Federal Contracts Report Index-Summary

NAFIs

See NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES (NAFIs)

NARA

See NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (NARA)

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)

– Bid protests

– – Cargo transportation, trade-off analysis (Fed. Cl.), 94:601
– – Protective services contract (Fed. Cl.), 94:79
– – Space station cargo transportation services (Fed. Cl.), 93:379

– Budget

– – Acquisition challenges to implement new law, 94:522
– – National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5781, S 3729

– Constellation Program

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3180

– Cost growth for large-scale projects, report (GAO-10-227SP, 2/1/10), 93:115
– Disclosure of contractors' restricted information, proposed rule , 93:188
– FCA, product information on website listing, claim sufficient (D.D.C.), 93:342
– National Aeronautics and Space Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3237

– Privacy rights, background checks of contract employees in nonsensitive jobs (U.S., rev grant), 93:207; (oral arg), 94:364; legal issues discussion, BNA Insights, 94:463

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (NARA)

– Classified information release to foreign contractors in special security agreements, final rule, 93:276 (4/13/10); status box, 93:278 (4/13/10)

NATIONAL GUARD

– Corrective action, auction and improper use of competitive range (Fed. Cl.), 94:286; resolicitation prejudicial, 94:486
– Hexavalent chromium exposure

– – Government contractor defense (D. Or.), 94:435
– – Water plant, no jurisdiction over failure to warn suit (S.D. Ind.), 93:212

– Mistake, “clear and convincing” proof standard, construction bid (Fed. Cl.), 93:60

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST)

– Cybersecurity Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 773

– Cybersecurity Enhancement Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4061

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

– Election doctrine bars appeal, claims not distinct (Fed. Cl.), 93:467
– Prompt payment, no “just reason” for U.S. payment delay to construction contractor, final judgment (Fed. Cl.), 93:213

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (NLRA)

– Collective bargaining, allowable costs, business group says FAR proposed rule incompatible with law, 93:200 (6/22/10)

NATIONAL SECURITY

– Classified information

– – DOD proposed rule on declassification requests, 94:310
– – E.O. 13,526, uniform system for safeguarding and declassifying, 93:11

– Floating military warehouse not maritime matter, jurisdiction found over bid protest (Fed. Cl.), 93:146
– Prioritization for BIS national defense contracts, Commerce Dep't proposed rule, 93:461

NATIVE AMERICANS

– Alaska Native Corporations, 8(a) program

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 6447, S 3959

– IHS

See INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE (IHS)

NATURAL DISASTERS

See DISASTERS

NAVY

– Bid protests

– – Discussions, protester not told deficiency rendered proposal ineligible (Comp. Gen.), 93:215 (6/22/10)
– – Floating warehouse award, injunction limiting performance not modified, jurisdiction (Fed. Cl.), 93:146
– – Proposal evaluation, LPD 17 class ship maintenance, cost unreasonably adjusted upward (Comp. Gen.), 94:537

– Claims

– – Allowable costs, in-house labor costs for proposal preparation and contract administration (ASBCA), 93:101
– – Appeals, individual claims under $100K allowed under accelerated procedures (ASBCA), 93:441
– – Changes, subcontractor's hiring, no additional cost liability for U.S. (Fed. Cl.), 93:145
– – Delay damages defense and time extension request insufficient for CDA jurisdiction (Fed. Cir.), 93:441 (6/29/10); distinction between affirmative claim and factual defense eroded, BNA Insights, 94:81
– – Implied-in-fact contracts

– – – Land lease, jurisdiction, authority over non-procurement bid protest (Fed. Cir.), 93:190
– – – Protective clothing contractor's complaint sufficient for claim (ASBCA), 93:125

– – Non-substitution clause interpretation, breach of contract, replacement of software following termination (Fed. Cir.), 94:368
– – Performance assessment dispute, jurisdiction (ASBCA), 94:44
– – Sum certain requirement not satisfied by approximation, jurisdiction not established (ASBCA), 94:142
– – Timeliness

– – – Breach of contract cannot occur before contract formation (ASBCA), 93:147
– – – Flooring contractor did not “sleep on its rights” (Fed. Cl.), 94:342

– Default termination, A-12 stealth aircraft, failure to make progress justification, trade group criticizes (U.S., amicus brief filed), 93:469
– FOIA, unit pricing disclosure upheld (S.D. Cal.), 94:141
– Littoral Combat Ship

