by Fred W. Geldon, Senior Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP | Dec 21, 2016 | Contract Administration Issues, Ethics in Government Contracting, Government Contracts Education, Small Business, Subcontracting, The PCI Network
Understanding the difference between right and wrong isn’t always as easy as you may think. In the Federal Contracting industry, there are important ethical distinctions that can create confusion if you don’t know where to look. Join Fred Geldon, a PCI...
by Fred W. Geldon, Senior Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP | Sep 3, 2014 | Fred's FAR Fact or Fiction
Fiction/Myth: “My manager just moved me into the Contract Closeout group. What a bummer! I want to be able to ‘feed the elephant,’ not clean up after it. Anyway, who cares about closeout? I don’t spend my free time at home sorting socks, and I certainly don’t...
by Fred W. Geldon, Senior Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP | Aug 29, 2014 | Fred's FAR Fact or Fiction
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 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 | Fred's FAR Fact or Fiction
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,...
