Volume 50, Issue 4
This article analyzes how the United States Court of Federal Claims should apply the Reilly’s Wholesale factors in bid protests involving an override of an automatic stay pursuant to the Competition…
Debarments and exclusions are essential anti-corruption elements of procurement systems. Yet why these mechanisms exist is rarely discussed. This article explores three motivating principles: punishm…
Section 889 and its implementing rules bar contractors from using equipment or services from Huawei and other Chinese telecom companies. This article considers whether contractors that violate the Hu…
Outsourcing offensive cyber operations raises issues under procurement and international law, potentially rendering U.S. contractors combatants subject to counterattack.
The United States, as one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases on Earth, has a particular responsibility to take all feasible steps to lessen its CO2 emissions.
In 2018, two decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit pitted efficiency against risk aversion as the guiding force in the procurement system.
Procurement funds that could and should be used for infrastructure, reduction in poverty, employment, or public education are wasted on over-priced contracts that yield kickbacks for officials rather…