The Department of Justice (DOJ) and qui tam whistleblowers continue to actively pursue enforcement actions against government contractors under the civil False Claims Act (FCA), presenting heightened risks to contractors subject to an increasingly complex array of compliance obligations in fast-changing areas such as cybersecurity. In this program, Perkins Coie Partners Alexander Canizares and Barak Cohen will provide an overview
Next month, the IT/Services Committee will be hosting speakers from The Gormley Group to provide an update on the latest trends in Federal contracting. Sonia Pesantes, Managing Principal Consultant, and Sean Nulty, Principal Consultant, will present insights from their experiences with the IT center at GSA with a focus on fair and reasonable pricing negotiations.
On June 24, the Coalition’s General/Office Products Committee will meet with Peter Han, Branch Chief, Catalog Management Office at GSA. Mr. Han will provide an update on the FAS Catalog Platform (FCP) Rollout.
On May 7, GSA’s IT Vendor Management Office released an RFI as part of an assessment of the challenges Original Equipment Manufacturers, Value Added Resellers (VARs), and Federal Agencies face in using small business VARs and the development of recommendations on how to increase the number and utilization of small business VARs in the Federal IT marketplace.