The Mentor-Protégé program, which helps small businesses navigate the government contracts regulatory system, could serve as a model to incentivize large government contractors to help their small bu…
Suspension and debarment prodcedures introduced to the federal government in the 1980s significantly improved how executive branch agencies addressed fraud, waste, abuse, poor performance, and noncom…
The imposition of tariffs is considered an after-imposed federal excise tax, which provides a path to profitability salvation for government contractors impacted by increased tariffs on goods utilize…
When the U.S. Government provides foreign assistance to developing countries, in the form of contracts, grants or cooperative agreements, it is typically with the condition that the assistance be exe…
Current contracting ban procedures aggravate delicate foreign relations and confuse contractors and government agencies, particularly in the bans on Chinese telecommunications giants ZTE and Huawei a…
Medical marijuana has seen an uptick in societal acceptance. Individuals sympathizing with those who suffer from debilitating illnesses, coupled with therapeutic uses of the drug, has allowed medical…
In 2018 the Director of Commercial Litigation in the Fraud Section at the Department of Justice, disseminated a memo advocating for the government to move to dismiss False Claims Act qui tam actions.