by Fred W. Geldon, Senior Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP | Aug 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Fiction/Myth: “I’m sure the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) is useful for contracting officers when they need information. But why should I, as a contractor, care about it?” Fact: True, the FPDS is helpful to the government policy makers and the government’s...
by David Capitano, Instructor/Cost Accounting Consultant | Aug 27, 2014 | The Practical CAS
*This is Part 1 of a 3-part blog. Each part addresses the fundamental requirements and techniques for application related to the standard, and provides specific examples. This Part 1 addresses the basic requirements/techniques for allocating home office expenses to...
by Timothy Sullivan, Partner, Thompson Coburn, LLP | Aug 22, 2014 | A Government Contractor's Ten Commandments
*This post is the fifth in the ten part series, “A Fifth Commandment Government Contractor. Ten Commandments” and will be released weekly. Each week will introduce a new commandment and run for ten weeks.* When Congress was contemplating the passage of the Federal...
by Fred W. Geldon, Senior Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP | Aug 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Thirty-Nine in a Row! During the past two-and-a-half years, 40 Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) challenges have been raised in protests before the Government Accountability Office (GAO). And – with the exception of one protest where the agency waived a...
by Fred W. Geldon, Senior Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP | Aug 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Fiction: “I don’t have to worry about gift rules. The ‘Standards of Conduct’ (5 C.F.R. 2635), and FAR 3.101 don’t address contractors – they only apply to government employees. So I’ll let them worry about it. Anyway, who will know? And when there’s a violation,...