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The Court of Federal Claims upheld DISA's Cloud-Based Internet Isolation award to By Light. The court found that required subcontractor Menlo Security could legally quote different prices to rival offerors, and that DISA kept source selection authority. 22nd Century Networks' protest failed.
Read the story →Former CIA officer David J. Rush, 49, pleaded guilty in Alexandria federal court to a scheme to defraud the government of about $194 million, including more than $40 million in gold bars found in his Ashburn home. He faces up to 20 years; sentencing is set for Jan. 28.
Enterprise Technology Solutions and two principals will pay $2.25 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that the IT contractor won 150+ set-aside awards with false HUBZone and women-owned claims while operating from Pakistan. Whistleblower Kyle Harris gets $337,500.
Frazier Aviation and its former chief executive agreed to pay $4.9 million to settle False Claims Act allegations over aircraft parts sold to the government. A qui tam suit alleged bids made under Lockheed Martin's CAGE code and undisclosed subcontractors.
DOJ says its Trade Fraud Task Force topped $1 billion in recoveries and charged losses in under a year, driven by two Chicago-area gold jewelry import fraud cases, and unveiled a new Global Trade & Commerce Enforcement Section.
DOJ threatened suit over radar-component overlap on Aegis and F-16 programs, and TransDigm withdrew its $960M bid for Stellant Systems rather than fight the block in court.
Four DFARS clauses govern defense-contractor cybersecurity: 7012 (safeguarding and 72-hour incident reporting), 7019/7020 (SPRS self-assessment scores, now restructured by the overhaul), and 7021 (CMMC). What each requires, how they flow down, and why DOJ treats bad scores as False Claims Act cases.
DHS and DOJ's July 6 interim final rule authorizes SLTT law enforcement to conduct counter-UAS operations for the first time, limited to a jointly vetted authorized-technology list and DOJ-approved training tiers.
VA published a proposed rule eliminating disparate-impact liability from its Title VI regulations, replacing it with an intentional-discrimination standard under Executive Order 14281, with comments due July 27, 2026.
At a June 24 House oversight hearing, DOJ's Brenna Jenny laid out False Claims Act enforcement focus areas for federal research grants, including undisclosed foreign funding, NASA China certifications, and DEI programs.
Sanford Federal, Inc. and owner Joseph Mandour agreed to pay $3.1 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the firm faked employee credentials and misrepresented its size to win set-aside work spanning 49 contracts and multiple agencies, DOJ said.
DOJ announced that LOGZONE Inc. of Huntsville, Alabama agreed to pay $507,144 to resolve False Claims Act allegations tied to cybersecurity non-compliance on two Navy contracts, after a DIBCAC audit found the firm's actual NIST SP 800-171 score was negative 170 — versus a self-reported perfect 110.
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