Many people think they have a valid government contract, but much of the litigation in the Courts and the Boards of Contract Appeals...

There is a basic principle in contract law (previously discussed in these blogs) that a contract tainted by fraud or wrongdoing is void...

The Acting Secretary of the Army recently issued Army Directive 2016-16, “Changing Management Behavior: Every Dollar Counts,” April 15,...

One important aspect of the government’s right to default terminate a contract is if the contractor refuses to perform, or unequivocally...

This blog has frequently explained that generally, the government can only be bound contractually by a person with actual authority,...

My book, “100 Worst Mistakes in Government Contracting” (Nat’l. Contr. Mgt. Assn. 2008) by Richard D. Lieberman and Jason D. Morgan,...

One of best movies in the 1990s was “Fried Green Tomatoes,” a story about a depression era café named The Whistle Stop in a little town...

The official public medium for providing notice of contracting actions by federal agencies is the FedBizOpps.gov website, which has been...

The Supreme Court rarely considers government contracting cases. Recently, in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez,136 S.Ct. 663(2016), the Court...

Do you know what a government contract volunteer is? A volunteer is someone who embarks on duties of their own free will and without any...

One of the three the three basic requirements for a contract to be enforceable is consideration, which usually means a promise to pay...