Government Contracts Archive » July, 2014

Government Contracts - July, 2014

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• Steel Contractor For WTC Project Charged With Wire Fraud
• OPINION: Lawyers Should Think In Terms Of Big Data
• Contractors Protest Ambiguities In Minimum Wage Proposal
• L-3 Faces $84M Charge For Accounting Misconduct
• Obama's Labor Violation Order May Drive Contractors Away
• CMS Official Says HealthCare.gov Will Continue To Improve
• Rogers Joseph O'Donnell Adds GAO Veteran To DC Office
• 2 Contractors Accused Of Swindling $3.6M From Pa. Agency
• Feds Say They Didn't Suppress Evidence In Blackwater Case
• US Wants DOD Contractor's $3.3M Broadband Suit Shelved
• Fed. Claims Court Protest Jurisdiction Remains Unsettled
• Indian Harbor Can't Shield Reserve Info In Coverage Battle
• Obama Requires Contractors To Disclose Labor Violations
• Ex-Army Contractor Cops To Afghan Kickback Scheme
• GAO Slams CMS Planning For Glitchy HealthCare.gov Rollout
• Lawmakers Weigh Business-Friendly FCA Reforms
• USAF Feels Need For Speed In 30-Year Strategic Plan
• Extended Medicare Bans Hint At Entrenched Fraud
• US Denies Pacific Trade Pact Will Dilute Procurement Rules
• Russia's Top Arms Dealer Targeted In New US Sanctions Bill
• Valley Forge Can't Dodge Class Action Over Illegal Exports
• Key Testimony Back In Play In Blackwater Shooting Case
• White House OKs $1.2B Lockheed, Bell Sales To Iraq
• Death Rattle For Unfinished Business Claims?
• Flaws Found In $661M Afghan Army Vehicle Program
• Belgian Shipper Wants DOD's False Claims Suit Dismissed
• Cubic Wins $1.1B Contract For London Transit Fare Services
• Senate Confirms McDonald As VA Secretary
• DOE Gets US Enrichment's $38M Contract Suit Trimmed
• Gov't Whistleblower Protection Ruling 'Dangerous,' DHS Warns
• Inadvertent Doc Disclosure Can't Shake Contract Award
• Iraq Extradites Ex-Gov't Contractor Accused Of Bribery To US
• HHS Urges End To Suit Over Erratic Medicare Payments
• Dems Target Contractors In Latest Anti-Inversion Bill
• Securing Summary Judgment In Section 1603 Suits Got Harder
• 5 Acquisition Reforms Contractors Really Want
• Keiser University Says FCA Standards Not Met In $4B Suit
• NJ High Court To Hear Solar Contractor's $50M Lien Effort
• Vascular Solutions Settles Ex-Sales Rep's FCA Suit
• Seller Of Bomber Plans To China Can't Shed 32-Year Sentence
• CMS Expands Wheelchair Fraud Prevention Program
• Drug Discount Deal Won't Trigger Kickback Penalties: OIG
• DOD Security Clearance Holders Owe IRS $730M, Report Says
• Northrop Lands $205M Contract For Combat Brigade Training
• NASA Contract Illegally Cuts Wages, Union Says
• Blackwater Guards Claim Government Suppressed Evidence
• Smith & Wesson To Pay $2M To Settle FCPA Charges
• Ex-S&C Atty's FCA Suit Claims Vanguard Ducked $1B Tax Bill
• Inspector General Praises Army's Contracting For Logistics
• GAO Sustains Protest Over Unclear FEMA Evaluation Criteria
• BAE Systems Lands $40M In Army Missile Warning Contracts
• 3 Tips For Workable FCA Release Programs
• General Dynamics Wins $67M Armored Vehicles Contract
• Judge Puts SpaceX's Launch Protest On Path To Arbitration
• Dallas Leader Pleads Not Guilty To Bribery, Fraud Charges
• DOI's Royalties Ruling Against ConocoPhillips Unit Upheld
• Wyle Nabs Up To $270M NASA Contract For Mission Support
• Sen. Floats Bills To Guarantee Tribal Contract Payments
• Bass Berry Snags IP Pro From Milbank For DC Office
• DOD Annual Report May Affect Antitrust Reviews
• BNP Paribas Reaches $80M Deal In Federal Credit FCA Suit
• Agencies Finalize Rule On Contractor Whistleblower Costs
