As the government has expanded its uses of Contracting by Negotiation through the issuance of RFPs ("Requests for Proposals"), as opposed to Sealed Bidding and the issuance of IFBs ("Invitations for Bid"), contractors have had to adapt to this new way of doing business. All too often, a perfectly capable contractor is not selected for
January 2009
Government Postpones E-Verify Requirement
By Elise M. Carlin on
Posted in Procurement Information
The Department of Homeland Security has postponed the start date of the E-verify requirement (please see our earlier article). The new rule will go into effect no earlier than Friday February 20, 2008. Proponents of the new rule insist that the rule remains intact with as much legal force as before and that it…
Corps of Engineers and EPA Roll Back Definition of "Discharge of Dredged Material" for Section 404 Permits to 1999 Regulation Status
By Joseph Hackenbracht on
Posted in Dredging
For over twenty years, the federal government and private industry, including contractors, mining companies, developers and builders, have debated the extent to which land clearing and dredging activities should be regulated. Since the 1970’s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have regulated the discharge of pollutants into the waters of…