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National Defense December 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Life to Become More Difficult For Some Defense Contractors Scrutiny is nothing new in the defense industry, but nonetheless contractors can expect more aggressive auditing and generally tighter enforcement of existing regulations.
BusinessWeek July 31, 2006 Dawn Kopecki	When Outsourcing Turns Outrageous The U.S. Military has lost billions to fraud and mismanagement by private contractors in Iraq who do everything from cooking soldiers' meals to building hospitals to providing security. That raises a question: Does Pentagon outsourcing make sense?
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 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.
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 February 2016 Fenster et al.	Don't Bank on Relief from DCAA Audits The Truth in Negotiations Act is a statute with which defense contractors are likely familiar. It requires contractors to submit current, accurate and complete cost or pricing data when negotiating certain contracts with the government.
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	For Contractors in War Zones, Business Will Keep Growing The constant sniping in Washington about military contractors ignores the inescapable conclusion that the privatization of government functions not only is here to stay, but is going to get bigger.
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.
Parameters Autumn 2008 Mark Cancian	Contractors: The New Element of Military Force Structure The purpose of this article is to examine what battlefield contractors do, consider how we got to the situation we are in today, and provide force planners with some useful insight regarding the future.
National Defense March 2005 Roxana Tiron	Contractor Security The Defense Department's relationship with contractors is changing as it becomes more reliant on them.
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 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 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 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 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Forecast Calls for Stormy Business Climate Bad news keeps piling up for Pentagon contractors. In the past six months alone, the defense-contracting sector has been buffeted by draconian budget cuts and by proposed new rules.
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.
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Spencer E. Ante	The Other U.S. Military The private military contractor biz is hot, vast, and largely unregulated. Is it out of control?
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 March 2007 Ebner & Menker	Message to Industry: `Do the Right Thing' Recent headlines have raised concerns about how federal procurements were handled on a variety of levels. Introduced last fall, a bill entitled the Clean Contracting Act may pass in the 110th Congress. These proposed changes are a harbinger of things that may come.
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 January 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Industry Braces for Bigger Crackdown on Corruption Federal regulators recently introduced new anticorruption rules that lawyers inside the Beltway have characterized as unprecedented in their scope and power.
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 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.
National Defense January 2008 Alan L. Gropman	Government Needs to Reexamine Rules for Battlefield Contractors The contractor headcount in Iraq nearly matches U.S. troop strength, which raises questions of whether the private sector's role in combat operations has outpaced regulatory, doctrinal and management practices.
National Defense June 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Industry: What Does Change Really Mean? The defense industry is unsure how they will be affected by revamped procurement practices promised by the Pentagon.
National Defense May 2009 Moorhouse & Connolly	Further Government Contracting Reform on the Obama Agenda The administration has committed to take specific steps to reduce wasteful spending, overcharges, and fraud.
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 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 June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	More Services, Less Hardware Define Current Military Buildup In the midst of the largest military expansion since the Reagan administration, industry analysts warn that the gravy days cannot last much longer.
National Defense January 2010 Moorhouse & Connolly	Navigating Murky Executive Compensation Rules Executive compensation scrutiny is not new in the defense industry.
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 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 August 2010 McQuade & Jack	New Rule Proposed For Organizational Conflicts of Interest The Defense Department issued a proposed rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to impose uniform guidance and tighten existing regulations on organizational conflicts of interest.
National Defense December 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Competitive Prototyping 'Brings Out the Best' in Contractors As a result of massive cost overruns and performance failures in major weapon systems, the Pentagon is now requiring competing contractors to build real-world functioning prototypes of their proposed hardware.
National Defense May 2010 Stew Magnuson	DHS Promises More Penalties for Poorly Performing Contractors A senior Homeland Security official has promised more accountability after revelations that the department in its first years rarely ever suspended or debarred contractors for poor performance.
National Defense January 2014 Sandra I. Erwin	DoD Clashes With Suppliers Over Data Rights The clash pits military buyers who want to break up suppliers' monopolies against companies whose livelihood depends on keeping tight control over their designs.
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 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 August 2013 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Contractors Are Highly Valued Members of the National Security Team Government depends on industry to be a valued partner on the national security team. And while everyone must be vigilant, there is no truth to the myth that contractors can't be trusted or that they cost too much.
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 August 2010 Thomas A. Benes	How Will the Defense Industry Adjust to New Fiscal Realities? Given the country's current fiscal and political environment, everyone, including defense industry leaders, is expecting changes in military spending and acquisition policy.
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 March 2014 Hill & Haas	New Rule Forces Contractors to Report Cybersecurity Incidents The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Final Rule, issued Nov. 18, will provide increased protections for unclassified controlled technical information residing on or transiting through the networks of defense contractors and their subcontractors.
National Defense February 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	For High-Tech Firms, Allure of Defense Contracts Is Tarnished by Red Tape Even in today's struggling economy, the prospect of scoring a big defense contract is not enough for many companies to want to do business with the Defense Department.
National Defense April 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Consistency, Consensus Needed on Industry Profits Although there is a widespread perception that defense contracts yield healthy profits, in reality, the way government officials view profits can be drastically different from the way industry measures that profit.
National Defense April 2011 D'Agostino & Goodwin	Lessons Learned From Latest Ethics Violation The Defense Department's inspector general's office in January reported instances of noncompliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and recommended remedial action to improve the Army Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV support contract.
National Defense June 2012 David T. Hickey	Small Business Compliance Issues Receive Increased Scrutiny The president and his administration, lawmakers, prosecutors, inspectors general, auditors, reporters, whistleblowers, company compliance officers, and industry watchdogs all seek to identify and eliminate fraud, waste and abuse from federal programs.
National Defense January 2011 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Problems in U.S. Munitions Sector Illustrate Challenges for Industrial Base It is not yet apparent that senior policy makers have begun to assess what industrial capabilities must be preserved. Ensuring that the United States is able to maintain core industrial competencies must be a priority before a fiscal downturn becomes reality.
BusinessWeek February 24, 2011 Roxana Tiron	Defense Contractors Brace for the Big Squeeze Defense contractors may be in for cutbacks similar to the squeeze that occurred after the end of the Cold War.