• GAO Sustains Raytheon's Protest Of $145M DHS Contract
• Sens. Bear Down On Interagency Contracts In OFPP Hearing
• Miami Home Care Co. Owner Cops To $74M Medicare Fraud
• Alstom's UK Division Hit With Corruption Charges
• NASA Underestimates Space Program's Costs, Timeline: GAO
• Judge Allows Early Discovery In $226M Energy Tax Credit Row
• Watchdog Finds HHS Lacking In ID Security Controls
• DynCorp Hit With $9M Suit Over Afghan Base Subcontract
• UK Budgets $340M For Renewable Energy Auction
• Boeing Secures Airplane Parts Deal With Iran
• Your State Contract May Prohibit Offshore Outsourcing
• Ill. Court OKs Rate Hike To Fund $2B FutureGen Coal Plant
• Sedgwick, Buchalter Slip FCA Suit Over Utility 'Slush Fund'
• FHA Official Charged With Stealing DOT Grant Money
• NJ High Court Upholds State's Waiver Of Bid Requirement
• Tech Group Rallies Behind Obama's Procurement Chief Pick
• Privacy Suit Can't Halt NOAA Satellite Contract, Judge Rules
• Small Biz Research Funds Boost DOD Innovation, Panel Told
• Select Medical Hit With FCA Suit Over Length Of Patient Stays
• Contractor Suit Over FedEx Gaffe Moved To Fed Court
• CACI Lands $22M Contract To Supply Navy Personnel
• Senate Panel Votes To Confirm McDonald As VA Secretary
• Lockheed, SES Among 14 Selected For $495M USAF Bids
• Healthfirst Will Help Define '60-Day Rule' For FCA Cases
• Trial-Ready In 180 Days: Prepare For SDNY's Rocket Docket
• Defense Contractor Fights For Testimony Of US Prosecutor
• VA Nominee Gets Warm Welcome At Senate Confirmation
• Inside The Proposed DFARS Business Systems Rule
• Northrop Wins Navy Contract Of Up To $61M For Ship Defense
• Paving Co. Exec Cops To Role In $88M Contract Scheme
• US Joins Qui Tam Suit Claiming Symantec Cheated Gov't
• 9th Circ. Snubs $200M Planned Parenthood FCA Suit
• When You Are Responsible For Your Book Of Business
• Northrop Wins $300M USAF Weather Services Contract
• Digital Management Wins Governmentwide Contract Spot
• $3.7M Suit Claims Gen. Dynamics Unit Bankrupted Contractor
• AlliedBarton To Pay NYC Guards $1.3M In Wage Settlement
• Religious Pushback Expected On LGBT Executive Order
• Humana Looks To Toss Medicare Advantage FCA Suit
• Mistrial Declared In Trinity Guardrail Whistleblower Suit
• Feds Seek 41-Month Sentence For Boeing Subcontractor
• The Biggest Health Care Cases Of 2014: Midyear Report
• LA Sues Hospital For Spinal Implant Overbilling Scheme
• Bankrupt Tactical Lands $6.9M Bidder For Combat Boot Line
• Ex-Boeing Officer Pleads Guilty In Defense Kickback Scheme
• Alliant Grabs $220M In Cannon Contracts From US Allies
• Family Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty To $10M DOD Fraud
• Lessons From Omnicare Settlement In 'Swapping' Cases
• An Inventive Way To Remove Pure State Court Claims
• LA Mayor Scores Win In Nonprofits Battle With DWP Union
• Obama To Sign Executive Order Protecting LGBT Workers
• Intelligence Contractors Prepare For New Cybersecurity Rules
• GOP Sens. Seek To Repeal Wage Law For Public Works
• AgustaWestland Inks $153M Missile Contract With UK
• Notable New Breach Controls For Intelligence Contractors
• ASBCA Won't Create PACER-Style Filing System
• Navy Hands Out $240M In Base Construction Awards
• 5 Insights From Pfizer Chief Litigation Counsel Michael Parini
• Powerful Tools For Discovery And Litigation Strategy
• Data Breach Dismissals Continue Post-Clapper
• Feds Sue Entergy To Get Affirmative Action Docs
• Corps Built Unsafe Facilities For Afghan Army, Report Says
• GAO Sustains Protest Of $37M Army IT Contract
• Pa. Contractor Charged With $1M Fraud On US Army
