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Government Contracts Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on government contracts. Coverage includes bid solicitations and major awards, bid disputes, and whistleblower suits, as well as policy developments related to international, federal, state, and municipal contracts.
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Latest News in Government Contracts
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January 16, 2026
Stock Buyback Ban Could Shrink Defense Industrial Base
The Trump administration's move to bar defense contractors from buying back their stock or paying shareholder dividends if they are underperforming on their contracts could make companies reconsider working with the U.S. government and counteract the administration's stated goals.
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January 16, 2026
DOJ Reports Historic $6.8B False Claims Act Haul In 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice secured more than $6.8 billion via settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act in the fiscal year that ended September 2025, the largest amount recovered in a single year in the history of the FCA, the DOJ said Friday.
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January 16, 2026
DC Circ. Skeptical Of Reviving $53M Iraq Debt Suit
A panel of the District of Columbia Circuit appeared wary during oral arguments Friday of a Jordanian company's position that statements made by Iraqi government officials encouraging it to file litigation to enforce a $53 million debt owed by the country meant it had waived its sovereign immunity.
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January 16, 2026
Oversight Head Seeks Help From CMS On NY Medicaid Inquiry
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday to aid the committee's investigation into whether New York has wrongfully withheld funds for hospitals disproportionately serving Medicaid recipients and uninsured people.
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January 16, 2026
Jury Convicts Contractor In $4.5M Navy Fuel Fraud
A West Palm Beach jury has found a fuel supplier guilty of 34 felony counts including wire fraud, money laundering and forgery for his role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense of more than $4.5 million.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
- Civilian Board of Contract Appeals
- U.S. Government Accountability Office
- International government contracting agencies
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Buy American Act
- False Claims Act
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Trade Agreements Act
- ENFORCEMENT
- Procurement fraud actions
- Suspension and disbarment actions
- LITIGATION
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- Contract disputes
- Disputes between prime contractors and subcontractors
- Whistleblower suits
- Intellectual property issues
- Military contractor battlefield liability suits
- TRANSACTIONS
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- Personnel moves
- Profiles of government contracts practices
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