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Introduction The U.S. Government is actively seeking to utilize the power of the blockchain (or, as it is more formally known, distributed ledger technology or DLT) to enhance government systems across various platforms and agencies. This does not mean that the federal government wants to buy your NBA top shot package of LeBron James...

A consortium is defined in Websters dictionary as “an agreement, combination, or group (as of companies) formed to undertake an enterprise beyond the resources of any one member.” A consortium in the Government contracts world is formed for a similar reason but is an organized group that consists of members in the form of...

On January 15, 2021, the England and Wales High Court issued a decision in Soriano v. Forensic News LLC, in which it interpreted and applied Articles 3 and 79(2) of the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Soriano tested the territorial reach of the GDPR and provides some guidance on when and...

On January 29, 2021, Oracle filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court over the Department of Defense’s (“DoD”) Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (“JEDI”) contract. The DoD reaffirmed the estimated $10 billion JEDI contract award to Microsoft on September 4, 2020 after the Court of Federal Claims “CoFC” initially halted...

On February 16, 2021, a COFC judge dismissed DynCorp’s bid protest of a $717.5 million dollar Army intelligence support order because the COFC lacked jurisdiction to hear the case. DynCorp argued that CACI Technologies was ineligible for the award because CACI Technologies restructured from a corporation to a limited liability company during the procurement...

A “small business concern” is eligible for certain Federal programs, including the All Small Mentor-Protégé Program, and for certain Federal contracts and subcontracts.  Often times, the question of whether your business qualifies as small is a straightforward question of your revenue, or how many employees you have.  This article introduces the concept of affiliation,...