• Reps. Slam State, DOD Over 'Vague' $66B OCO Request
• Lawmakers Question $190M DHS Award To Embattled USIS
• House Panel Probing Ex-Im Over Kickback, Bid-Rigging Claims
• NY Court Upholds Medicaid Reimbursement To Hospital
• PRISM Scatters Attorney-Client Privilege
• Senate Panel Approves $550B Defense Appropriations Bill
• Feds Seek New ACA Site Contractor Before 2015 Enrollment
• OPINION: Let's Financially Reward Law Firm Diversity
• IBM, Sematech Join $500M Nanotech Project With NY State
• DOD Officials Argue No 'Slush Fund' In $59B OCO Request
• Houston Taps Susman Godfrey In $200M Pension Shortfall Suit
• General Dynamics Scores $65M Army Tank Contract Mod
• NJ Architect Firm Can't Shake $4M Cost Overrun Suit
• Cleveland Airport CAA Claims Partially Barred By Bankruptcy
• Senators Debate Adding Funds To Accelerate Space Programs
• BofA, JPMorgan Escape Mortgage Insurance Qui Tam Suit
• 2nd Circ. Kills Pemex's $160M Bribery Suit Against Siemens
• Updated E-Rate Program Requires Anti-Fraud Vigilance
• Crucial Predictive Coding Case Law: Progressive V. Delaney
• Fed. Circ. Says Fraud Claims Sink Unpaid-Invoice Award
• New DOD Rule Could Ease Pressure On Contractor Audits
• Marine Corps Asks For Ideas On Connector Upgrade Plan
• NASA Awards Operations Support Contract Worth Up To $1.3B
• 10th Circ. Clears Army Base Contractor Of Sex Bias Claims
• OPINION: Advance Conflict Waivers Send Wrong Message
• Venable Woos Lobbying Partner From Squire Patton Boggs
• Lockheed's F-35 Gets OK To Resume Flying After Engine Fire
• NLRB Says It Can't Rule On Pa. Convention Center Union Row
• Halifax Hospital Strikes $1M Deal To End FCA Litigation
• 3 Defendants Avoid Prison In $100M CityTime Fraud
• DC Circ. Won't Reconsider DynCorp's Win In Chemical Suit
• Iowa Supreme Court Greenlights Solar Power Sales
• Bill Lets US Pursue Non-DOD Contractors For Crimes Abroad
• Businessman In $136M Highway Scam Gets 4 Years
• Military Telecom Subcontractors Sentenced In Bribery Case
• 5 Tips For Crafting Multistate FCA Settlements
• BigLaw Rips OIG On Medicare Exclusion Time Limits
• Scarinci, Genova Burns Sued Over NJ Water Agency Abuses
• OIG Chastises Navy, Marines Over Weak Contract Controls
• Someone Else's Computer Glitch May Create Your False Claim
• Northrop Wins $199M Contract To Upgrade Aircraft Software
• Gibson Dunn Reps AECOM In $4B Deal For Rival URS
• Energy Bill Could Increase De Facto Contractor Suspension
• Judge Casts Doubt On Satellite Contractor's Privacy Suit
• Chinese Citizen Helped Hack Boeing, US Gov't Says
• DOJ, SEC Continue Aggressive FCPA Enforcement: Report
• Navy's Text-Spamming Ad Agency Not Immune, 9th Circ. Told
• Snowden Vetter Faces GAO Bid Protest Of $190M Contract
• SBA's Presumed Loss Safe Harbor Remains Insufficient
• Whistleblower Again Asks High Court To Mull Leave To Amend
• Judge Clears CWA Permit For NYC Waste Transfer Project
• Wal-Mart Escapes FCA Suit Over Narcotic Prescriptions
• Sprint Urges Toss Of FCA Suit Over $21M Wiretap Overbilling
• DOD, NASA Rule Would More Closely Regulate Subcontracting
• DOD Says People, Not Policies, Can Combat Acquisition Woes
• Reps. Grill Navy Brass Over Possible Cruiser 'Euthanasia'
• DOJ Scores $2B In FCA Settlements For 1st Half Of 2014
• Cray Scores $174M Supercomputer Contract From NNSA
• Air Force Kicks Off Next-Generation Bomber Competition
• Senate Confirms Former HUD Leader Donovan As OMB Chief
• NOAA Sued By Satellite Contractor Over Data Security Breach
• Inside The New Rules On Counterfeit, Nonconforming Items
• Legal Forms And IP Rights: Yours, Mine, Ours Or Theirs?
