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Government Policy
May 2019
Operational Security Erodes in Social Media Age
By Zachary KronischIn 2017, fitness-tracking application Strava released a map detailing all location data uploaded by app users, including U.S. service members stationed overseas. -
April 2019
Defense Would Benefit From Paid Parental Leave
By Alexandra Berge and Regina WrightThe federal workforce is undergoing rapid demographic change with the ongoing departure of the baby boom generation. -
Defense Contracting
April 2019
IG Report Has Implications for Contractors
By Ryan Burnette , Susan Cassidy and Michael WagnerOn Feb. 25, the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General issued an audit report analyzing the prices of spare aviation parts purchased by the government from TransDigm Group Inc. The report has important implications for contractors doing business with the Pentagon. -
March 2019
Debate Over Qui Tam Constitutionality Resumes
By Herb Fenster , Peter Hutt II and Carl WiersumThe motivating force behind the False Claims Act is its provision for qui tam enforcement, which authorizes private parties to initiate FCA cases on behalf of the United States. -
January 2019
Readying Security Plans for Evaluation
By Ian Brekke and Susan CassidyThe Defense Department recently issued final guidance for requiring activities to assess contractors’ system security plans and their implementation of the security controls in National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-171. -
Missile Defense
January 2019
JUST IN: State Dept. Official Sees No Progress in Missile Treaty Talks
By Connie LeeRecent discussions indicate that Russia is still unwilling to give in to the Trump administration's demands to comply with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, potentially opening the door to U.S. development of new offensive missiles, according to a top State Department official. -
January 2019
Courts Split on False Claims Act Deadlines
By Andrew Guy , Peter Hutt II and Michael WagnerWhen does a private party need to file a qui tam action under the False Claims Act? Such a seemingly simple question has resulted in three different answers from six different courts. -
December 2018
Key Takeaways from Industrial Base Report
By Jeff Bozman , Justin M. Ganderson and Zachary MearsLast year, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13806, which commissioned a comprehensive evaluation of the defense industrial base and supply chains of the United States. That evaluation recently was released in unclassified form. -
December 2018
NDIA Policy Points: Congress Builds Opportunities for U.S. Firms
By Regina WrightEven well-informed members of the defense industrial base may have missed an advantageous piece of legislation passed by Congress as part of a recent Federal Aviation Administration authorization act. -
November 2018
Courts Strike Down False Claims Act Complaints
By Justin M. Ganderson , Peter Hutt II and Evan R. SherwoodOver the summer, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit — in United States ex rel. Berkowitz v. Automation Aids, Inc., 896 F.3d 834 — unanimously affirmed a trial court’s decision to dismiss a False Claims Act complaint regarding alleged Trade Agreements Act non-compliances because the relator failed to plead fraud with “particularity” under Rule 9(b).
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