Government Contracts Archive » July, 2011

Government Contracts - July, 2011

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• Standoff Casts Shadow Over $3B In Iraq Security Contracts
• Anti-Secrecy Group Posts Private ManTech Contract Docs
• NM Prison Exec Cops To Taking Contractors' Bribes
• DOJ Sues Lender For Alleged Lies To HUD
• DHS Must Improve IT Acquisition Process: GAO Report
• Wash., SC Sue NRC To Force Yucca Nuclear Decision
• Allergan Hit With Off-Label Marketing FCA Suit
• Convicted Ex-Lawmaker Must Amend Ch. 13 Plan
• Spotlight On Federal Contractor Transparency Rules
• Poor Contractor Insurance Oversight Costs US $10M: Audit
• Paving Co. Head Cops To Bribing Ohio Commissioner
• 5th Circ. Affirms Biodiesel Exec's $3M Fraud Conviction
• IOM Construction Manager Can't Escape Bribery Charge
• Labor Official Steps Down Amid Corruption Scandal
• Oil Co. Accuses DOD Fuel Contract Partner Of Breaches
• Pentagon Moves Ahead On Acquisition Reforms
• White House Unveils Federal Spending Watchdog
• Dems Push Contractor Political Donation Disclosures
• Lawmakers Aim To End Warzone Security Contracts
• Senate Panel OKs Harsher Public Corruption Penalties
• HHS Lacks Tools To Fight Medicare Waste: Officials
• Health Co. Sued Over Fraud Says US Destroyed Evidence
• COFC Still Beckons To Protesters
• Building Your Own Business Development Plan
• US Seeks Up To 15 Years For Convicted Va. Lawmaker
• Medtronic Escapes Fraud Claims In Whistleblower Suit
• Demoted Army Corps Whistleblower Wins $1M Payout
• Oil Exec Owes $28.8M In DOD Oil Contract Suit: Jury
• Contractor Denied Own Hurricane Cleanup Fraud Trial
• Navy Vet Wins $2.4M Verdict In Asbestos Suit
• ERX Incentive Program Changes — Too Little, Too Late?
• The Debt Ceiling Debate: A Major Implication Ignored
• 7th Circ. Nixes FCA Suit Over F-16 Sales To Greece
• Contractor Sues US Over $12M Munitions Cleanup Bill
• Tribal Group Asks High Court To Decide Hospital Row
• Pentagon Unveils Rule On When 1 Bid Is Enough
• Nurses Registry Says Facebook Posts Should Kill FCA Suit
• DaVita Bilked Government For Wasted Kidney Drugs: Suit
• Lawmakers Press SBA On Set-Aside Loopholes, Oversight
• Trends In Qui Tam False Claims Cases
• Ex-La. Lawmaker Found Guilty Of Racketeering
• Telecom Badgers University Over $32M Broadband Grant
• Millions In U.S. Funds Reached Taliban, Report Says
• CORRECTED: US Can't Apply Title IX Test To High Schools, Suit Says
• Senate Bill Gets Tough On Federal Payment Errors
• Ky. Sues McKesson, First DataBank Over AWP Inflation
• Pentagon Bars Contractors From Interrogations
• FAA Projects Grounded After Congress Fails To OK Funds
• 1st Circ. Revives FCA Claims In Amgen Kickback Suit
• Lockheed Martin Hit With Shareholder Class Action
• Kaplan Pays $1.6M To Settle Whistleblower Suit
• Xe Whistleblowers' $123M Damage Estimate Nixed
• GOP Questions Depth Of New Yucca Mountain Report
• Developers Sue US Over Low-Income Housing Contracts
• US Audit Slams Afghan Banks, Regulators' Cash Oversight
• Heating Co. Exec Gets 3 Years In Ohio Corruption Case
• Defective Parts Threaten Space, Missile Missions: GAO
• HP, Others Escape FCA Suit Over Asian Tech Imports
• Red River Settles FCA Claims Over Air Force Telecom Deal
• State Dept. Worker Fired Over $52M Contract Fraud Report
• Honeywell Seeks Sanctions On DOJ In FCA Suit
• Texas Pol Wants Lying Charges Cut In Ike Bribery Case
• Hawaii Nixes Bid Protest Of $1.4B Rail System Contract
• Wintara Shells Out $3.3M To End Iraq Subcontract Suits
• New Mich. Law Opens Door For Nonunion Contractors
• DC Circ. Won't Review Revival Of Blackwater Shooting Case
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Accused Of $26M Sewer Contract Fraud
• US Moves Closer To Single Export Controls List
• Army Must Rethink $166M Ammo Disposal Contract: GAO
• Improving The MSP Recovery Process
• Mich. Man Gets 15 Months For E-Rate Fraud
• Feds Want Stiff Sentence For Convicted Ohio Judge
• DOE Contractor Rigged $4.8M Subcontract, Suit Claims
• Xe Seeks To Bar FCA Witness Over Deposition Walkout
• GAO Grants Costs For 2 Cos. In Food Contract Fight
• In Pursuit Of Individual Exclusions
• Sick Says Fake Noncompete Sank $5.8M USPS Deal
