The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) timeliness rules are generally straightforward. But as a recent GAO decision shows, agency statements to disappointed offerors can sometimes blur application of the rules—often to the detriment of a would-be protester. As most government contractors are aware, a protester has 10 days from the time the basis of protest was... Continue Reading…More

The Trump Administration, through the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has revealed the next set of revised Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) sections as part of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO): FAR Parts 18, 39, and 43. All three revisions come with accompanying Practitioner’s Albums.[1] FAR Part 18: Emergency Acquisitions The FAR Part 18 Practitioner’s Album... Continue Reading…More

On May 22, 2025, the Trump Administration unveiled the next installment of the revised Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) as part of the “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul” (RFO).  The latest release set its sights on FAR Part 10 – Market Research. FAR Part 10: Market Research The new FAR Part 10 (the Administration is referring to rewritten... Continue Reading…More

Despite two Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) issued by federal courts in Rhode Island and Washington, DC, the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island found that the Trump Administration’s funding freeze continues.  The court issued an Enforcement Order on February 10, 2025 repeating its mandate that the Administration return federal funding to the... Continue Reading…More

The US District Court for the District of Rhode Island and the US District Court for the District of Columbia both have issued Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) enjoining the Government from enforcing the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) January 27, 2025, memorandum M-25-13, “Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs”... Continue Reading…More

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued memorandum M-25-13, “Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs,” (OMB Memo) on Tuesday, January 27, 2025.  Two days later on January 29, 2025, OMB rescinded its Memo amid litigation challenging the freeze.  While this likely means that the impacted grant and assistance programs... Continue Reading…More

President Trump signed a multitude of Executive Orders (EOs) during his first two weeks in office. EOs are directives from the President to federal agencies that do not require Congressional approval. EOs include mandates that take immediate effect and others that require some groundwork by federal agencies to effect, such as the drafting of implementing... Continue Reading…More

The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) recently posted its Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024 (Report).  In Fiscal Year 24 (FY24), Contract Disputes Act (CDA) appeals were down, while Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) proceedings were up.  In FY24, the CBCA docketed 319 new cases, down from 409 in FY23 and 372 in FY22.  Out... Continue Reading…More