Palmetier Law Articles: Government Contracts & the FAR

BACK TO BASICS – The Government’s Contracting Officer

The role of the contracting officer is unique to government contracts and an essential aspect of working with the Government because the contracting officer is the sole person with authority to award, modify, administer or terminate a contract. The issue of contract authority arises most frequently during the performance of a contract when a government…

Special Topic – Cybersecurity Requirements

December 31st is fast approaching and so is the deadline for the Defense Department’s cybersecurity requirements for all government contractors and subcontractors.  For those who are not aware, in 2001, the federal government started the process for protecting classified information when stored or shared by electronic means. If contractors maintain a government IT system or…

BACK TO BASICS Government as a Sovereign

I can still remember sitting at the Army JAG School, one of the few blue uniforms in a sea of green, to be taught the magic of government contracting. Still jet-lagged after the flight from Tokyo to Virginia, I was pounding coffee as the professors started educating us on fundamentals. Weeks later, I emerged as…

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