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National Defense January 2012 David Hickey	Cutting Costs Does Not Require Cutting Compliance Lest anyone think the federal government will tolerate less contractor compliance, the current environment indicates that it is much more likely that the government will pursue allegations of non-compliance, fraud, waste and abuse with even greater vigor.
National Defense March 2007 Ebner & Menker	Message to Industry: `Do the Right Thing' Recent headlines have raised concerns about how federal procurements were handled on a variety of levels. Introduced last fall, a bill entitled the Clean Contracting Act may pass in the 110th Congress. These proposed changes are a harbinger of things that may come.
National Defense December 2009 McGrath & Connolly	Industry Should Prepare for Review of Ethics Programs Contractors may soon have more complete answers as to how the Defense Department will verify contractor compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation's recent ethics program requirements.
National Defense October 2015 Berry & Hutchens	Creating an Ethics Compliance Program Government agencies and mature prime contractors expect emerging contractors to reflect the same "culture of ethics and compliance" that large companies commit substantial resources to implementing.
National Defense July 2007 Manik K. Rath	Mergers, Acquisitions Call for Added Scrutiny When acquiring or merging with any government contractor, reviewing ethics policies, compliance programs, and all recent voluntary disclosures will provide a wealth of invaluable information.
National Defense January 2007 David Hickey	Companies Must Set and Review Compliance Priorities As 2006 closed, the Department of Justice's criminal division announced the formal creation of a national task force "to promote the prevention, early detection and prosecution of procurement fraud."
National Defense January 2016 Thomas B. McVey	Executives: Be Wary of Export Regulations One of the important legal requirements facing defense contractors is compliance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations and export controls.
Managed Care January 2002	1-Year Delay Near In Implementation Of HIPAA Rules It looks like most players in health care -- IT vendors excluded -- will get what they want if a bill delaying the deadline for compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's electronic claims standards becomes law...
IndustryWeek November 1, 2008 Nick Zubko	Eager for E-procurement Factors fueling new software adoption continue to focus on procurement's core goals.
Registered Rep. February 4, 2010 Halah Touryalai	NY AG Names Names -- Charges Ken Lewis With Fraud The New York Attorney General's office today charged Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis with fraud for failing to disclose material details about Merrill Lynch in its merger with the brokerage.
National Defense October 2009 Stephen Epstein	Companies Must Beware of New 'Revolving Door' Policies Relationships between government and private contractor representatives must be carefully approached as recent front page stories highlighting allegations of collusion and impropriety have shown.
National Defense April 2009 Hickey & Parker	White House Kicks Off New Wave of Reforms Pledges and actions in the president's first few weeks in office, signal that increased ethics restrictions on government appointees, lobbyists and contractors have arrived.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 David Blanchard	How Ethical is Your Supply Chain? Supplier ethics management offers a way to plug global ethic gaps.
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National Defense November 2007 Hickey & Connolly	Ethical Lapses Provide Valuable Training Tool A recently proposed amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulations would call upon all government contractors to have a written code of ethics and business conduct.
National Defense November 2013 John D. Altenburg	Winding Down War Zone Contracts As with any arduous task for which a completion date is announced, the government assumed the risk of Afghanistan defense contractor lethargy -- or worse -- when it announced when the war will end.
National Defense January 2015 Ryan Berry & Guy Filippelli	Compliance Programs Need Data Analytics Without data analytics tools, companies remain dependent on human identification of risks and violations. Their compliance efforts often consist only of training employees to spot misconduct, and in setting aside financial reserves to fund expensive, after-the-fact investigations by outside counsel.
National Defense May 2008 Moorhouse & Connolly	Contractors' Conflicts of Interest Under Scrutiny Contractors may soon be required to police their employees' personal conflicts of interest.
National Defense June 2005 L. James D'Agostino	Raising the Bar To Meet the Next Wave of Reform Recent procurement scandals have prompted numerous ethics reform initiatives by federal prosecutors, regulators and legislators. Given the volume of spending related to Operation Iraqi Freedom and on-going homeland-security initiatives, the industry can expect the greatest level of scrutiny since Operation Ill Wind in the 1980s.
PHONE+ April 2, 2010 Shari Bench	Who, Not What, Is Holding You Back? What's holding you back? You probably spend time thinking about what you want in life, but how often do you consider why you have yet to achieve what you want?