• Shapiro Lifschitz Adds Ex-Duane Morris Atty As VP
• Reps Slam CMS, DOD Over 'Staggering' Improper Payments
• Bankrupt Military Supplier Gets Time To Find Boot Biz Buyer
• McKesson Beats Ex-Worker's Medicare FCA Suit
• New Combat Ship May Carry Higher Costs For Years: Report
• GAO Denies Oasis Systems' Protest Over EAGLE II Contract
• Watchdog Says CMS Paid $1.7B In 'Questionable' Lab Claims
• Gazprom Secures $2.9B Pipeline Segment In Serbia
• UK Fraud Watchdog Arrests 6 In Airbus-Saudi Bribery Probe
• Obama Seeks $39M In Drone Funding For Border Surveillance
• DOD Bulk Fuel Pricing Needs Update, GAO Says
• Ex-New Orleans Mayor Nagin Gets 10 Years For Bribery
• Medicaid Act May Offer Cause Of Action Against Rate Cuts
• Wells Fargo Hit With $1B Whistleblower Suit Over HAMP
• ULS Seeks To Nix SpaceX Protest Over Satellite Contract
• Ex-Greenberg Traurig Atty To Head NJ Gov.'s Sandy Office
• Ex-Defense Deputy Predicts More Globalized Defense Sector
• Ranbaxy Pays $2.3M To Settle Generic Safety Suit
• Northrop Assumes Prime Contractor Role On Air Force T-X Bid
• PE-Run Military Supplier Hits Ch. 11 Seeking Sales
• Holland & Knight Hires Ex-Squire Patton Gov't Contracts Pro
• Pentagon '100%' Committed To F-35, Despite Fire
• AHA Urges HHS Watchdog To Pare Medicare Penalty Changes
• Navy Says Shipbuilding 'Unsustainable' With Current Budget
• Barnes & Thornburg Grows Minn. Office With Bond Atty Hire
• 5 Insights From Home Depot GC Teresa Roseborough
• Senate Report Rips USAF For Wasting $1.1B On Sunk Program
• GAO Report Suggests Changes In Store For Big IT Contracts
• A Step Toward Alleviating Growing Discovery Problems
• 5th Circ. Says E-Rate Funds Ineligible For FCA In Cisco Row
• Analysts Expect Big 4th Quarter For Gov't Contracts
• Oracle Protest Delays DISA's $427M Cloud Storage Contract
• Crane Can't Shake Ex-Navy Worker's $8M Asbestos Award
• DOD Watchdog Finds Potential $9M Contractor Overpayment
• GAO Denies Protest Over $6M DOD Cybersecurity Contract
• State Dept. OKs $250M Boeing C-17 Support Deal For UK
• Novartis Says Gov't Can't Prove Kickbacks Influenced Docs
• What The DC Circ.'s KBR Decision Means For Compliance
• Lawyers And Email: Ethical And Security Considerations
• DHS Gives $190M Contract To Snowden Background-Checker
• KBR Seeks High Court Review In Iraq War Costs Fight
• Lockheed, Raytheon Project Spears $162M Missile Contract
• High Court Asked To Decide If Cos. Can Sue For Race Bias
• Raytheon Nabs $163M Missile Support Contract
• Defense Industry Group Asks High Court To Review FCA Case
• NY Ups Contract Cap To Foster Large-Scale Green Power
• Texas Justices Clear Lubbock County In Marina Lease Dispute
• Unions Can't Nix Northstar Contract To Run $2.7B NJ Lottery
• NASA, Boeing Finalize $2.8B Space Rocket Contract
• 6th Circ. Tosses Former Chrysler Exec's FCA Suit
• Alion Snags $24M US Navy Virtual Training Contract
• BofA Must Submit To DOL Discrimination Probe
• 4th Circ. Per-Invoice Rule: Warnings For Gov't Contractors
• Lockheed Wins $200M DOD Contract, Raytheon Loses Protest
• Wash. Appeals Court Axes Bechtel Whistleblower Suit
• Health Co. Execs In Criminal Crosshairs, DOJ Atty Says
• High Court Could Rein In Old FCA Claims With KBR Case
• Accenture Division Wins $162M VA Health Records Contract
• Pentagon Must Plan Spending To Reflect Reality, Report Says
• Gov't Tells CFC SpaceX Contracts Row Should Be Narrowed
• Tank Makers KMW, Nexter Merge Into European Powerhouse
• Gov't Must Integrate Insurance With Cybersecurity
• Phillips & Cohen Beats Pipe Co.'s Trade Secret Theft Suit
• NJ Wins Another Cheap Easement For Beach Dune Project
• HP Secures $147M Contract For Del. Medicaid System
• Halifax Can't Nix Medicare Fraud Claims As Time-Barred
• High Court Sets Stage For Showdown On 2 Big FCA Issues
• Forest Labs Slams Ex-Sales Rep's Off-Label Namenda Suit
• Zurich Ordered To Cover Eisai In Off-Label FCA Suit
• Boeing Wins $1.9B Navy Hornet, Growler Aircraft Contract
• Northrop Nabs $3.6B US Navy Aircraft Contract Mod
• HSBC Pays $10M To Settle US Claims Over Foreclosure Fees
• Supreme Court To Hear Wartime Powers FCA Appeal
• 3rd Circ. FCA Ruling Shows Need For High Court Guidance