GAO Confronts Enduring, Vexatious Question that Has Confounded Our Best Minds for Generations: Is Greenland In Europe or North America?; Vectrus Systems Corporation, GAO B- 419143, B-419143.2May 20, 2021
Protester Alleges that Anything Less than the Highest Past Performance Rating Simply Won’t Do, But GAO Leaves Company Languishing on the Fainting Couch; Zolon PCS, LLC, GAO B-418626.8May 20, 2021
Contractor Thought It Was Negotiating With Agency, But CBCA Finds It Was Haggling with the Void; S & DF Properties, LLC v. General Services Administration, CBCA 6809May 20, 2021
Four Recommendations for Contractors in Response to the President’s FY 2022 Discretionary Budget RequestMay 20, 2021
Will COVID Vaccines Be Required for Federal Contractors, and How Would a Mandate Be Enforced? May 20, 2021
Solicitation Subverted Intent of SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Regulations and Contained an Inscrutable, Undefined Requirement; Innovate Now, LLC, GAO B-419546May 19, 2021
“There is Filth on the Floor and It Must Be Scraped Up with the Muck Rake”: Agency Not Required Hunt Down and Investigate Negative News Articles Concerning Offerors; Cotton & Company, LLP, GAO B-418380.4May 19, 2021
Court Awards Contractor Attorneys’ Fees as Sanction for Government’s Spoliation of Evidence But Denies Costs Expert Fees Due to Lack of Billing Support; 4DD Holdings, LLC and T4 Data Group, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 15-945CMay 19, 2021
ASBCA Denies Claims Not Causally Related to Alleged Breach; Appeals of John Shaw LLC d/b/a Shaw Building Maintenance, ASBCA Nos. 61379, 61585May 19, 2021
President Biden Orders a $15.00 Minimum Wage for Some Federal Contractor Employees Effective Next YearMay 19, 2021