By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. Federal contractors should be aware of a new practice that attempts to circumvent the Contract Disputes Act (“CDA”) requirement of a Contracting Officer’s (“CO”) final decision. In a recent case before the Armed Service Board of Contract Appeals, the Army had entered into […]
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By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. The House Armed Services Committee recently announced a new initiative to extensively review and reform the Department of Defense’s acquisition system. HASC Vice Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Tex.) and Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) will lead the initiative. The Committee began […]
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. On August 27, 2013, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced a new rule that changed regulations under both the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. The OFCCP revised the regulations in an effort […]
When it comes to Time and Material or Labor Hour contracts many contractors might not know all of their rights concerning what is an acceptable amount of profit. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) defines hourly rates in Section 52.232-7, but little case law exists when it comes to interpreting reasonable […]
Many government contractors and other business are standing on the edge of the fiscal cliff that occurs on January 1, 2013; namely, the automatic 10% government-wide across the board cuts known as “sequestration.” For those who have not been watching Congress make sausage, there is a divide between Democrats and […]
The Service Contract Act (SCA) generally requires that government contractors on service contracts, with certain limited exceptions, pay a “prevailing wage” to their employees in each specified locality where they have work. Today, we will address the regulatory language and supporting case law that dictate how and at what point […]
The Government is in constant pursuit of later for ways to save money and, for many in the government, there is no better place to do that than on the backs of contractor that serve it. A popular target with the current Administration is the area of executive compensation. It […]