Army, DOD speakers set for WT Category Managment Industry Day — Washington Technology

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Procurement experts from the Army and the Defense Department are joining our lineup of government officials discussing how category management is changing today’s market.

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Bills Introduced to Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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Companion bills were introduced in the House and Senate to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. In the House, H.R. 743 – Davis-Bacon Repeal Act was introduced by Rep Steve King (R-IA) and in the Senate, S. 244 – Davis Bacon Repeal Act was introduced by Sen Mike Lee (R-UT). Both bills, introduced on January 30, 2017 read the same.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Bills Introduced to Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act

Former US Contractor Indicted in Theft of Classified Material

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Harold Thomas Martin III, a former Booz Allen Hamilton contractor, has been indicted on 20 counts of stealing classified documents from a range of U.S. intelligence

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Groups File Lawsuit Challenging the President’s Two-for-One Order | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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On January 30th, the President signed an Executive Order (EO) that requires Agencies to cut two existing regulations for every new rule introduced. Yesterday, three public advocacy groups – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Communications Workers of America, and Public Citizen – joined together to file a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that Executive agencies cannot lawfully comply with the President’s two for one order because doing so would violate the statutes under which agencies operate. The suit asks the court to issue a declaration that the order cannot be lawfully implemented and to bar Agencies from implementing the order.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Groups File Lawsuit Challenging the President’s Two-for-One Order

SBA OHA: Foreign Subsidiary Was “Small Business” – SmallGovCon

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SBA OHA found an American affiliate of a foreign company to be an eligible small business because it had a U.S. location and contributed to the U.S. economy.

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SBA Processing “All Small” Mentor-Proteges In Eight Days – SmallGovCon

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The SBA is processing “All Small” Mentor-Protege Applications in about eight days, according to the SBA’s John Klein.

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How Are Your Internal Controls Over Employee Travel Costs? | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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There are many ways to overstate travel costs. Employees can pad their travel claims. They can take unnecessary trips because they like to travel or need to build their airline miles to get preferred boarding and “free” class upgrades, or have other personal reasons. Employees can claim and charge off to the government higher than prescribed lodging and per diem maximums because of poor internal controls or because no one wants to challenge the claim of a person in authority. They can easily game the system requiring lowest available air fares. And so on. Most of these intrusions can be minimized with effective internal control systems. But what if the owners of a company are doing the padding? That’s what a company called Para-Plus Translations was doing. And they got caught. Got turned in by a whistleblower.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: How Are Your Internal Controls Over Employee Travel Costs?

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