• Lee Dynamics Ex-Prez Pleads Guilty In Contract Scheme
• US Settles Consumers Energy Nuke Waste Suit For $120M
• Federal Agencies Call For Biobased Contract Reporting
• Blackwater Successor Faces New Whistleblower Suit
• US Denied Quick Win In FCA Suit Over Lockheed Pact
• Military Must Get Tough On Subpar Contractors: DOD
• Congress Presses DHS On Contracting Missteps
• Walgreen To Pay $3M Over Mass. Overbilling Claims
• Judge Convicted Of Lying To FBI Denied New Trial
• DOD Audit Agency Sought Subpoena Power, POGO Says
• House Doubles Funds For Yucca Mountain Permit Review
• Sheppard Mullin Axed From J-M Sewer Pipe Suit
• Senate Bill Stresses Job Creation In Contract Awards
• NASA Must Re-Assess Contract Termination Risk: GAO
• Using Financial Information In Settlement Negotiations
• US Dodged Contract Rules In Sole-Source Award: Judge
• Feds Indict 5 Over $50M Iraq Bid-Rigging Scheme
• US Beats Suit Over Small Business Tent Contract
• Fed. Circ. Restores $333M Army Hospital Contract
• Interior Designer Gets 18 Months In ICE Fraud Case
• 3rd. Circ. Nixes KBR Toxic Exposure Suit
• 3 Plead Guilty In $200M Medicare Fraud Case
• Cleaning Co. Fights $35M HHS Contract Award
• Fed. Circ. Reverses $13M S&L Payout For US
• Ind. Targets Construction Co. In Faulty Bridge Suit
• New House Panel Aims To Fix Pentagon's Finances
• Quest Escapes FCA Suit Over Medicare Kickbacks
• ASBCA Refuses To Dismiss Iraq Contractor's Claim
• Northrop Loses Bid To Revive Contract Breach Suit
• US Agencies Slowly Cutting Riskiest Contracts, OMB Says
• Biomed Co. Loses Bid To Appeal Nixed Air Force Contract
• Combat Simulator Co. Sues Partner Over Broken Pact
• Case Study: MES V. US
• Formosa Tentatively Freed From Defective PVC Case
• Feds Can't Bar Ex-Lawmaker's Testimony In RICO Case
• Medicare, Medicaid Sued Over Preferred Pharmacy Rule
• 8th Circ. Upholds Health Agency Officer's Firing
• Wash. Utility Sues DOE Again Over Nuclear Waste Removal
• Judge Refuses To Raise Forfeiture For NASA Fraudsters
• CIA Flouted Software Licenses, Suit Claims
• Alatech Fired Up Over Rejected Condoms
• Telephone Contractor Sues US Over Attys' Fees
• NASA Contractor Denies Fraud Over Space Vehicle Parts
• Lender Sues E-Rate Contractor For $30M, Receivership
• Toeing The Line On International Cargo Shipments
• Sandoz, Others Settle Medicaid Inflation MDL Suits
• High Court Term Yields Mixed Rulings For Contractors
• DOD Underusing Acquisition Program Oversight: GAO
• VA Wrongly Awarded $12B IT Contract Amid Protests: Suit
• OMB Tells Agencies To Cut Services Contracts By 15%
• US To Pay $100M To End Xcel Nuclear Waste Fight
• Organon, Others Want $421M Medicaid FCA Suit Tossed
• Alleged Gangster Cops Plea In $100M Medicare Fraud Case
• Minn. Shutdown — Explained In 30 Seconds Or Less
• 2nd Circ. Remands Remaining Claims In Schindler FCA Suit
• Telecom Contractor Sues Court Over Background Check
• Property Co.'s Action Targets GSA Dispute Resolution
• FBI Returns Iraqi Artifacts Used In Contractor Fraud
• Sheppard Mullin Can Stay In PVC Qui Tam Suit: Judge
• Fed. Circ. Denies Air Force Contractor's Injunction Bid
• 4th Circ. Backs US In Medicaid Overbilling Row With W.Va.
• Judge Nixes Protest Over $243M Pa. Tech Contract
• Teva Settles With Iowa In Wholesale Drug Suit
• US Intervenes In FEMA Trailers FCA Suit
• Q&A With Wildman Harrold's Michael Dockterman
• ArmorGroup Settles Whistleblower Suit For $7.5M
• HUD Settles Bias Suit Over Katrina Housing For $62M
• DOD, Others Finalize Set Of 6 Contracting Rules
• KBR Can't Shake Kickback Claim In $41M Contract Row
• SEC Chair Grilled On Botched $556M Lease Deal
• Protest Of $2B MetLife Military Dental Contract Nixed
• GAO Protest Jurisdiction — Ending Or Expanding?
• Developer Sues Md. Casino Panel For Discrimination
• Universal Health Seeks Va. Docs In Medicaid FCA Suit
• Rolls-Royce Fights Discovery Motion In FCA Suit
• Idaho Union Contracting Law Temporarily Blocked
• DOD Audit Reveals Weaknesses In Kuwait Contracts
• GAO Backs Protest Of DIA Linguistics Work Award
• DC Circ. Tosses Challenge To Yucca Mountain Retreat
• NASA Commercial Space Program Needs Clarity: Report
• L-3 Loses Bid Protest Over $252M NRC Contract
• Congress Needs DOD Input On Depot Logistics, GAO Says