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New Military Practice Attempts to Circumvent CDA Requirement of CO’s Final Decision

December 11, 2013

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…

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HASC reforms DoD’s acquisition system

November 14, 2013

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. …

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OFCCP Announces New Rule that Adds More Requirements for Federal Contractors

September 9, 2013

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…

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Despite the Government’s View to the Contrary, It is Still Legal for Government Contractors to Make a Profit

December 10, 2012

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.…

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Peering Over the Fiscal Cliff

November 30, 2012

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…

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The Service Contract Act – Part 1

May 10, 2012

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…

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Update on Executive and Employee Compensation in Government Contracts

May 9, 2012

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…

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