National Defense March 2012 Jacob Pankowski	Take Heed of Post-Employment Restrictions The new Defense Acquisition Regulation System clause requires offers on Defense Department contracts to represent that all covered ex-department officials expected to work on any resulting contract are in compliance with all post-employment restrictions.
National Defense January 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Industry Braces for Bigger Crackdown on Corruption Federal regulators recently introduced new anticorruption rules that lawyers inside the Beltway have characterized as unprecedented in their scope and power.
National Defense January 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Industry Protests: Government Need Not Worry Pentagon officials have bemoaned the growing number of procurements that have been protested by industry. The rise in protests, however, appears to be overplayed
IDB America May/Jun 2000 Paul Constance	Lousy Deal When governments buy goods and services, the price always seems to be inflated. Now some countries are finding better ways to prevent abuse
National Defense June 2012 David T. Hickey	Small Business Compliance Issues Receive Increased Scrutiny The president and his administration, lawmakers, prosecutors, inspectors general, auditors, reporters, whistleblowers, company compliance officers, and industry watchdogs all seek to identify and eliminate fraud, waste and abuse from federal programs.
National Defense February 2008 Joseph J. Summerill	Congress to Enact New Accountability in Contracting Congressional interest in oversight of government contracting began early last year with separate bills during the first three months of the 110th Congress in both the House and Senate that provided for contractor oversight and limited the number of sole source contracts.
On Wall Street March 1, 2013 Margarida Correia	America's Wealthy Consider Abandoning United States In their scramble to shield their wealth from higher taxes, America s richest individuals are considering relocating to tax-friendlier states and, in some cases, countries.
CFO July 15, 2011 Kimberly Blanton	Creating a Culture of Compliance "Tone at the top" is an overused phrase, but if companies want to mitigate fraud senior leaders need to speak up forcefully.
National Defense July 2006 Dorn C. McGrath	What's Good for the Goose and the Gander Actual bad faith by government officials is relatively rare, but it happens, and making government officials accountable when it does occur is essential to the integrity of our procurement system.
IndustryWeek January 20, 2010 Jill Jusko	Not a Financial Exec? It's not only financial executives who could benefit from an awareness of fraud risks in their organizations.
Wall Street & Technology March 1, 2004	Getting Management on Board With Compliance Compliance and litigation readiness have blasted up the priority list of top management. Leading financial institutions have appointed general counsel into top management roles. Boards of directors are reviewing and approving technology solutions.
National Defense January 2006 Reeder & Hickey	Make Commitment To Corporate Ethics The National Defense Industrial Association puts ethical conduct on par with shareholder profits and believes maintaining the highest ethical standards throughout the defense industry has never been more important to the country.
Inc. November 2004 Darren Dahl	Do the Right Thing -- or Else New federal ethics rules apply to all companies, regardless of size.
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 Jane Worthington	Accounting for Compliance Instead of viewing compliance as a necessary evil, financial advisors should see it as a cost of doing business and learn how to quantify that cost.
On Wall Street June 1, 2010 Tim Steffen	Taking Your (tax) Medicine High-net-worth individuals need to plan today for significant healthcare tax changes ahead.
Bank Technology News May 1, 2008 Michael Grebb	The War to Keep Compliance Talent Financial institutions wade through an ever-deepening regulatory swamp, and therefore an escalating war for compliance talent.
National Defense April 2008 McGrath & Connolly	New Rules For Federal Contracts Effective Dec. 24, 2007, the government-wide federal acquisition regulation (FAR) mandates a written code of ethics for almost all government contractors.
CIO May 15, 2006 Michael Schrage	The Hammer of Consensus When a committee is charged with achieving unanimity, the force of its decisions is multiplied.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 Ben Comer	Compliance in the C-Suite Compliance officers have risen into pharmaceutical management's highest ranks, by choice in some organizations, and by government decree in others. Either way, their importance as a strategic partner can hardly be understated.
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National Defense March 2004 Richard J. Bednar	Small Companies Need Ethics Programs Too The Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct (DII)-- focused on defense industry ethics and conduct programs since its inception in 1986--has developed a "tool kit" to help smaller defense contractors plan ethics and conduct program.