Agenda

8:00 a.m. — Breakfast and Registration

8:30 – 9:30 a.m. — Seminar Topics

FY 2008 Defense Authorization Act, including:

– Bid protest authority for task and delivery orders valued at more than $10 Million

– Restrictions on noncompetitive procurements for task and delivery orders

– Requirements for private security contractors operating on the battlefield

– Creation of a “Commission on Wartime Contracting”

– Restrictions on competitive sourcing under OMB Circular A-76

New FAR Rules: “Contractor Code of Ethics and Business Conduct” and proposed “Contractor Compliance Program and Integrity Reporting”

More details to follow on our upcoming seminars:

Ethics Violations By Federal Contractors – The Stakes Are Higher Today: Federal procuring agencies and the Department of Justice both have acquired strong new tools in recent years to deal with perceived fraud or other misconduct by government contractors and subcontractors. Courts, also, have recently imposed very severe remedies -- often far disproportionate to the alleged misconduct. Our experts will discuss these new challenges in the federal marketplace, and outline strategies for dealing with the new environment. (February 20, 2008)

Intellectual Property and Government Contracting: Our specialists will discuss intellectual property in U.S. Government contracting, looking at both the civil and defense regulatory environments; and a discussion of methodologies for preserving contractor rights in key technologies, including recent developments and case law concerning contractor rights in technical data, computer software and inventions developed with federal and IR&D funding (April 2008).

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