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Your Bid Protest’s Dismissal Was Not a Hallucination: GAO Loses Patience with Blind Reliance on AI-Assisted Legal Research
FY26 NDAA: What Government Contractors Need to Know
SBA Publishes New 8(a) Guidance, Suspends Over 1,000 8(a) Firms
Back to Basics: SDVOSB Program Eligibility
SBA Suspends 1,000 Firms from 8(a) Program
GAO Upholds Key Personnel Requirements in Oready Protest
The Nondisplacement Rule: We Hardly Knew You (Even After 30 Years)
Late Is Still Late: GAO Dismisses Two Protests in One Week for Timeliness Failures
OHA SDVOSB Appeal: Voting Provisions Scuttle Veteran Control
The Rise of OTA in Defense Contracting, Part 5: Commercial Solutions Openings and NDAA FY26
OTAs Go to Space
No Interest, No Protest: The Critical Importance of Understanding the “Interested Party” Standard
U.S. Government Accountability Office’s Fiscal Year 2025 Bid Protest Report to Congress: Protest Filings Fell While the Overall Effectiveness Rate Stayed Above 50%
Protester Files Comments Minutes Late, Resulting in Complete Dismissal of its Protest
GAO Checks the Math: An Agency’s Failure to Document OCI and Best-Value Decision Results in Sustained Protest
Pentagon to Take Sledgehammer to 8(a) Program, Targeting Sole Source Contracts
Cracking the Kitchen Sink: FY2026 NDAA Brings Bid Protest Reforms for Defense Contractors That Lodge Meritless Protests
Supreme Court Leaves “Interested Party” Limits Intact in Percipient.ai, Reinforcing Bid Protest Standing at COFC
CBCA’s FY 2025 Report – Examining the Numbers
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