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National Defense September 2013 Ryan C. Bradel	Proposed Bill Seeks to Rein In Fraud, Abuse Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in February issued a "discussion draft" of newly proposed legislation entitled the Stop Unworthy Spending Act, or SUSPEND Act, aimed at reforming the federal suspension and debarment system.
National Defense November 2013 John D. Altenburg	Winding Down War Zone Contracts As with any arduous task for which a completion date is announced, the government assumed the risk of Afghanistan defense contractor lethargy -- or worse -- when it announced when the war will end.
National Defense August 2012 Corrigan & Kaprove	Defense Bill Shows Importance of Ethics and Compliance Programs At one hearing held by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in November, Committee Chairman Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., criticized agencies for using suspension and debarment "all too rarely," and thereby permitting millions of dollars of waste, fraud or abuse.
National Defense March 2015 Grandon & Robbins	Suspension and Debarment of Contractors: Is It Going Too Far? Suspensions and debarments to exclude government contractors from the federal marketplace incite passions on all sides.
National Defense May 2005 Dorn McGrath	Misconduct Unrelated to Federal Contracts Could Lead To Suspension or Debarment Front-page stories on Enron, Arthur Andersen and WorldCom should make evident that failure to fully integrate corporate compliance throughout the company could prove fatal to government business.
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 July 2005 Dorn McGrath	When Are Defense Contracts In Effect `Non-Defense'? For several years, Congress has been concerned that the Defense Department's use of "assisting" procurement agencies and other contracting vehicles has concealed poor acquisition planning or attempts to circumvent limits placed on funding.
National Defense May 2010 Dorn C. McGrath	Contractors Must Begin to Update Integrity Database The National Defense Authorization Act of 2009 now requires the government to develop and maintain an information system containing specific information on the integrity and performance of federal contractors and grantees.
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 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 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 June 2009 Magnuson & Rusling	DHS Inspector General Competing for Acquisition Personnel "Acquisition oversight is a priority of my office," Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Richard L. Skinner recently said to members of Congress.
National Defense June 2008 D'Agostino & Parker	Self-Disclosure Rules Create Ambiguities It is unclear if a recently proposed disclosure regulation will become final, but the attention it has received from Congress suggests increased mandatory disclosure is likely to occur in some form.
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 February 2010 Stew Magnuson	DHS Making 'Moderate' Gains in Acquisition Management The Department of Homeland Security in 2009 made some improvements to the way it acquires technology and services.
InternetNews September 24, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	Unisys to Blame For DHS Insecurity? Congressman alleges that the Department of Homeland Security hasn't been so secure, thanks to its contractor.
National Defense October 2012 Goodwin & Kaprove	Staying Ahead of Proliferating Reporting Databases The government's newest online clearinghouse for past performance information for contractors is called the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.
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.
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 September 2009 Stew Magnuson	DHS Inspector General Slams Secure Border Initiative Oversight The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has faulted Customs and Border Protection for failing to properly oversee work on the Secure Border Initiative.
National Defense February 2013 Jack & Kaprove	New Anti-Human Trafficking Rules to Come A new presidential executive order released on Sept. 25 enhanced anti-trafficking compliance obligations covering federal contractors.
National Defense March 2015 James A. "Ty" Hughes	Rules Issued to Combat Human Trafficking On Jan. 29, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council issued its final rule amending the federal acquisition regulations to strengthen protections against trafficking in persons in federal contracts.
National Defense January 2016 Cassidy et al.	Defense Increases Scrutiny of Supply Chain The Defense Department has offered some clarification on how it plans to deal with suppliers that pose potential security risks.
National Defense January 2012 David Hickey	Cutting Costs Does Not Require Cutting Compliance Lest anyone think the federal government will tolerate less contractor compliance, the current environment indicates that it is much more likely that the government will pursue allegations of non-compliance, fraud, waste and abuse with even greater vigor.
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 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 September 2009 Laura Kennedy	Tighter Rules For Conflicts Of Interest The new tighter controls on conflicts of interest are forcing defense contractors to become more vigilant to free their relationships from conflicts in all its forms.
