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Government Contracts - September, 2011

169 articles

• NetStar Wins Bid Protest Of ICE Contract
• GAO Throws Out Systek's Army IT Contract Protest
• GAO Turns Down $300M Army Training Bid Protest
• GAO Puts Contractors Under FAR Debarment Rules
• LHC Group To Fork Over $65M In Medicare Billing Suit
• US Says Fed. Circ. Ruling Should End Entergy Dispute
• DOE Admits Funding Solyndra Despite Shortages
• Feds Arrest Dozens Of Boeing Workers On Drug Charges
• GAO Urges DOD To Boost Acquisition Personnel Training
• SAIC, Others Pay $22.6M To Settle Bid-Rigging Claims
• US-Funded Education Co., Banks Duck Shareholder IPO Suit
• Merck Pays $1.6M To End Idaho AWP Fight
• Know Your HUBZone Status
• TARP Watchdog Faults Bills From Simpson Thacher, Others
• DOJ Fights Honeywell's Sanctions Bid In FCA Fight
• Maxim Health Manager Gets Home Confinement For Fraud
• GTA Containers Protests $99M Marine Corps Contract
• US Fights Over $205M Ambase Contract Breach Award
• Blank Rome Picks Up Key Republican Adviser
• Monsanto Can't Pare Agent Orange Disposal Suit
• NIDDK Can't Cancel Small Business Contract Offer: Judge
• Alleged KBR Rape Victim Told To Pay Court Costs
• Fed. Circ. Axes Boston Edison's $40M Win Over Nuke Fuel
• DOD Lagging On Closing Iraq, Afghanistan Contracts: GAO
• Aircraft Co., NNSA In-Sourcing Dispute Sent To COFC
• TSA Erred In Awarding $150M Screening Contract: COFC
• Whistleblower Claims: Are You Covered?
• DOD May Get Private Competition For Internal Services
• Hill-Rom Settles Medicare Fraud Case For $42M
• DOD Reopens Comments On One-Bid Contracting Rule
• Protesting At ODRA: Learning The Lay Of The Land
• 2nd Worker Accused Of Lying About TVA Nuke Project
• Safeco Can't Nix LA's Claims In $30M Water Main Suit
• Guidant Settles FCA Claims For $9.25M
• Lindsey Rips DOJ Bid To Duck FCPA Misconduct Allegations
• Landfill Co. Crushed Rivals With Bribe Scheme: Suit
• Ky. Gets Purdue Oxycontin Case Sent To State Court
• US Wins $11M From Owner Of Insolvent Contracting Co.
• Maxim Health Account Manager Gets Home Confinement
• Amgen Asks High Court To Take Up FCA Kickback Case
• Construction Co. Seeks Coverage In Shoddy Jail Work Suit
• Google Drops DOI Suit Over $60M Cloud Contract
• No Bail For Ex-Mass. House Speaker Amid Appeal
• Ex-Army Capt. Gets 10 Years For $1.3M Bribery Scheme
• Gosselin Says DOD Bid-Rigging Verdict Too Speculative
• Ex-Army Sgts., Contractor Charged Over Afghan SUV Bribes
• Solyndra Execs Plead 5th In Hearing Over $535M Loan
• DOE Contractor Settles Overbilling Case For $1.5M
• PharmAthene Wins Share Of SIGA Smallpox Drug Profits
• Power Co. Needed Full Bid To Fight Contracts: Judge
• SBA Contracting Fraud Bill Sails Through Senate
• Lawmakers Want Investor Info In Solyndra Loan Probe
• Who Has Jurisdiction Over Task Order Protests?
• Political Question Bars KBR Electrocution Suit: 4th Circ.
• Intel Agencies Credited With Model Contractor Use
• 4th Circ. Nixes Iraq Detainee Suit Over Contractor Abuse
• DOD, State Resist Recommended Contract Oversight Posts
• GAO Says Nukes Agency Should Flesh Out Contracts Plan
• Brown Rudnick Hits Army With FOIA Suit In Contract Row
• The Honest-Services Statute Post-Skilling
• Sandoz Settles Texas Drug Inflation Claims For $66M
• 11th Circ. Vacates $150M Verdict In Road Contract Row
• Verizon Whistleblower Shouldn't Get $7M More: DOJ
• DOD Tries To Curb Protests With Talks Before Major Deals
• DOD Weapon Systems In-Sourcing Goals Fall Short: Report
• Research Co. Bilked NIH In $9M Vaccine Contracts: US
• Tyson To Pay Female Job Applicants $2M In Sex Bias Deal
• DOD Ignored Competition On $81M Crane Contracts: Report
• Solyndra Bust Prompts House Inquiry Into Loan Programs
• COFC Provides New Venue For Task Order Protests
• Ex-U.S. Army Corps Engineer Cops To Accepting Bribes
• Medicare Fraudster Gets 35 Years For $205M Bribery Scam
• Mich. City Official Gets 1 Year For Contract Bribe
• Relators Land $8M Award In Cisco FCA Suit
• Subcontractor Stole Incumbent's Navy Training Pact: Suit
• DOD Strengthens Rule Targeting Negligent Contractors
• Judge Won't Cut Relators From Lockheed FCA Suit
• Saudi Food Co. To Pay $13M For Bribing Contractor
• Pay Discrimination Tool Could Burden Employers, OFCCP
• Corrupt Afghan Contractor Went Unpunished: Congressman
• Watson Exits Medicaid Drug Inflation MDL For $79M
• Miami Man Gets 50 Years For Medicare Fraud
• 9/11 Hero Gets Up To 3 Years For Taking Bribes
