/governmentcontracts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Government Contracts Copyright 2025 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. en-US Fri, 22 Aug 2025 23:13:55 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2380297?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2380297 While the D.C. Circuit on Friday declined to revive Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's lawsuit challenging her suspension, experts said the court provided an opening for her to seek further review, by suggesting that the precedent limiting the arguments available to her may be flawed. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:15:40 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2380129?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2380129 The federal government conducted a rigorous trade-off analysis when it selected a Virginia-based cybersecurity company's $50.9 million proposal, a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge said, rejecting the incumbent contractor's protest of the award. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:43:21 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2380062?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2380062 JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $330 million to Malaysia's Assets Recovery Trust Account to resolve allegations the bank's Swiss unit facilitated transfers associated with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB, according to a joint announcement made Friday. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:20:28 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2380163?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2380163 Former inmates accusing Central Bank of Kansas City of charging excessive fees on prepaid debit cards will be allowed to access certain records maintained by the financial service contractors the bank used to administer the cards, a Washington federal magistrate judge determined Thursday. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:01:31 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2380069?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2380069 Pullman & Comely LLC said in a 2022 letter to New York-based lender Titan Capital ID LLC that it had no knowledge of any inaccuracies or issues in a $16 million loan to the development arm of a Connecticut municipal housing authority, according to exhibits recently filed in a suit over the allegedly botched transaction. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:35:57 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2379367?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2379367 The U.S. Government Accountability Office's most recent congressionally mandated report on the bid protest process showed little reason for concern, and underlined that further scrutiny should cease until data is collected that would enable the identification of purported problems, say attorneys at Fox Rothschild. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:46:58 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2378179?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2378179 The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, affirming the dismissal of an ex-employee’s retaliation claims, highlights the importance of properly handling the preservation of ephemeral messages and clarifies key sanctions issues, says Philip Favro at Favro Law. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:35:06 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2379805?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2379805 Best Best & Krieger LLP has hired a U.S. Department of the Interior leader who helped advance drought resilience plans and advise the agency's secretary on water and science policy as the new director of its government affairs group, the firm announced Thursday. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:38:44 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2374814?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2374814 The D.C. Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of 98-year-old Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's lawsuit against her colleagues for barring her from hearing cases, holding that she failed to show that the statute that was used to suspend her is unconstitutional. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 23:37:22 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2379923?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2379923 A Florida federal judge Thursday ordered the government to stop bringing new detainees to the Everglades immigration detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" and to begin winding down operations after finding the plaintiffs challenging the center are likely to prevail on their environmental claims. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:48:44 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2379689?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2379689 The Small Business Administration has proposed increasing the monetary thresholds for what it considers to be a small business across 263 industries, creating a larger pool of small businesses for federal agencies to secure services from. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 19:22:11 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2379783?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2379783 The Ninth Circuit on Thursday refused to pause a preliminary injunction requiring three federal agencies to reinstate research grants terminated following two of President Donald Trump's executive orders seeking to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion, saying the terminations likely aimed to suppress speech favorable of DEI and environmental justice. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 18:32:42 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2379742?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2379742 The Trump administration is urging the D.C. Circuit to leave its panel's split decision that nonprofits can't force the government to release foreign aid in place, arguing that full en banc review is unnecessary and that private enforcement of the Impoundment Control Act would run afoul of the law. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:50:27 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2379606?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2379606 A group that fights to restrict immigration into the U.S. is urging a Rhode Island federal court to let the Trump administration narrow noncitizens' access to programs like Head Start, homeless shelters and food banks, arguing Thursday that a coalition of 20 states is trying to obstruct immigration enforcement and give benefits to "illegal aliens." Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:30:14 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2379892?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2379892 The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to resume the mass termination of scientific grants, overturning rulings by lower courts that had kept the funds flowing to universities and other recipients.  Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:09:44 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2379771?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2379771 A lower appellate court got it right when it ruled that the city of Houston was shielded from a lawsuit over an airport concessions contract under the state's government code, the city told the Texas Supreme Court. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:04:58 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2379268?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2379268 The U.S. government urged a Florida federal judge to deny an outsourcing company's motion to toss a $15 million False Claims Act lawsuit, saying the business aided a Miami-based laboratory to fraudulently bill Medicare for genetic tests that weren't used to treat patients.  Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:23:52 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2376951?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2376951 A recent White House order forcing a Chinese company to divest its 2020 acquisition of a U.S. audiovisual supplier demonstrates the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ growing power to sink foreign transactions over national security concerns — and the enormous risks to U.S. companies from such reviews, say attorneys at Bass Berry. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:16:10 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2379607?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2379607 Employees of a contractor providing security at a U.S. Department of Homeland Security campus told a D.C. federal judge the company can't use a union agreement to escape allegations it's violating the district's wage and overtime laws. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:58:52 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2379593?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2379593 The IRS contractor appealing his five-year prison sentence for leaking thousands of wealthy people's tax returns to the media accused the U.S. of glossing over sentencing errors that unfairly burdened him with "the harshest sentence possible," he told the D.C. Circuit.