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Federal Contractors Should Act Now to Object to New FOIA Requests for Reports Containing Sensitive Employee Data

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Federal officials recently received several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to disclose certain reports from federal contractors that include sensitive employee demographic data — specifically the release of 2021...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

A Case for Protecting Data Rights – The Boeing Co. v. Secretary of the Air Force

The Government has many rules regarding the protection of data. Government contractors must understand these rules and the importance of timely and properly marking data that they own or develop in performance of a government...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Are Vendor Lists Technically Technical Data?

A recent dispute between a government contractor and the Army in the Court of Federal Claims has raised the issue of whether procedures for validating restrictions on technical data apply to military contractors’ vendor...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Department of Justice Issues New Guidance on Definition of "Confidential" under FOIA Exemption 4

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently issued guidance defining the types of information that qualify as “confidential” under Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). This guidance follows the Supreme...more

K&L Gates LLP

Legal Tropics: The Florida Public Records Act: A Primer for Private Entities

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The Florida Public Records Act requires state and local government entities and agencies to make their records available to the public. But the Act also has many implications for private entities that transact business with...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

False Claims Act Suit Dismissed Based on Granston Memo Considerations

• DOJ is implementing the Granston memo policy in seeking dismissal of FCA qui tam actions when it is in the government’s interest, particularly when protecting its resources, discretion and litigation priorities. • DOJ...more

Holland & Knight LLP

HR Toolkit Series, Part 4 - Protecting Proprietary Information and Trade Secrets

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In a recent Holland & Knight webinar, Partners Kara Ariail, Brandon Elledge, and Terry Elling discussed trade secrets and related issues affecting government contractors when employees are hired or leave. In case you missed...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Government Asking for More Transparency on Federal Contracts Over 150K

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For years the federal government has attempted to increase transparency in the federal marketplace and last month, U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced a bill that would require the posting...more

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Data Rights Under Federal Government Contracts: What Are Data rights?

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Data rights under federal government contracts create confusion from both the government and the contractor perspectives. There is substantial misunderstanding as to the purpose of the data rights regulations and the limits...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

“Open and Frank Discussions” or Agency-Level Protest

In Coulson Aviation (USA), Inc. (B-411525, B-411525.2, 2015 CPD ¶ 272), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently denied a contractor’s protest over the terms of a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the...more

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