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GAO Sustains Protest of Award For Testing Services for IT Systems
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' award for IT testing was flawed because the agency didn't consider the proposed relocation of personnel after the first year of performance, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ruled (Tantus...
Successful representation of protester in challenge to evaluation of personnel and management factor, corporate experience/ past performance, and cost realism.
GAO Upholds Defense Finance and Accounting Service’s Support Award
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) may proceed with performance of a support services award, the General Accountability Office (GAO) ruled (Savantage Fin. Servs. Inc., GAO, B-411647, 9/17/15, decision released 9/24/15). The GAO rejected the...
Bill Savarino saved another clearance and with it the long, distinguished career of a key employee of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS suspended and fought hard to revoke the employee’s access to classified national...
DoD Makes Changes to Security Clearance Adjudication Procedures
The DoD Consolidated Adjudication Facility (CAF) has recently changed the process for adjudicating personnel clearances before DOHA. The changes may appear innocuous in nature, but they have potentially significant ramifications.
Bill Savarino saved another clearance, this time for an employee of a defense contractor in Seattle, Washington. This one involved Foreign Influence under Guideline B due to relatives living in South Korea and risky behavior during...
Bill Savarino succeeded in saving a clearance for an individual who had smoked marijuana while holding a Top Secret clearance. No hearing was held as the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) withdrew the Statement...
Bill Savarino helped save another clearance, this one for an Army officer. The issues involved Personal Conduct under Guideline B; Financial Considerations under Guideline; and Criminal Conduct under Guideline J stemming from a US Army Criminal...
