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Independent research and development can be a recoverable cost that funds your innovation, but only when it is genuinely independent and properly classified. Charge required…
You team with a company on one bid and compete against it on the next. Without a real information wall, the sensitive data you shared…
On big contracts, Earned Value Management is how the government sees whether you are on cost and on schedule. Massage those numbers to look healthy…
When an audit or investigation looms, the instinct to clean up a file is a catastrophic one. Deleting an email or backdating a document can…
Subcontracting to a company your owner, spouse, or affiliate controls can quietly inflate costs, defeat competition, and create a conflict of interest the government will…
On many contracts you are required to have a written code of business ethics and an internal control system, not as a nicety but as…
Most of the sensitive government data you handle is not classified, it is CUI, and the rules for marking, safeguarding, and handling it are strict…
A government contracting official was charged after allegedly approving invoices that funneled money back to a side business he profited from, aided by a contractor…
Acquire a government contractor and you may inherit more than its contracts. Successor liability means the hidden False Claims Act exposure of the company you…
A whistleblower suit can sit under court seal for years while the government investigates you in secret. Understanding the seal, the first-to-file rule, and the…
The drawings, software, and technical data you deliver carry rights that decide who can use them and how. Mismark them, or misuse data that is…
When the government hands you equipment, materials, or tools to perform a contract, you become its steward, not its owner. Lose track of it, use…
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