Two years ago, we walked through the basics of Public Assistance (PA) arbitration before the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) in FEMA Public Assistance Arbitrations at the CBCA.
Section 1806 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 fundamentally altered the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) landscape by raising the statutory threshold for mandatory CAS coverage from…
In ACC Construction Co., Inc., ASBCA Nos. 63528, 64067 (July 16, 2026), the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals held that payment estimates withholding liquidated damages are not…
The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently published two Federal Register notices that together represent the most sweeping rewrite of small business size standards since SBA adopted NAICS as its organizing…
On August 27, 2026, Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California ruled largely in favor of Anthropic PBC in its suit against the Department of War and…
For companies selling innovative technology to the federal government, a Commercial Solutions Opening (“CSO”) can provide a path to government business that looks quite different from a conventional FAR-based solicitation.
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, DOGE Wall of Receipts: More Transparency Needed on How Savings Are Derived from Contract, Grant, and Lease Terminations (GAO-26-108615, Aug. 2026), takes…
On August 20, 2026, President Trump issued National Security Presidential Memorandum 17 (NSPM-17), establishing a new National Space Transportation Policy and replacing the policy that had governed federal space…
The U.S. Department of Justice is signaling a significant escalation in federal fraud enforcement, and government contractors should take notice. In an August 13, 2026, memorandum titled “The Fraud…
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued an important new decision addressing the rights of small businesses to compete through teaming arrangements for large, consolidated federal contracts. In Intelligence…