by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Apr 21, 2020 | Fraud, Offers/Protests
This blog has frequently explained an occasional protest-winning situation where an offeror engages in “bait and switch” in its proposal. Recently, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) sustained a protest where an offeror engaged in bait and switch on...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Apr 7, 2020 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Fraud
The Federal Government in Fiscal Year 2019 recovered more than $3 billion in Civil False Claims Act settlements and judgments. This included $844 million in non-Qui Tam amounts and $2.2 billion in Qui Tam amounts. The relator’s share in FY 2019 amounted to $272...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jan 14, 2020 | Fraud, Uncategorized
On September 10, 2019, a Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) Deputy Regional Administrator and a FEMA Deputy Chief of Staff were indicted along with the former president of Cobra Acquisitions, LLC. The indictment by a federal grand jury in the district of...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Sep 4, 2018 | Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Fraud
The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals refused to dismiss appeals for lack of jurisdiction where the government had argued that the final decisions of the contracting officer were invalid because the decision’s basis for denying the claims purportedly was a...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | May 2, 2016 | Fraud
[U]nder American law, government prosecuting attorneys have nearly absolute powers. A prosecuting attorney has power on various matters including those relating to choosing whether or not to bring criminal charges, deciding the nature of charges, plea bargaining and...
