Mar 16, 2023 Applications Open: $2.5 Billion in Federal Grants for Electric Vehicle Charging and Infrastructure By Gary Bridgens The Biden-Harris Administration announced this week that the Department of Transportation is now accepting applications for the Charging...
Jun 05, 2023 Food Supply Continues to Test Safe for PFAS (Mostly!) By David Crass The United State Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently released two additional data sets that show the domestic fresh and processed...
Jun 02, 2023 Are you "sober curious"? Approximately 40% of US consumers apparently are . . . By Paul Benson Old guys like me have trouble keeping up with the new trends and the lexicon that goes with them. It took me a long time to understand...
Jun 02, 2023 Congress passes bill to avoid debt crash, obstacles still ahead By Lucia Alonzo The worst has been avoided: Congress has come to an agreement and passed a debt ceiling bill to prevent the United States from defaulting...
May 31, 2023 Speeding Up Government Acquisitions – A Delicate Balancing Act By Nicole Vele Those experienced in the world of defense acquisitions are all too familiar with the struggles experienced on both sides of the...
May 26, 2023 SBA and GSA Join Forces to Increase Access for Small Disadvantaged Businesses By Nicole Vele In an effort dubbed the 8(a) MAS Pool Initiative, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and U.S. General Services Administration...
May 26, 2023 More Good News Expected for Federal Contractors Fighting for Fairness in Government Contracting By Nicole Vele The Court of Federal Claims appears to be shaking up the bid protest landscape with its recent decisions in CACI International and M.R....
May 25, 2023 SCOTUS Signifcantly Restricts EPA's Wetland Authority By Cameron Field In a landmark decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court severally restricted EPA's authority under the Clean Water Act to regulate...
May 24, 2023 The Debt Ceiling – Yet Another Hurdle for Federal Contractors By Nicole Vele As “X day” approaches with no resolution in sight for America’s debt ceiling crisis, federal contractors may be stuck holding the bag....
May 23, 2023 The Blue & Gold Waiver Rule – Jurisdictional or Procedural? By Nicole Vele In Blue & Gold, Fleet, L.P. v. United States, 492 F.3d 1308 (Fed. Cir. 2007), the Court held that objections to a solicitation must be...
May 22, 2023 To tax or not to tax ... Data from Oakland, California suggests "sin tax" on sugar sweetened beverages may have worked. By Paul Benson I have been a vocal skeptic of using so-called "sin taxes" to moderate consumer behavior. Tobacco products have historically been the...
May 19, 2023 SCOTUS (Purple) Rain'd Down on Warhol By Laura Lamansky The Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision on May 18th, 2023 in the hotly debated case about Andy Warhol's silk screens of...
May 18, 2023 Inflation Brings Changes to Health Plan Limits - More Savings Opportunities (and Spending) Ahead By Carrie Byrnes Looking for a silver lining to the highest annual inflation rate since the early 1980s? Well, here's one: The IRS has announced (in Rev....