Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding has agreed to pay $9.2 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly over-billing the Government for labor charges on Navy and Coast Guard ships at its Pascagoula, Mississippi shipyard.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Government Recovers $9.2 Million in Labor Mischarging Scheme
New Regulation Formalizes Ombudsman Practice and Identity for IDIQ Contracts
An ‘ombudsman’ is an official charged with addressing and/or investigating the interests of individuals’ or companies’
