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5 Ways Gov’t Contractors Can Manage Schedule Change Risk
Top Pentagon Research Arm Combats ‘Aggressive’ Foreign Investors
Digitization Will Help Public Procurement Comply with FAR in the Biden Era
One Vendor’s Price Was Allegedly an Outlier, But Agency Didn’t Abuse Discretion by Averaging Prices to Assess Reasonableness; Guidehouse LLP, GAO B-419336 et al.
Requirement for “Organically” Produced Action Review Packet Not Ambiguous; Barbaricum, LLC, GAO B-418427.7
Uncertainty Surrounds Changes to Buy American Rules Under Biden Administration
U.S. Supreme Court Expands the Deliberative Process Exemption to FOIA, Offering Federal Agencies Greater Protections
Deep Sixed: Federal Circuit Boots Trademark Licensee for Meritless Claims Against U.S. Army
How the Pandemic Has Impacted Grants Management
Acquisition Agility in the Federal Government
Federal Circuit Smells What COFC Was Cooking and Approves, Holds that Army’s Refusal to Allows Its Brand to Be Used in Advertising Featuring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Did Not Violate Contract; Authentic Apparel Group, LLC, Ron Reuben v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2020-1412
Agency Reasonably Rejected Quotation Due to Distasteful Color Scheme; ERP Services, Inc., GAO B-419315
GAO Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Challenge to Actions of Central Nonprofit Agency in Procurement Conducted Under AbilityOne Program; Melwood Horticultural Training Center, Inc., GAO B-419424
February 2021 Bid Protest Roundup
Fed. Circ. Ruling Establishes Framework For Gov’t IP Disputes
Coronavirus Roundup: OSHA to Prioritize On-Site Inspections; New HUD Secretary Emphasizes Safety for Employees and Contractors
Agency Reasonably Excluded Proposal for COVID-19 Test Kits; Comprehensive Health Services, LLC, GAO B-419183.2
Agency Copied Portion of Protester’s Evaluation Summary and Pasted It In Awardee’s Evaluation, But GAO Finds No Prejudicial Error; Deloitte Consulting LLP, GAO B-419336.2
GAO Reaffirms Broad Corrective Action Discretion
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