John S. Pachter Featured in The Procurement Lawyer.  The Winter 2013 issue of the Procurement Lawyer published by the ABA Section of Public Contract Law features a question and answer discussion with John S. Pachter, first recipient of the Allan J. Joseph Award.  The award  recognizes “exceptional effort and accomplishments” as well as “extraordinary contributions” to the Section of Public Contract Law.  John offers his reflections on activities and personalities of the Section of Public Contract Law during the past 46 years.  The full article is available here.   

The Government Accountability Office issues report discussing bid protest statistics for fiscal years 2008-2012 and highlighting the significant decsions from 2012.  The full report can be found here.

Establishing The Record In Court Of Federal Claims Bid Protests - Jonathan D. Shaffer, Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, and Zachary D. Prince have published a new Briefing Papers article about the importance of the composition of the administrative record in the resolution of a bid protest before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.  The full article is available here.

Developments in Arbitration Law Presented by Edmund M. Amorosi at the Virginia Bar Association’s 123rd Winter Meeting.

Metron, Inc.: A Primer for Proving Compensation Cost Reasonableness. Smith Pachter McWhorter member Stephen D. Knight and associate Kathryn T. Muldoon have published an article in Bloomberg Federal Contracts Report regarding a case in which they successfully argued before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) regarding executive compensation review practices employed by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA). The ASBCA sustained the appeal filed by Mr. Knight and Ms. Muldoon and overruled the government's determination that the client's executive compensation was not reasonable.  The full article is available here.

The Comptroller General issues annual report to Congress discussing Bid Protest Statistics for Fiscal Years 2008-2012 and instance in which a federal agency did not fully implement a recommendation made by GAO in connection with a bid protest.  The full report can be found here.

New article regarding the increase in terminations for convenience following the economic downturn.  Smith Pachter McWhorter associate Erica J. Geibel has published and article in The Journal of Professional CM/PM Management regarding the increase of government contract terminations for convenience following the economic downturn.  The full text of the article is available here. 

The last three months have brought significant developments in government contracts fraud enforcement and audit issues.

For more information on how this may affect you, John Pachter and Jonathan Shaffer have prepared an advisory explaining the impact of this memorandum.

For more information on this decision and how it may affect you, John Pachter and Jonathan Shaffer have prepared a Client Advisory explaining the ramifications of this recent decision.

John S. Pachter
June 19, 2001