Veteran-preferred contracting programs rife with fraud, say VA OIG, GAO
Fraud pervades the Veterans Affairs Department’s contracting program for veteran-owned small businesses, a July 28 House panel was told. The VA Office of Inspector General and the Government...
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The Department of Veterans Affairs takes the position that it is not obligated to consider veteran-owned businesses on goods and services it buys through GSA’s Federal Supply Schedule, and now the VA...
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VA cheated small businesses out of millions of dollars in contracts,...
Small businesses, including veteran-owned businesses, have been cheated out of millions of dollars in federal contracts because the Department of Veterans Affairs failed to follow contracting laws....
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VA says questionable spending was ‘improper accounting,’ not fraud
A senior Veterans Affairs Department official denied allegations last Tuesday that the agency committed fraud by making billions of dollars in purchases outside the federal rules or by making it appear...
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Supreme Court gives VA new marching orders
In a U.S. Supreme Court decision handed down today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was directed to change its contracting practices. The Court’s June 16, 2016 ruling in Kingdomware...
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VA doesn’t waste time in implementing Supreme Court decision
The Veterans Affairs Department acted unusually quickly to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s “rule of two” decision in the Kingdomware case. So much so that it both surprised observers and had them...
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Kingdomware decision gives new meaning to the words ‘government contract’
The Supreme Court’s June 2016 decision in Kingdomware Techs., Inc. v. United States, No. 14-916 (June 16, 2016), may significantly impact the meaning of the term “government contract” for years to...
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Does ‘Kingdomware’ apply to non-VA FSS orders?
The Supreme Court’s rationale in a recent decision might compel every agency to set aside any Federal Supply Schedule order (or any other order, for that matter) valued between $3,000 and $150,000....
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Academy provides customized instruction on small business certification to...
The Contracting Education Academy at Georgia Tech provided four hours of intensive instruction to a group of 90 counselors on the topic of “Teaching Your Clients How To Obtain a Small Business...
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