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National Defense October 2009 Stephen Epstein	Companies Must Beware of New 'Revolving Door' Policies Relationships between government and private contractor representatives must be carefully approached as recent front page stories highlighting allegations of collusion and impropriety have shown.
National Defense February 2004 James McAleese	Safe Harbors of Ethical Conduct Needed in Defense Procurement In light of a recent series of isolated, highly controversial public scandals with respect to several major defense acquisition programs, it is important to create "safe harbors" of conduct so that both government and contractor personnel can work as a cohesive team .
National Defense March 2012 Jacob Pankowski	Take Heed of Post-Employment Restrictions The new Defense Acquisition Regulation System clause requires offers on Defense Department contracts to represent that all covered ex-department officials expected to work on any resulting contract are in compliance with all post-employment restrictions.
National Defense October 2011 Steve Epstein	Defense Department Contractors May See New Hiring Regulations A proposed Defense Department regulation, if implemented, will substantially change how contractors hire, oversee and track certain former civilian and military personnel.
National Defense April 2009 Hickey & Parker	White House Kicks Off New Wave of Reforms Pledges and actions in the president's first few weeks in office, signal that increased ethics restrictions on government appointees, lobbyists and contractors have arrived.
National Defense November 2007 Hickey & Connolly	Ethical Lapses Provide Valuable Training Tool A recently proposed amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulations would call upon all government contractors to have a written code of ethics and business conduct.
National Defense June 2005 L. James D'Agostino	Raising the Bar To Meet the Next Wave of Reform Recent procurement scandals have prompted numerous ethics reform initiatives by federal prosecutors, regulators and legislators. Given the volume of spending related to Operation Iraqi Freedom and on-going homeland-security initiatives, the industry can expect the greatest level of scrutiny since Operation Ill Wind in the 1980s.
National Defense February 2010 Sean M. Connolly	New Personal Conflicts of Interest Rules Proposed Federal Acquisition Regulations call for contractors to police their employees' personal conflicts of interest or face serious disciplinary action.
National Defense August 2005 Moorhouse & Hickey	Contractor-Sponsored Events: Navigating Through the Rules For contractor-sponsored events that involve federal employees, the following considerations should be examined by federal contractors and their government customers.
National Defense February 2009 David H. Laufman	Mandatory Disclosure Regime Raises Stakes for Contractors A new regulatory enforcement regime has now commenced that underscores the Department of Justice's aggressive approach to procurement fraud and dramatically increases the compliance and disclosure obligations of defense contractors.
National Defense November 2004 Joe Reeder	Association Unveils New Ethics Code for Industry The National Defense Industrial Association's Ethics Committee has developed a benchmark statement of industry ethics for companies to incorporate into their day-to-day business.
National Defense March 2006 Thomas O. Miller	Corporate Liability: Beware of Rogues And Ostriches A corporation can be liable for a criminal or Civil False Claims Act violation stemming from the conduct of "rogue employees," who are politely known as "adverse agents," and employees who are willfully blind or deliberately ignorant of ethical, legal and contractual requirements.
National Defense December 2011 Moorhouse & Jack	Frivolous Bid Protests Come With Risks The government and contractors both invest heavily in the lead up to contract formation, and both are expected to behave ethically towards one another with complete integrity.
National Defense June 2015 Sandra Evers-Manly	An Ethical Culture: Own it, Live it, Lead it Anyone involved in ethics and compliance within the defense industry should know that to be truly effective, a corporate ethics program requires more than a "check the box" approach
National Defense May 2013 Canni & Levy	Agencies Becoming More Aggressive in Pursuit of Contractor Wrongdoing After years of congressional complaints, federal agencies are responding to concerns about how they handle contractor debarments and suspensions. New civilian debarment offices have emerged and are becoming active.
National Defense January 2006 Reeder & Hickey	Make Commitment To Corporate Ethics The National Defense Industrial Association puts ethical conduct on par with shareholder profits and believes maintaining the highest ethical standards throughout the defense industry has never been more important to the country.
National Defense February 2006 Reeder & Hickey	Defense Industry Political Activities: Do's and Don'ts Basic knowledge of the do's and don'ts of corporate political activity will prevent serious and potentially embarrassing pitfalls, and corporate leaders must know or be able to assess quickly the nuances before permitting any financial participation by anyone.
National Defense March 2011	Statement of Defense Industry Ethics In November 2004, after several months of in-depth review the National Defense Industrial Association finalized and published its Code of Ethics. Five years later in 2009, NDIA undertook to review, and, in a small number of ways made minor but we believe worthy revisions.
National Defense September 2012 Richard L. Moorhouse	Implementing Evolving Disclosure Rules Federal government oversight, scrutiny of contractors and enforcement actions are on the rise.
National Defense July 2007 Manik K. Rath	Mergers, Acquisitions Call for Added Scrutiny When acquiring or merging with any government contractor, reviewing ethics policies, compliance programs, and all recent voluntary disclosures will provide a wealth of invaluable information.
National Defense January 2007 David Hickey	Companies Must Set and Review Compliance Priorities As 2006 closed, the Department of Justice's criminal division announced the formal creation of a national task force "to promote the prevention, early detection and prosecution of procurement fraud."
National Defense February 2008 Joseph J. Summerill	Congress to Enact New Accountability in Contracting Congressional interest in oversight of government contracting began early last year with separate bills during the first three months of the 110th Congress in both the House and Senate that provided for contractor oversight and limited the number of sole source contracts.