– – Dual award acquisition strategy, stop-gap measure, 94:614
– – Long-term operating cost estimates, report (GAO-10-257, 2/2/10), 93:92

– Multiyear contract authority for aircraft

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 6102, S 3782

– Preferred supplier program, request for comments on draft policy, 93:453; status box, 93:461; notice withdrawn, 93:484
– Randolph-Sheppard Act, lessee has no implied or express right to action (D. Haw.), 94:158
– USMC

See MARINE CORPS (USMC)

NEGLIGENCE

– Award fee reduction, DOD class deviation memo, 93:373
– Government contractor defense

– – Convoy accident in Iraq, KBR employees' suits not barred (S.D. Tex.), 93:144; Defense Base Act bar, 93:315
– – Hexavalent chromium poisoning of Natl. Guard, no bar to suit (D. Or.), 94:435
– – Specifications lacked precision for immunity, backfill led to flooding (5th Cir.), 94:284

– Lieutenant Colonel Dominic “Rocky” Baragona Justice for American Heroes Harmed by Contractors Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2349, S 2782

NEW MEXICO

– Breach of contract, DOJ improperly terminated county's prison contract (Fed. Cl.), 94:140

NIH

See NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

NIST

See NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST)

NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES (NAFIs)

– Contracting out, FY 2010 budget act provision, affected employees not covered by A-76 (Comp. Gen.), 94:160

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

– AbilityOne program

– – Las Vegas maintenance awards, jurisdiction, injunction (Fed. Cl.), 94:572
– – Set-aside guidelines not followed, performance enjoined on VA laundry services contract (Fed. Cl.), 94:433

– Bill of attainder against ACORN unconstitutional (E.D.N.Y.), 93:15; preliminary injunction for group reversed (2d Cir.), 94:205
– Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, procurement list revisions, 93:119
– Federal Supply Schedules Usage Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 2868

NORTH CAROLINA

– Graham and Cherokee County, qui tam suit, public disclosure bar and state administrative materials (U.S., dec), 93:279 (4/6/10)

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

– Locality pay area, OPM interim rule, 94:344

NOTICE AND NOTIFICATION

– Clean Air Act, EPA notice of disclosure of information submitted under Title II, 93:141; status box, 94:618
– Contract actions, publication

– – ARRA awards, FAR final rule, 93:199 (6/22/10); status box, 93:207 (6/22/10)
– – DOD awards, required information not provided (GAO-11-122R, 11/30/10), 94:529
– – GSA final rule, 93:485
– – Justification and approval documents for noncompetitive contracts, FAR final rule, 93:204 (6/22/10); status box, 93:207 (6/22/10)

– Contract bundling, DOD interim rule expands requirements, 94:70; status box, 94:76
– Employee rights under federal laws, contractor posting, OFCCP compliance directive, 93:201 (6/22/10)

– – DOD class deviation, 93:439 (6/29/10)
– – FAR interim rule, 94:560; status box, 94:567

– Flag vessel shipments, U.S. did not provide notice of transport rules interpretation, equitable adjustment (CBCA), 94:342
– International Traffic in Arms, State Dep't proposed rule, equipment for foreign persons, 93:256
– Proposal evaluation, low-priced offeror must receive notice of risk in proposal (Comp. Gen.), 93:402
– Rulemaking activity

– – Congressional Review Act Improvement Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2247

– – CRS report, notice to Congress, 93:6; problems continue, new report, 93:228; agencies still not complying, report, 94:154
– – GAO, compliance improvement, 93:30

NTEU

See TREASURY EMPLOYEES (NTEU)

NUCLEAR GOODS AND FACILITIES

– Iran

– – Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act

– – – Bills

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2194, S 2799

– – – Law

See COMPREHENSIVE IRAN SANCTIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND DIVESTMENT ACT (CISADA)

– – Enriched uranium swap arrangement, U.N. counterproposal, 93:432
– – House lawmakers' letter shows support for sanctions for weapons threat, 93:307
– – Senate committee hearing witnesses say sanctions not enforced, 93:412

– Nuclear Waste Policy Act, jurisdiction for mandamus order on statutory interpretation not in conflict with breach claim (Fed. Cir.), 93:39

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)

– FCA, “collective knowledge” theory of liability, implied certification theory (D.C. Cir.), 94:569; BNA Insights, implied certification, 94:575