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		<title><![CDATA[Game Changer: The Presumed Loss Rule and Mis-Certification of Small Business Status]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2473</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Albert B. Krachman authored an article titled &amp;ldquo;Game Changer: The Presumed Loss Rule and Mis-Certification of Small Business Status&amp;rdquo; that appeared in the May 2011 issue of Contract Management. To read the article, please click here. &amp;nbsp;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The U.S. Military &amp; Caveats of Long-Term Charters]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Government, acting through the Military Sealift Command (MSC), enters into time charters for ocean transportation services. MSC treats these time charters as commercial type contracts and incorporates into them the U.S. Government&amp;rsqu...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Game Changer: The Presumed Loss Rule and Mis-Certification of Small Business Status]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Albert B. Krachman1

	A provision in the Small Business Jobs Act of 20102 significantly raises the stakes for contractor misrepresentation of small business status. Now, a federal contractor that receives an award after incorrectly representing itself as a small business may face False Claims Act (&amp;quot;FCA&amp;quot;) exposure for three times its total contract proceeds, plus other damages, even if the contractor fully performed the contract to the satisfaction of the government. Companies bidding as small businesses are on notice to carefully review their compliance status, or perhaps face business ending U.S. Department of Justice (&amp;quot;DOJ&amp;quot;) or whistleblower litigation.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Presumed Loss Rule: Bounty Hunting Meets Small Business Mis-Certification]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a new federal law in town that will bring Qui&amp;ndash;Tam bounty hunters into the field of mis&amp;ndash;certification of small business status. Without question, both large businesses contracting with small businesses and small businesses themselves need to take protective measures to limit this new exposure.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obama Memorandum on Government Contracts: D&#xe9;j&#xe0;-vu With a Dangerous Twist]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1899</link>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama&amp;#8217;s March 4, 2009, Memorandum to Agency Heads on Government Contracts plows little new ground; however the Memorandum contains some blanket generalizations that could harm some small business interests and could trigger a wave of audits. The Memorandum harkens back to the first Clinton Administration re-inventing government initiatives, which criticized cost reimbursement contracting in favor of fixed price formats.&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Executive Order Requires Government Contractors to Use E-Verify Program]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1651</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Participation in E-Verify by Federal Government Contractors]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Interim DoD Rule on Vessel Chartering May Give Evaluation Preference for Repairs Made in U.S. Yards]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1350</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On August 28, 2007, the Department of Defense published an interim rule implementing Section 1017 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007.&amp;nbsp; 72 Fed. Reg. 49204.&amp;nbsp; Section 1017 requires the Secretary of Defense to iss...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Under the Wire: Winning Year End Federal Contracts]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1020</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As the 2006 federal fiscal year comes to a close, we enter the season of &amp;#8220;use or lose&amp;#8221; funding, hurried contracting paperwork, and even sporadic disregard for acquisition procedures. This can manifest itself in defective solicitations, unreasonably short proposal response dates, mistakes in evaluations and awards and other contracting defects that prejudice someone. Contractors that don&amp;#8217;t win awards under the wire and find themselves on the wrong side of these seasonal shortcuts are often needlessly missing opportunities to win work. To win contracts under the wire, contractors must be extra vigilant in monitoring the government&amp;#8217;s regulatory compliance and must be aware of leverage windows.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Military Uses for High Speed Vessels]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=115</link>
		<description><![CDATA[High-speed aluminum vessels are well-recognized and established as providing excellent service in a number of capacities by both private and public operators. These uses include leisure travel and tours and mass transportation of passengers and vehicles. In recent years, the U.S. military has joined the ranks of high-speed vessel users by introducing U.S.-built aluminum twin-hull high-speed vessels for use as Theater Support Vessels (TSVs) and for training exercises. Despite a somewhat uncertain funding climate for these types of vessels in the military, they have performed exceptionally well with demonstrated benefits.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OMB Implements Strategic Sourcing]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=60</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has directed agencies to leverage the government&amp;#8217;s buying power by applying strategic sourcing principles to acquisitions. Strategic sourcing is the collaborative and structured process of analyzing an organization&amp;#8217;s spending and using the information to develop strategies that reduce the purchase price for goods.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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