Protests

Civilian Board of Contract Appeals

Rules of Procedure of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.  (PDF Version)  (May 12, 2008)

Congressional Hearings

Future Hearings

• On May 22, 2008, a subcommittee will hold a hearing on Security Clearance Reform: The Way Forward.  (May 16, 2008)

Senate Committee on Armed Services

• On June 3, 2008, the Senate Committee on Armed Services is scheduled to hold a hearing to receive testimony on the acquisition of major weapons systems by the Department of Defense.  (May 13, 2008)

Hearing Documents

• Statements from a May 8, 2008, Committee hearing entitled:  Performance Based Acquisitions: Creating Solutions or Causing Problems?   (May 13, 2008)

House Committee on the Judiciary

• Statements from a hearing on Federal Prison Industries:  Examining the Effects of Section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008.  (May 8, 2008)

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

• Statements and documents from a hearing on Oversight of Defense Department Acquisitions.  Ranking Member statement.  (April 30, 2008)

House Armed Services Committee

• Statements from an April 16, 2008, hearing entitled:  National Industrial Security Program: Addressing the Implications of Globalization and Foreign Ownership for the Defense Industrial Base.  (April 17, 2008)
  

• Ranking Member's statement.  (April 17, 2008)

House Committee on Small Business

• Statements on an April 16, 2008, subcommittee hearing entitled:  Contracting and Technology Hearing on Ensuring Small Businesses Have Fair Access to Federal Contracts.  (April 17, 2008)

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

• Statements from a April 15, 2008, hearing on two bills related to contractor integrity reporting and the disposal of Federal surplus property.  (April 16, 2008)

House Committee on Armed Services

• Statements from an April 10, 2008, hearing on Sale of Sensitive, In-Demand Military Equipment and Supplies on the Internet.  (April 14, 2008)
  

• Audio transcript and statements from the April 10, 2008, hearing on Contingency Contracting. (April 11, 2008)
  

• Audio transcript and statements from the April 10, 2008, hearing on Army acquisition programs.  (April 11, 2008)

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

• Documents and testimony on a hearing on the 2010 Census, Progress on the Development of the Field Data Collection Automation Program and the Decennial Response Integration System.  
  

• Ranking Member's statement.  (April 10, 2008)

Senate Committee on Armed Services

• Documents and statements from a hearing to receive testimony on Department of Defense contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.  (March 19, 2008)

House Committee on the Judiciary

• Documents and statements from a hearing on Deferred Prosecution: Should Corporate Settlement Agreements Be Without Guidelines?  (March 12, 2008)

Senate Committee on Appropriations

• Statements and video from a Hearing On Waste Fraud and Abuse in Iraq.  (March 12, 2008)

House Armed Services Committee

• Testimony from a hearing on Inherently Governmental – What is the Proper Role of Government?.  (March 12, 2008)

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

• Documents and statements from a hearing:  Census in Peril: Getting the 2010 Decennial Back on Track. (This hearing involves a contracting issue.) (March 6, 2008)

Special - False Claims Act

U. S. Supreme Court

Transcript of oral arguments before the Court:  Allison Engine Co. Inc. v. United States. (pdf)

Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Hearing on the The False Claims Act Correction Act (S. 2041): Strengthening the Government's Most Effective Tool Against Fraud for the 21st Century.  (This has the prepared testimony and the webcast is working as of February 28, 2008.)  S. 2041 can be viewed here.  (February 28, 2008)

U. S. Supreme Court

The case, Allison Engine Co. Inc. v. United States, will be argued before the Court on Tuesday, February 26, 2008.  This is an important case dealing with interpretation of the False Claims Act.  See: Questions Presented,  Docket, Briefs.  (Briefs provided by the American Bar Association.)   (February 25, 2008)

The Protest suite of pages includes WIFCON.com's "Textbook-on-a-Page" that provides (1) "key excerpts" from Government Accountability Office (GAO), Court of Federal Claims (COFC), and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) bid protest decisions.  Links are provided to decisions and whether the decisions were for the government of offeror are shown.  The decisions are listed by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) structure, by protest rules of the GAO, by issue in alphabetical order, and by decision name.  Additionally, these pages provide the Comptroller General bid protest statistics from 1997 to the present. 

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The Bona Fide Needs Rule published here is taken from GAO's Principles of Federal Appropriations Law, Third Edition, Volume 1 (Red Book).  It is updated annually using GAO's updates and is presented in GAO sections. 

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The Public Law suite of pages provides links to  WIFCON.com's analysis of the Defense Authorization Acts since FY 2002 with a side-by-side view of key sections with its legislative history.    See the analysis of these NDAA laws for FY 2002, FY 2003, FY 2004, FY 2005, FY 2006, FY 2007, and FY 2008.

Additionally, you will find links to key contracting parts of the U. S. Code and key contracting laws, as passed by Congress, since 1989. 

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Congress proposes legislation (bills) nearly every day it is in session.  Sometimes, it passes a bill and the President signs it into Public Law.  This is a long and often brutal process.  Wifcon.com monitors proposed legislation and normally updates it on a weekly basis. 

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Perhaps you want to search for your own decisions.  Links to federal courts, GAO, and Boards of Contract Appeals also are provided. 

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