Made in America, for Real: The Berry Amendment and Domestic Sourcing
On defense work, the Berry Amendment goes further than Buy American: certain clothing, textiles, specialty metals, and foods must be fully made in the United…
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Paying Your Crew on a Federal Job? Do Not Trip Over This
On many federal jobs the government sets the lowest wage you can pay, and you sign off on every paycheck. Pay less and sign anyway…
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Paying Someone to Help You Win a Contract? Read This First
Paying someone a cut to help you win a government contract can be illegal, and you sign a form promising you did not. Here is…
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The Price You Promised the Government: GSA Schedule Pricing Integrity
A GSA Schedule is a powerful contract vehicle, but it comes with a pricing bargain: honest commercial sales disclosures up front and the Price Reductions…
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Where Your Product Was Really Made: Buy American and the Trade Agreements Act
When you sell the government a product, you are certifying where it came from. The Buy American Act and the Trade Agreements Act set strict…
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The Penalty That Can End Your Company: Suspension and Debarment
Suspension and debarment do not fine you, they switch off your ability to win federal work entirely. They turn on a judgment about whether you…
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The Gift That Became a Crime: Gratuities, Favors, and Bribery
A meal, a round of golf, a small gift to a government official can feel like ordinary relationship building. In federal contracting it can be…
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Hiring From the Other Side of the Table: The Revolving Door Rules
Hiring a former government official can bring priceless expertise, or a disqualifying conflict. The revolving door rules restrict what former officials may work on, and…
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The Information You Are Not Allowed to Have: The Procurement Integrity Act
The Procurement Integrity Act polices the information that flows around a competition: bid and proposal data, source-selection information, and the job offers that can quietly…
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Who Pays for Your R&D: Independent Research and Development and Its Limits
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…
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Teaming Today, Competing Tomorrow: The Information Wall You Have to Build
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…
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The Numbers That Report Your Progress: Earned Value and the Integrity It Demands
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…
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