By Patrick J. Stanton As part of its ongoing efforts to improve the defense acquisition process, last week the Department of Defense (DoD) issued an implementation directive for Better Buying Power 2.0 (BBP 2.0). While this directive does not represent a sea change in defense procurement, largely continuing and clarifying initiatives first set forth in… Continue Reading
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What Agencies Are Not Telling Contractors About the Impact of Sequestration
Posted in Contract Terminations & Restructures, Legislative & RegulatoryThis blog post was authored by Beth Ferrell. Unless Congress acts to prevent sequestration, beginning March 1, 2013, approximately $85 billion in budgetary resources across the Federal Government will be cancelled. The looming threat of sequestration creates significant uncertainty regarding the budgetary resources that will be available for the reminder of FY13. Industry is looking… Continue Reading
NDAA Amendment Would Mandate Reporting to DOD of Penetration of Contractor Networks and Information Systems
Posted in Cybersecurity, Legislative & Regulatory, Security ClearanceThis blog post was written by Elizabeth Ferrell and Erin Sheppard. Last week, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced an amendment to the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would require the DoD to establish a process by which cleared defense contractors must report when the contractor’s… Continue Reading
Army Will Issue RFP for $7 billion in Renewable Energy Projects
Posted in Sustainable AcquisitionThis blog post was co-authored by Steve Sorett. Over the past several years, the Defense Department has been working towards setting up a structured program designed to protect its military installations from power disruptions caused by acts of terrorism or natural disasters. At the same time, DOD has been looking for ways to make increased… Continue Reading
GAO Report Indicates that BRAC 2005 Didn’t Live Up to Its Anticipated Costs and Savings
Posted in BRACThis blog post was co-authored by Bob Tritt and Steve Sorett. For those interested in Base Realignment Closures (BRAC) and government spending, GAO recently issued Report GAO-12-790R regarding the cost estimates and savings related to the most recent BRAC round. The report concluded that the “one-time implementation costs [for the most recent BRAC round] grew… Continue Reading
The Department of Defense Replies to the Letters from 157 Members of Congress Pushing to Insource More Work to Civilian Employees / Less Work to Government Contractors
Posted in Insourcing, Legislative & RegulatoryLast month we reported on a letter from 26 US Senators to Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta advocating that the Department of Defense (DoD) should insource more work to civilian employees in light of budget constraints, and in lieu of outsourcing work to government contractors. (Another version of this letter was provided in March 2012 to… Continue Reading
New Mailing Address for DoD Mandatory Disclosure Submissions
Posted in Compliance & Investigations, FAR RulesI wanted to bring to your attention that the mailing address for submitting mandatory disclosures to the DoD IG has recently changed. This is a very important change because all disclosures sent to the old address will be returned to sender. All of the pertinent information can be found below. New Mailing Address : Office… Continue Reading
DOD Makes No Substantive Changes to Final DFARS Business Systems Rule/MLA Business Systems Compliance Guide Remains Key Tool
Posted in Business SystemsOn February 24, the DOD issued the long-awaited Final DFARS Business Systems Rule. [77 Fed. Reg. 11355 (2/24/2012)]. Contractors who had hoped for improved guidance and greater certainty about the Rule’s application will be disappointed; the Final Rule looks almost exactly like its predecessor Interim Rule. Despite valid concerns raised by industry about the core… Continue Reading
DoD Memo Continues Government Focus on Dependent Health Care Costs
Posted in HealthcareIt is no secret that the Government has been targeting contractor health care costs paid for ineligible dependents—e.g., overage children, divorced spouses. In August 2009, DCAA issued Audit Guidance directing auditors to disallow such costs, recommending the future imposition of penalties and asserting that auditors must be provided access to any third party service provider… Continue Reading