgments and accountability when acquiring, managing or using data. There are three goals: protect civil liberties, minimize risks to individuals and society, and maximize the public good.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The agent understands your APIs by examining an API specification definition you provide that meets the OpenAPI specification. Using these definitions, the agent can reason about which APIs to call and in which order to best fulfill the user’s request. To create an account, select Create a DIEM account.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 11, 2024

In this episode, they dive into the definition of cost or pricing data. It All Adds Up” is Crowell & Moring’s podcast covering the latest government contract accounting, cost, and pricing developments. It All Adds Up Nicole Owren-Wiest and Erin Rankin continue their discussion of TINA. Spoiler alert: the devil’s in the details. “It

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It has taken a long time, and it’s taken a lot of perseverance to work through getting the rule right and getting it approved, but we are definitely nearing the end, and it is imminent that this will be released, and everybody will have this in their contracts going forward.”

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 18, 2023

By: Richard Arnholt On November 8, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied an unsuccessful bidder’s protest that asserted the Veteran Administration’s (VA) evaluation of Texas Waste Company’s past performance was unreasonable and reflected the Contracting Officer’s (CO) bias.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 23, 2024

KS&T was a market participant in OCTP with tracking accounts for emission allowances in Ontario and California. Relying on this definition, the Claimants argued that KS&T’s emission allowances constituted “property” and therefore qualified as an investment under NAFTA. The Koch v. Emission Allowances as “Property”?

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 4, 2024

GAO pointed to FAR 52.204-7’s definition of “Registered” in SAM as partially determinative. ” GAO stated that this definition places requirements on both the contractor and agency to take actions to make sure a contractor is registered on SAM.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 17, 2024

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently reiterated something it has been pointing out for years: The government wastes billions and billions of dollars on duplicative and overlapping activities. Otherwise, you’d have every agency with a checking account. I’m thinking of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The post also shows how these previous automation measures can be applied across accounts with AWS Organizations and AWS Control Tower. Doing so allows your organization to: Consistently implement security and compliance across different environments, Regions, and accounts, and reduce the risk of human error.

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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In a joint letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Krupski and Greenspan raised questions about Tesla’s accounting practices. The agency has interviewed Krupski several times, he said, but has declined to comment on any of their interactions. whistleblower lawyer and properly report his findings, Krupski could have qualified.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 3, 2024

He explained that an effective legal framework for whistleblowing must expand the definition of whistleblower, establish an anonymous reporting process, and include mechanisms to protect a whistleblower’s job, financial well-being, and physical safety.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It is thus important to understand the shortcomings inherent to this approach and to the model AI clauses, before assuming that their use will actually ensure the ‘trustworthy, transparent, and accountable development [and deployment] of AI technologies’. Much more is needed than mere reliance on the model AI clauses.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With this solution, customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment. Organisations should consider enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect these highly privileged accounts. userIdentity.userName = "breakGlassUser0*") && ($.userIdentity.invokedBy

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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

But there is a material gap between their narrow definition of prevalence and the actual distressing experiences that are enabled by Meta’s products. Bejar sees his recommendations as a necessary start to the work that is needed to create a safer, more accountable online environment. “I

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Ready2Run workflows are preconfigured workflows published by third-party publishers while private workflows are user defined using Workflow Definition Language (WDL), Common Workflow Language (CWL) or Nextflow. The repository contains detailed instructions on how to set up and configure the solution within your AWS account.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

What is a Flexible Spending Account? It’s a pre-tax benefit account that’s used to pay for eligible health care expenses that aren’t covered by your insurance, and for dependent care. Money is automatically taken from your paycheck to put into your account(s) before taxes are taken out, so you pay less in taxes.

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Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Life-Cycle Cost One “green procurement” strategy is to take the full life-cycle costs of a product – including, potentially, its costs to the broader society due to greenhouse gas emissions – into account when assessing the product for award. the environmental characteristics of the subject matter.”

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 23, 2024

After reading full draft RFP, I get the sense they want to have something similar because of its success and they are forward thinking and asking what the technology roadmap would look like in the next five years,” said Robin Gardner, the GSA account manager for CGI, which also is a COMET BPA holder and plans to bid on COMET II.

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Redstone Government Consulting

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

We need to consider some of the definitions in FAR part 2 : How does the Government define construction?

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Redstone Government Consulting

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Below is a comparison of the definition of direct cost in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and 2 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) 200. Direct Costs To understand indirect costs, it is always best to understand direct costs. non-profits and educational institutions).

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Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

And I think the labor market is definitely an area of challenge that a lot of contractors are facing, not just this particular issue, but just in general. Absent that, we definitely don’t want them manufactured in places like China or North Korea or Russia. That kind of provision and insertion we’ve never seen before.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 23, 2024

The selection of contract type must take into account risk allocation, and should be tailored to the uncertainties involved in contract performance. Letter contracts are required to be definitized within 180 days after the date of the letter contract or before completion of 40% of the work to be performed, whichever occurs first.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 20, 2024

This includes a fairly broad and future-oriented definition of AI, provisions on safeguarding confidentiality and furthermore, ensuring the integrity of the arbitral proceeding. However, before having a deeper look into the Guidelines themselves, one question needs to be answered: is there even a need for further rules?

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Select GCR

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This involves a high level of responsibility and accountability, as prime contractors must manage both the resources and subcontractors effectively to fulfill their obligations. Definition of Prime Contractor A prime contractor refers to an entity that receives a government contract to oversee and carry out a project.

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 22, 2024

Curiously, as much as it is referenced in the FAR, there is no set definition for “request for equitable adjustment” in the FAR. That means that attorney and accounting fees incurred for preparing a request for equitable adjustment can be included in the request and in a later cost claim. What is a request for equitable adjustment?

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Import and Trade Remedies

JANUARY 22, 2025

The complainant alleges that goods assembled/completed in Vietnam are “like goods” that otherwise meet the product definition in the February 2022 CITT finding initiating measures against chassis from China. However, importers must be vigilant and verify that the assessed SIMA duties are correct.

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Inter-American Development Bank

JANUARY 12, 2024

Achieving this balance is not trivial, and a crucial question arises: How can the definition and quality of these escape clauses impact a country’s ability to navigate economic shocks while maintaining fiscal discipline? Countries often involve legislative power in activation and accounting. For instance, an ECCI score of 0.7

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