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SDVOSB Self-Certification Grace Period to Expire: Submit Applications by Dec 31 To Remain Eligible While Applications are Pending
The 2023 clock is winding down, which means that some folks are planning New Year's Eve parties and others are googling the lyrics to...
Joshua Duvall
Dec 27, 20232 min read
Recent FCA Settlement Highlights Small Business Certification Issues in Private Equity Transactions
With Macy Climo The Department of Justice ("DOJ") recently announced a $1.75 million false claims settlement with a contractor that...
Joshua Duvall
Dec 8, 20232 min read
#GovConThoughts: GAO Decision Shows Agency's Use of Key Personnel Unavailability Defense
[ My #govconthoughts series provides a quick take on recent developments in the government contracting space .] The Government...
Joshua Duvall
Nov 17, 20232 min read
4 Takeaways: GAO Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for FY 2023
Last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office ("GAO") published its much anticipated Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for...
Joshua Duvall
Oct 31, 20233 min read
#GovConThoughts: $9M False Claims Settlement Shows SBA's Affiliation Rules In Play for PPP Loans
As a government contracts attorney, we regularly deal with the Small Business Administration's ("SBA") affiliation regulations in the...
Joshua Duvall
Oct 18, 20232 min read
7 Reasons Why Awardees Should Intervene in Bid Protests
It's the final month of FY23 and federal agencies are rushing to spend those "use it or lose it" contracting dollars. If you are awarded...
Joshua Duvall
Sep 1, 20235 min read
House Legislation Would Require Contractors to Create Vulnerability Disclosure Policies
This week, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced legislation, the Federal Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2023, which requires...
Joshua Duvall
Aug 25, 20231 min read
Joshua Duvall Quoted by Law360 on Federal Court Decision Impacting the SBA 8(a) Program
Maynard Nexsen Government Solutions shareholder Joshua Duvall (Washington, D.C.) was quoted by Law360 in its article "SBA Small Biz...
Joshua Duvall
Aug 23, 20231 min read
ALERT: SBA to Require All Individually-Owned 8(a)s to Affirmatively Establish Social Disadvantage
We recently wrote about a federal court decision in Ultima Servs. Corp. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., which held that the "rebuttable...
Joshua Duvall
Aug 17, 20232 min read
#GovConThoughts: For Pre-Award Solicitation Protests, Watch Out For GAO's Timeliness Trap
[My #govconthoughts series provides a quick take on recent developments in the government contracting space.] Recently, I had a...
Joshua Duvall
Aug 15, 20232 min read