• Ex-Mass. House Speaker Asks To Delay Prison Date
• US Risks Rocky Drawdown Of Iraq Contracts: GAO
• Partner Broke Pact In $380M Marines Body Armor Deal: Suit
• Health Exam: Muni Health Care Bankruptcy Under Ch. 9
• Ex-Va. Lawmaker Must Report To Prison: Judge
• Feds Slam Bid To Nix Charges In Ohio Corruption Case
• KBR Ranks Low In Defense Contractor Reputation Survey
• Treasury Probes $535M Loan To Doomed Solyndra
• US To Speed Up Small Business Payments: White House
• Alleged Atty Conflict Delays Ky. Medicaid Fraud Case
• Calif. Redevelopment Elimination — Not Yet
• Ex-GE Execs Oppose Statute Review In Bid-Rigging Case
• Boeing Used Secrets To Nab $1B Contract: Ex-Partner
• US Must Fix Small Business Program Data Collection: GAO
• US Wants 7 Years, $73M Payback For Medicare Fraudster
• Judge Boots Antitrust Suit Against Fla. Public Utility
• The Presidio Parkway's Public-Private Partnership
• GOP Slams $535M Federal Loan To Solyndra
• USDA Aims To Expand BioPreferred List
• Prosecutor Turf War Overshadows $150M Maxim Deal
• Canada To Fight 'Buy American' Provisions In Jobs Bill
• Nonprofit Contractor Challenges USDA Suspension
• $61M Air Force Contract Bidder's Claims Nixed In IP Suit
• COFC Says It Can Take On Task Order Protests
• Contractor Dodges Prison For Procurement Fraud
• Judge Clears HHS Financial Test For Equipment Suppliers
• US Wastes Billions On Contractors, Watchdog Says
• US Wants Ex-Asst AG Axed From Medicare Fraud Suit
• Judge Strips Claims From Aquilent VA Contract Suit
• Obama Sends Congress Deficit-Neutral $447B Jobs Bill
• Waste Co. Exec Gets 4 Years For Superfund Fraud
• Outsourcing Guidelines Give Agencies Wiggle Room
• Oracle Investor Sues Over Whistleblower's FCA Claims
• Ex-Greenburg Atty Gets 6 Years For Overbilling Town
• J-M Wants McDermott Malpractice Suit In State Court
• Ex-MediSys CEO Found Guilty Of Honest Services Fraud
• Maxim Healthcare To Pay $150M To End Fraud Allegations
• Accenture Pays $63.7M To Settle Kickback Suit
• DOI, GSA Bungling Interagency Contract Fees, GAO Says
• San Juan Phone Class Gets Hung Up On Atty Conflict
• Calif. Water District Wins Docs In $35M Contract Suit
• DOD Targets Unconstitutional Minority Contractor Policy
• TriWest Agrees To Pay $10M For Overbilling Military
• Sikorsky Overbilled Army $12M For Parts: DOD Inspector
• Ex-Mass. House Speaker Gets 8 Years For Bribery Plot
• US Fights $69M CERCLA Payment To Shell, ARCO
• How To Buy Health Coverage In An Insurance Exchange
• When The Government Knows Too Much For Its Own Good
• Hospital Bigwigs Off Hook In Medicare Fraud Suit
• La. Contests Hold On Medicaid Reforms Worth $2.2B
• Build Droids, Not Death Stars: Pentagon Contract Official
• Military Audit Reforms Depend On IT, Culture Changes
• TI Blasts DOE's Classified Doc Plan In Nuke Waste Suit
• Navy Holds On To Win Over $15M Drug Testing Contract
• Tetra Tech Triumphs Over DOE Contract Partner
• Sidley Adds Ex-DOJ Atty To Government Contracts Group
• Convicted Contractor Can't Return To Afghanistan
• DOE Report Slams $870M In Unspent Stimulus Funds
• No New Bribery Trial For Ex-Fla. Port Official: Judge
• FAA Pushes Early Resolution In Contract, Bid Disputes
• Feds Charge 91 With $300M In Medicare Fraud
• DOD Settles Shippers' Suit Over Unpaid Surcharges
• Issa Slams Agencies For Financial Data Tracking
• Par, Others Targeted In Medicaid Fraud Suit
• US Can't Ice NetStar Bid Protest
• Bulletproof Vest Co. Ducks Conspiracy Claim In FCA Suit
• Shield Says Ex-Managers Gave Trade Secrets To Rival
• US Says MCS Can't Win Protest Over Army IT Contract
• VA Plagued By Poor Contract Oversight: Report
• Whistleblower Says Office Depot Bilked Detroit Of $5.2M
• DOJ Fights To Save Lindsey Convictions Despite Mistakes
• Xe Whistleblowers Seek New False Claims Trial
• DOD Ranks Worst In Agency Sole-Source Contracting Study
• US Defends Wire Fraud Charge In GE Bid-Rigging Case
• DOE Fines Contractor Over Nuke Site Demolition
• Guthrie Healthcare Medicare Fraud Suit Tossed
• Dyncorp Must Cover Employee Shot In Kosovo: 2nd Circ.
• Plane Parts Maker Targets US Over Contract Terminations
• Biobased Items Get A Bump
• New Intel Unit To Vie For DOE Supercomputer Contracts
• New Orleans Contractor Gets 17 Years For Bribery
• MatlinPatterson Can't Sue FedEx Over ATA Deal: Court
• Federal Insurance, Contractor Settle Suit Over $21M Bond
• Obama Aims To Boost Jobs With Speedy Enviro Reviews
• Fox Rothschild Nabs Smith Currie Contract Attys, Office
• Prescriptions For Health Insurance Exchange