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Daily Dump: 28 March 2013

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By on Mar 28th, 2013

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– Two key lawmakers have objected to the appointment of Tom Leney as both the director of the VA’s Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) and the director of the VA’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), arguing that the positions create a conflict of interest. [Marine Corps Times]

– A final draft of the Arms Trade Treaty has been sent to United Nations member states for approval. If the Treaty is not approved by unanimous consensus at a final negotiation session today, negotiators will likely seek approval by winning support from two-thirds of the General Assembly members at a vote next week. [NY Times]

– The Navy has announced it will purchase the technical specs for designs for the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System (UCLASS) from Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, and Northrup Grumman. The companies will each produce a working prototype of the drone for a competitive fly-off, likely to occur in mid-2014. [Danger Room]

– The Department of Defense announced that it is reducing the number of furlough days more than 700,000 civilian defense workers must take between April and the end of the fiscal year from 22 days to 14 days. [Washington Post]

Daily Dump: 27 March 2013

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By on Mar 27th, 2013

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– This article provides a history of IT procurement reform to give context to the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) and the impact it may have on agency purchasing and management. [FCW]

– The Army has issued an RFI to explore issuing a contract to provide enterprise-level content management services. [Washington Technology]

– Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has raised concerns that the financial impact of furloughs that federal employees are facing could endanger their security clearances. [Government Executive]

Daily Dump: 26 March 2013

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By on Mar 26th, 2013

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– Click here for a discussion of the differences between a Request for an Equitable Adjustment versus a claim. [Federal Construction Contracting Blog]

– The Fourth Circuit issued a decision holding that the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act applies to False Claims Act qui tam cases, expanding the potential liability for government contractors who are active in the Iraq and Afghanistan war efforts. [Government Contracts Legal Forum]

– This blog summarizes the annual Blue Lantern report issued by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, which provides information and statistics about investigations into proposed end users mentioned in DDTC license applications. [Export Law Blog]

Daily Dump: 25 March 2013

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By on Mar 25th, 2013

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– The Senate has adopted a budget, setting the stage for contentious negotiations with the House to reconcile the two very different plans currently on the table. [NY Times]

– The FAA will close 149 airport towers, primarily at small airports, which are currently operated by contractors; it has not yet made a decision about towers staffed by FAA controllers because such changes would require negotiations with the controllers’ union. [Washington Post]

– Click here for a discussion of the Navy‘s Plan B should the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program fail to overcome its recent groundings, performance downgrades, and other problems. [Wired]

– NASA has shut down a large public database — used by scientists, engineers, academics, and students — pending completion of an investigation into whether documents containing technical information subject to American export control laws had been accidentally placed on the server. [NY Times]

– Read here for a summary of the impact federal spending cuts will have on the public-sector workforce  as state and local governments react to the cuts, as well as the response by government contractors. [Wall Street Journal]

Daily Dump: 22 March 2013

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By on Mar 22nd, 2013

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– The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing an appeal of a Florida law which would prohibit companies from bidding on state and local government contracts if they also do business in Cuba or Syria. [The Republic]

– Read here for a summary of Lockheed Martin‘s efforts to exempt itself from paying various local taxes in Maryland. [Huffington Post]

– Export reforms will remove satellites and other space technologies from the United States munitions list so that they can be treated as dual-use products that would not be subject to ITAR. [National Defense]

– Defense analysts are urging the Pentagon to stop stalling and to start making fundamental and long-term changes to its budget. [Reuters]

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