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Public Contract Law Journal, the quarterly scholarly publication of the ABA Public Contract Law Section, is committed to the publication articles that present analysis and insight into issues affecting the broad scope of public contract law and procurement at the federal, state, and municipal levels. The Journal stands within the legal community as a focal point for the examination of timely legal issues confronting the public contract community.

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Public Contract Law Journal
Volume 41 Number 3
Spring 2012

Articles

Federal Circuit Year-in-Review 2011: Certainty and Uncertainty in Federal Government Contracts Law
Daniel P. Graham, Brian Walsh, W. Barron A. Avery, Jon Burd, Tracye Winfrey Howard and Heidi Bourgeois

The Perverse Effect of the Multiple Award Schedule's Price Reductions Clause
Aaron E. Woodward

"In- or Out-": The Jurisdictional Confusion over Challenges to Agency Decisions to In-Source Contracted Work
Gabriel D. Soll and Tara L. Ward

Defense Base Act Insurance: Allocating Wartime Contracting Risks Between Government and Private Industry 
Hugh Barrett McClean

Notes

Make Transparency Your Business: The Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System and Its Implications for Contractors
Jacquelyn L. Stanley

The Small Business Set Aside Program: Where Achievement Means Consistently Failing to Meet Small Business Contracting Goals
Alicia M. Cullen

Improving Opportunities for Women-Owned Small Businesses in Federal Contracting: Current Efforts, Remaining Challenges, and Proposals for the Future
Kathleen Mee 

Settling the Inherently Governmental Functions Debate Once and for All: The Need for Comprehensive Legislation of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan
Anthony LaPlaca

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