National Defense November 2004 Roxana Tiron	Pentagon Still Undecided on Policies to Protect Contractors As contractors increasingly fall in the cross hairs of insurgents in Iraq, the Defense Department is struggling to figure out how to account for them, provide for their security and, if necessary, rescue them.
National Defense January 2013 McGrath et al.	Tough Penalties for Failing to Comply With Immigration Rules Since 2009, the E-Verify Federal Contractor Rule requires most U.S. government contractors and subcontractors to verify the employment eligibility of employees assigned to federal contracts, and all newly hired employees.
National Defense January 2009 Reeder & Connolly	Conflict-of-Interest Plight Can Be Avoided Recently, one of the nation's largest government contractors faced a federal jury verdict that it violated the False Claims Act and breached two contracts with an independent federal agency based on failure to disclose conflicts of interest.
National Defense November 2014 Tompkins et al.	Executive Orders Require Vendors' Attention While the use of executive orders and the federal procurement process to implement non-procurement policy are not new phenomena, contractors should consider these issues with renewed focus.
National Defense June 2014 David Robbins	Embracing Mandatory Disclosure Can Save Contractors Time, Trouble and Legal Fees The mandatory disclosure rule -- which requires federal government contractors to report fraud and overpayments -- is in the news again.
National Defense September 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Plans to 'In-Source' Contractor Jobs Collide With Fiscal Reality As he unveiled a new wave of austerity measures at the Defense Department, Secretary Robert Gates made a striking acknowledgment: Replacing contractors with government employees does not really save money.
National Defense April 2012 McGrath & Jack	Publicly Available Information Should Be Promptly Reviewed As of Jan. 3, contractors have seven calendar days to review information after it is posted in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System and object to its public release if a Freedom of Information Act exemption applies.
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 June 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Battle Royale Brewing Between Government Contractors, Auditors The U.S. government is launching new crackdowns on federal contractors at a time when the Defense Department and other agencies depend more than ever on private-sector help.
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 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 February 2007 Corrigan & Hickey	Contractors Should Get Ready for Scrutiny Federal contractors must be prepared for the change in political and business climate in Congress. Companies can minimize risks by assessing political dangers and self-assessing ethics and compliance programs.
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 July 2014 Chris Nagel	Whistleblowers Cash In On False Claims Act A startling trend in defense contracting is the recent rise in payments made by industry to government agencies and whistleblowers under the False Claims Act.
National Defense March 2009 Stafford & Goodwin	Contractors Should Protect Their Reputation The Past Performance Information Retrieval System is a government-wide portal through which contractors can access government performance assessments of their contracts.
Parameters Autumn 2008 Steven L. Schooner	Why Contractor Fatalities Matter Apprising the American public that the true human cost associated with military operations includes contractors and exceeds 6,000 is critical to making informed decisions for the future.
National Defense May 2011 Dawn M. Lurie	DHS Expands Monitoring of Federal Contractors This initiative includes a sharp focus on employer compliance along with higher fines for those hiring undocumented workers.
National Defense November 2006 James A. Hughes	Blended Workforce Poses Conflict of Interest Risks The Acquisition Advisory Panel noted the emergence of a "blended" workforce, where contractors work side-by-side with federal officials. The panel observed that the lines between governmental and commercial functions have blurred.
Mother Jones May/Jun 2002 Ken Silverstein	Unjust Rewards The government continues to award federal business worth billions to companies that repeatedly break the law. A Mother Jones investigation reveals which major contractors are the worst offenders...
National Defense November 2012 Stew Magnuson	DHS Reports Huge Interest in New Border Camera Program With so few new acquisition programs in the pipeline at the Defense Department, it is perhaps no surprise that all the major contractors are competing for Customs and Border Protection's latest attempt to field a $1.5 billion camera system in the Southwest.
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 May 2008 Moorhouse & Connolly	Contractors' Conflicts of Interest Under Scrutiny Contractors may soon be required to police their employees' personal conflicts of interest.
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.