Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Government Contractors Can’t Do Without

Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Government Contractors Can’t Do Without


Latest Episodes

Fastest 5 Minutes: Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers, Unique Entity Identifier Issues
July 27, 2022

This week's episode covers a proposed rule regarding the Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts, ongoing concerns about the transition from DUNS to Unique Entity Identifier, asse

Fastest 5 Minutes: Antitrust, AI
July 13, 2022

This week's episode covers allegations of procurement collusion, a civil lawsuit filed by DOJ to enjoin an acquisition because of competition concerns, and a DOD report on Responsible Artificial Intel

Fastest 5 Minutes: OFCCP, Kickbacks, False Claims Act, Proposed Legislation
June 29, 2022

This week's episode covers OFCCP’s new proposed Directive regarding Functional Affirmative Action Programs, DOJ’s settlement with a contractor to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and

Fastest 5 Minutes: Small Business, Inflation, Clean Energy Technologies
June 13, 2022

This week's episode covers a new SBA final rule about calculation of employee-based size standards, a False Claims Act settlement involving small business status, DOD’s guidance about impact of inflat

Special Edition of the Fastest 5 Minutes: Sovereign Acts Doctrine and COVID Impacts
June 02, 2022

This week's special edition is an extended dialogue about the Board’s recent application of the Sovereign Acts Doctrine to requests for recovery of cost resulting from Government-imposed COVID restric

Fastest 5 Minutes: Commercial Items, Inflation, False Claims Act
May 18, 2022

This week's episode covers a new final rule about commercial item determinations, DOD’s response to Hill questions about the impact of inflation, a False Claims Act settlement and new FCA complaint, a

Fastest 5 Minutes: Suspension & Debarment, Small Business, End User License Agreements
May 03, 2022

This week's episode covers the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee’s annual report, a final rule amending the FAR to permit small business contracting procedures to apply to overseas procur

Fastest 5 Minutes: Debriefings, Discussions, and Claims
April 19, 2022

This week's episode covers a DoD final rule on enhanced post-award debriefings, a Court decision on failure to engage in discussions, and a Board decision about jurisdiction to hear alternate theories

Fastest 5 Minutes: Cybersecurity, Pay Equity, Conflicts of Interest
April 06, 2022

This week's episode covers the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act, the proposed Federal Contracting for Peace and Security Act, the proposed Preventing Organizational Conflicts o

Fastest 5 Minutes: Buy American Act, Small Business, DOJ’s Civil Fraud Initiative
March 22, 2022

This week's episode covers the final rule implementing further revisions to the Buy American Act, a proposed rule that would amend the FAR to account for recent changes in the Small Business Administr