Many of the new contracting policies imposed by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 [pdf] are geared towards increasing oversight of defense contractors and reducing the federal government’s outlay of cash. Here are a few of the highlights.
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An empirical look at DOD contract spending
By Brian Waagner on
Posted in Compliance, Schedule Contracts
From 30,000 feet, we all know about the dramatic increase in federal contract expenditures over the last 10 years. An interesting report [pdf] published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies takes a much closer look at DOD contract spending since 1990. It does a good job of quantifying the increase in service contracts…
Emails can create a binding government contract
By Brian Waagner on
In Mabus v. General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc., (Fed. Cir. Feb. 4, 2011), the Federal Circuit affirmed the government’s use of email to issue delivery orders even when it was prohibited by the contract.…