by John Plinke | Jul 2, 2020 | Ethics in Government Contracting, Offers/Protests
PCI is starting a new webinar series, the Case of the Month Club. Each month PCI’s Government Contracts law experts will discuss one or two recent cases. The July case is Inserso Corp. v. United States. If you want to learn more about the Case of the Month...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Oct 8, 2019 | Ethics in Government Contracting, Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act (5 USC 552, or “FOIA”) requires that upon request, an agency shall “shall make [] records promptly available to any person.” However, there are nine exemptions under which an agency may deny the requested records, as follows: (All are...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Apr 25, 2017 | Ethics in Government Contracting
In early February 2017, the Fraud Section of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Criminal Division issued an eight page paper on how DOJ evaluates corporate compliance programs. Those programs are one of the factors used by DOJ in conducting investigations of...
by PCI Consultant | Apr 5, 2017 | Ethics in Government Contracting
By Jayna Marie Rust If you have not updated your ethics and compliance program since November 18, 2016, dust it off and take a good look at it. November 18 was the day the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (“OGE”) issued a final rule that revised portions of the...
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...
