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The Department of State has issued two proposed rules that would amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. The first addresses the exemption for technical data at ITAR 125.4(b)(9). The proposed rule would clarify the exemption covers technical data, regardless of media or format, sent or taken by a United States person, who is an employee of a U.S. corporation or a U.S. government...
A Department of Defense interim rule amends the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to add Taiwan to the list of World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement designated countries. The rule amends the trade agreements provisions and clauses at DFARS 252.225-7021 and DFARS 252.225-7045 to reflect the July 15, 2009, accession of Taiwan to the WTO Government Procurement...
A contract award for managed care support services was tainted by the appearance of impropriety because the government never considered whether the facts surrounding the awardee's use of a former government official to prepare its proposal created an unfair competitive advantage. The protest involved a request for proposals issued by the Department of Defense TRICARE Management Activity for...
A motion to dismiss an appeal involving a government decision to preclude a contractor from receiving further task orders was denied by the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals because the contractor asserted a contract interpretation claim. The dispute arose from a multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for acquisition logistics and management services. The...
The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals sustained an appeal of the government's disallowance of labor and transportation costs because the contractor met its burden of proof regarding allocability. The contractor was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort contract to provide "technical assistance for economic recovery, reform and sustained growth in Iraq." The government...
President Obama has issued Executive Order 13520, Reducing Improper Payments, which seeks "to reduce improper payments by intensifying efforts to eliminate payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse in the major programs administered by the Federal Government." The November 20, 2009, order creates a number of new policies.
Transparency
The order assigns the...
The Department of Defense has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement Section 825 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (PL 110-417). Section 825 clarifies the government's rights in technical data in the design of DoD vessels, boats, craft, and components. In addition, the rule implements the...
The Department of Defense has finalized, without change, five interim rules amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Competition Requirements for Purchases from Federal Prison Industries (DFARS Case 2008-D015); Pilot Program for Transition to Follow-On Contracting After Use of Other Transaction Authority (DFARS Case 2008-D030); Senior DoD Officials Seeking Employment...
Bechtel Nuclear Propulsion Components Contract Modified by $249 Million. Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc., Monroeville, Pa., is being awarded a $248,787,610 modification to previously awarded contract for naval nuclear propulsion components. Work will be performed in Monroeville, Pa. (95 percent), and Schenectady, N.Y. (five percent). Contract funds in the amount of $326,653 will...
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a final rule amending the Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation to establish guidelines for prohibiting awards of Federal Protective Service contracts for guard services to business concerns controlled by individuals convicted of serious felonies. The rule implements provisions of the Federal Protective Service Guard Contracting Reform Act of...