Infotech and the Law: Procurement relaxes more under Homeland Security act
<FONT SIZE=2>Further easing of competitive</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> procurement requirements were contained in the Homeland Security Act passed in November 2002. Those provisions were implemented by changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued as an immediately effective interim rule Jan. 27. </FONT>
Infotech and the Law: OMB proposes major changes to A-76 competitive sourcing
<FONT SIZE=2>Last April, the congressionally mandated panel to review and recommend changes to the process for public-private competitions for government activities issued its report. The report included several recommendations to reduce the advantages that government employees hold when competing with industry under the Office of Management and Budget's Circular A-76. In November, OMB released for public comment major proposed revisions to Circular A-76. </FONT>
Infotech and the Law: New review of conflict-of-interest rules long overdue
Questions frequently arise, particularly among subcontractors asked to provide proprietary technology to government prime contractors, about conflicts of interest between the prime contractor's role as contractor and its role in helping define the agency's requirements.
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What has changed since Sept. 11, 2001? There are the obvious answers: federal employees in airport screening lines, memorable declines in market capitalization of public companies, demise of the worst of the dot-com hucksters and the most widespread attack by government lawyers on federal civil rights in more than half a century.
Infotech and the Law: Documents--Know when to hold 'em, when to destroy 'em
In the wake of the Enron scandal and the obstruction of justice verdict against Arthur Andersen, corporate conduct and compliance are coming under increasing scrutiny. Government contractors, such as WorldCom Inc. and Global Crossing Ltd., are having their contracts reviewed or have lost contracts because they have been found not to be responsible in light of financial and ethical problems.
Infotech and the Law: New R&D rules boost joint funding of defense technologies
In addition to procurement contracts and research grants available to all agencies, Congress in 1989 allowed the Defense Department to use "other transactions" to develop information systems and other technologies for military and intelligence services.
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Rapidly increasing defense and intelligence budgets. Congressional passion for easing procurement requirements to speed the acquisition of new technologies.
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Alternative dispute resolution, as applied to government contract protests and claims, is undergoing another flurry of promotion by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, some contract appeal boards and federal agencies. In the government sector ? as in the private sector ? ADR has strong detractors and advocates.
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When Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy Muris was asked during his confirmation hearings whether he believed additional legislation was needed to protect privacy in consumer business and financial transactions, he gave the routine, cautious answer: The question needed more study.
Sorting Through the Microsoft Decision
The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in the government's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. has spawned the expected flurry of coverage, comment and spin, but little light has been shed in the popular or trade press on the significance of the decision to other businesses in the personal computer industry. Jonathan Cain addresses this issue in the lastest "Infotech and the Law."
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The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in the government's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. has spawned the expected flurry of coverage, comment and spin, but little light has been shed in the popular or trade press on the significance of the decision to other businesses in the personal computer industry.
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