Will public availability of FAPIIS mean 300 million inspectors general?
One response to the shortage of experienced federal contracting personnel and qualified DCAA auditors is to turn the job over to the public at large. That seems to be the plan when it comes to the new...
View ArticleFOIA trade secrets exemption unavailable for 75-year-old aircraft design
It’s a common assumption in litigation under the Freedom of Information Act that trade secrets lose value with the passage of time. The January 19, 2011 decision in Taylor v. Babbitt, No 03-0173-RMU...
View ArticleContract Documents Won’t Be Posted on the Internet . . . Yet
The ongoing federal contracting transparency initiatives will not yet include the publication of actual contract documents on the internet. According to a Federal Register notice published on February...
View ArticleThe latest news on executive compensation and first-tier subcontract...
The FAR Council has issued final regulations that include changes to the interim regulations concerning executive compensation and first-tier subcontract reporting found in FAR Subpart 4.14. The newly...
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