National Defense January 2008 Hickey & Connolly	Codes of Conduct Don't Always Protect Reputation Alone, ethics codes will not protect an organization's reputation. Leadership is required. CEOs, boards, and every level of management, must vigilantly endeavor to steer their organizations clear of even appearances of questionable behavior.
National Defense December 2009 McGrath & Connolly	Industry Should Prepare for Review of Ethics Programs Contractors may soon have more complete answers as to how the Defense Department will verify contractor compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation's recent ethics program requirements.
National Defense February 2009 McGrath & Connolly	Final Rules on Mandatory Disclosure Effective Dec. 12, 2008, government contractors will face what rule authors characterize as a "sea change" in how government enforcement authorities expect to govern in the future.
National Defense May 2008 Moorhouse & Connolly	Contractors' Conflicts of Interest Under Scrutiny Contractors may soon be required to police their employees' personal conflicts of interest.
Parameters Autumn 2007 Marc Lindemann	Civilian Contractors under Military Law The insertion of five words into Congress's fiscal year 2007 defense authorization act may now subject every civilian contractor operating in a combat zone to the discipline of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
National Defense July 2006 Dorn C. McGrath	What's Good for the Goose and the Gander Actual bad faith by government officials is relatively rare, but it happens, and making government officials accountable when it does occur is essential to the integrity of our procurement system.
Job Journal July 3, 2005 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Leading by Example Executives help establish the standards that drive the behavior of other workers. When executives embrace corporate values and live up to them, they provide standards for everyone to follow.
National Defense January 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Corporate Self-Governance Remains an Imperative The ethics-related issues that have put the defense industry on the front pages in recent weeks obviously have prompted concerns among business leaders.
Investment Advisor October 2009 Thomas D. Giachetti	Expert's Corner: Look Before You Lay Off Let's explore three of the most common staff reduction options available to employers -- layoffs, reductions in workweeks or salary, and furloughs -- and address some of the legal pitfalls that can be associated with each.
National Defense March 2004 Richard J. Bednar	Small Companies Need Ethics Programs Too The Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct (DII)-- focused on defense industry ethics and conduct programs since its inception in 1986--has developed a "tool kit" to help smaller defense contractors plan ethics and conduct program.
Financial Advisor July 2012 David Lawrence	Departing Employees Regardless of circumstances, you need a plan for handling transitions.
CIO March 15, 2001 Evan Fray-Witzer	Independents' Day You may call them contractors, but the courts say they're employees. A look at the problems that can come from mischaracterizing an employee as an independent contractor and steps you can take to avoid problems.
National Defense August 2007 Brian Sears	Building an Ethical Culture From the Top The NDIA ethics code encourages companies always to aspire to and implement best practices in all dealings with the government and other businesses.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2006 Dan Caplinger	The Definition of Independence For a small-business owner, hiring an employee is a big step. Ignoring the rules classifying employees can be a costly tax mistake for your business.
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National Defense December 2005 Reeder & Hickey	`Tis Once Again the Season To Be Jolly, but Wise It's that time when the Defense Department's Standards of Conduct Office issues guidance and emphasizes the rules governing partying and gift giving between contractors and their government customers.
National Defense May 2006 Stafford & Brody	Regulations Affect Sales Agents, Fees Many firms hire employees or engage sales agents to help secure federal government business. Doing this properly requires compliance with ethics rules that bar contingent fees.
Linux Journal December 1, 2002 Lawrence Rosen	The Ethical System Administrator As an ethical attorney -- or at least an attorney who strives to be ethical -- I must advise everyone to obey the law. Don't make unauthorized copies of software, and don't just sit idly by when you see others in your company doing so.
National Defense February 2012 Sean M. Connolly	Update Emerges For New Personal Conflicts of Interest Rule Effective Dec. 2, 2011, the Federal Acquisition Regulation requires U.S. government contractors and subcontractors to prevent personal conflicts of interest that arise during their employees' performance of certain acquisition functions.
National Defense August 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Investigators Band Together Against Contracting Fraud A scandal involving the manipulation of a $20 billion contract for Air Force refueling tankers served as an impetus for an interagency effort to police government deals for abuse and conflicts of interest. More than 20 federal agencies are involved, and that list is growing.
National Defense May 2012 Stafford & Kaprove	Mitigating the Risk of Defense Base Act Insurance The Defense Base Act requires many U.S. government contractors and subcontractors to provide workers' compensation insurance to their overseas-based employees working on U.S. military bases and government projects.
National Defense April 2008 McGrath & Connolly	New Rules For Federal Contracts Effective Dec. 24, 2007, the government-wide federal acquisition regulation (FAR) mandates a written code of ethics for almost all government contractors.
National Defense March 2011 Denis Chamberland	Contractors on the Battlefield: Outsourcing of Military Services The last decade has witnessed a sharp increase in the scale of outsourcing of military services to third parties, emphasizing the importance of integrating contractor support into military operations and generating efficiencies.
Investment Advisor November 2005 William R. Urban	Raising the Bar There are few easy answers when it comes to the ethical issues faced by financial advisors and their staffs. Here's how one financial advisory firm successfully keeps ethical issues at the top for all its employees.
Global Services July 30, 2007 Vashistha & Khan	Hire and Fire: Regional Labor Laws In these times when businesses thrive on global labor, companies must know and understand the employment laws of the countries they operate in.