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- Late is late: the GAO bid protest timeliness rules, and how they can be a model for boards of contract appeals
- The surest way to be late is to have plenty of time. (1) I. Introduction One of the unique aspects of litigating contract disputes before the Government Accountability Office GAO (2) is its ironclad adherence to the timeliness rules contained in its bid protest regulations. (3) Under the...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Noontime dumping: why states have broad discretion to regulate onboard treatments of ballast water.
- Ballast water discharges from shipping vessels are responsible for spreading numerous forms of aquatic invasive species, a form of biological pollution that leads to billions of dollars in annual costs. In the wake of inaction from the federal government and inaction from the shipping industry, several...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection Chooses MicroPact to Computerize Workers' Comp Claims
- MicroPact's entelliTrak Workers' Comp WC Edition helps cut costs by providing online filing, centralized processing, and excellent management of stats and reporting.
- Research articles 2008-01-08
- Bid protests
- Interested Party The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit CAFC and the Court of Federal Claims COFC addressed protest standing issues in Fiscal Year 2006. The CAFC upheld the rule that post-award protesters must be actual bidders to be an interested party. The COFC overturned an agency attempt...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Root Cause of Black Pad Failure of Solder Joints with Electroless Ni/Immersion Gold Plating, The
- This paper reports on a study of the reaction of solder with the electrolessnickel with immersion gold ENIG plating system, and the resulting interfacial structures. A focused-ion beam FIB was used to polish the cross sections to reveal details of the microstructure of the ENIGplated pad with and without soldering....
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Yamana Reports Mine Operating Earnings of $8.6 Million
- TORONTO -- (all figures in US$ unless otherwise stated) Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI)(AMEX:AUY)(LSEAIM:YAU) reports mine operating earnings of $8.6 million and $4.8 million for the year and quarter ended December 31, 2005, respectively. Highlights - Cash balance of $151.6 million as at December 31, 2005....
- Research articles 2006-03-21
- Riboflavin as a Source of Autofluorescence in Eisenia fetida Coelomocytes
- ABSTRACT Immunocompetent cells of earthworms coelomocytes contain adherent amoebocytes and large eleocytes chloragocytes; the latter are filled with numerous granules. We have previously shown that eleocytes of several but not all earthworm species exhibit strong autofluorescence detectable by fluorescent microscopy and flow cytometry. In the present article, the molecular origin...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- CEO Comp: Their Personal Assets Should Be At Risk
- CEO Comp: Their Personal Assets Should Be At RiskCEO Compensation - alternativesI am not sure that net profits would not be as easily manipulated as you claim stock prices can be - the CEO can time certain transactions for their accounting effect. Moreover, linking CEO compensation to net profit...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-28
- Competition
- Can You Use The "Urgent and Compelling" Exception Two Consecutive Times for the Same Need? It appears that you can get a second bite of the apple. In Filtration Development Co. v. United States, (12) the plaintiffs for the second time protested the Army's use of the "unusual and...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Neuropeptide APGWamide as a Penis Morphogenic Factor (PMF) in Gastropod Mollusks1, The
- SYNOPSIS.The goal of this study was to further investigate the role of endogenous APGWamide levels in imposex induction in snails. APGWamide is a common neurotransmittor/neuromodulator peptide found in many species of molluscs, and is often related to sex organ growth or reproductive behavior. Mud snails Ilyanassa obsoleta were collected from...
- Research articles 2005-02-01
- Molecular Dynamics Study of Nanosilver Particles for Low-Temperature Lead-Free Interconnect Applications
- Molecular dynamics MD simulation was conducted to investigate the coalescence of Ag nanoparticles and their deposition on a gold substrate at various temperatures from 400 K to 1,000 K using the embedded atom method EAM. Density distribution function, x-z plane projection, spreading index, and coalescence index were analyzed to gain...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- What happened to the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act's protest restrictions on task and delivery orders? Recent developments in protests related to the issuance of task and delivery orders and proposals to improve an impaired system
- I. INTRODUCTION The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act ("FASA" or "the Act") expressly prohibits most indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity ("IDIQ") task or delivery order protests, stating, "A protest is not authorized in connection with the issuance or proposed issuance of a task or delivery order except for a protest on the ground...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Contract formation
- Authority You Promised Me $4 Million for My Testimony--I'm Here To Collect In Awad v. United States, (1) the Court of Federal Claims COFC dismissed an action alleging the government breached a contract to pay plaintiff $4 million in exchange for his assistance prosecuting several members of a...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Special topics
- Competitive Sourcing GAO says "In-House Competitors" Must Sit on the Bid Protest Sideline ... Following publication of OMB Circular A-76 Revised [Revised A-76] in May 2003, (1610) one of the many issues raised by the several procedural changes was whether federal employees and their representatives had standing to...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Presidents, profits, productivity, & poverty: a great divide between the pre- & post-Reagan U.S. economy?
- This paper examined profits, productivity, and poverty in the United States from 1961 through 2002. Results indicated that the "great divide" thesis regarding the U.S. economy before and after the Reagan administration depends on which measure of the economy is the focus of attention. In addition, on some measures where...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- Instrument gets breakthrough image of sun's magnetic halo.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-1 June 2004-NSF: Instrument gets breakthrough image of sun's magnetic haloC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05312004 Arlington, Va.-A new instrument developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research NCAR in Boulder, Colo., has captured landmark imagery of fast-evolving magnetic structures in...
- Research articles 2004-06-01
- VOLUNTARILY REPORTING PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO THE PUBLIC A TEST OF ACCOUNTING REPORTS FROM U.S. CITIES
- ABSTRACT:This study examines performance reporting in the publicly available financial reports of U.S. cities and tests various political and economic factors that are expected to be associated with the extent of this reporting. While performance reporting is required in many jurisdictions throughout the world, U.S. cities engage in this process...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- It's different enough this time. (Trading Techniques).
- Some of the more popular speculative instruments are based on the Nasdaq 100. Can the Nasdaq Composite also serve as a successful underlying, or will its derivatives be added to the long list of failed contracts? Here are some trading strategies that suggest it will succeed....
- Research articles 2003-07-01
- Effects of dimple and metal coating on interfacial adhesion in plastic packages
- This paper reports on the effects of dimple and metallic coating of the Cu-alloy lead frame on interfacial adhesion with an epoxy-molding compound. Round dimples of varying number are introduced on one side of the lead frame by chemical etching. The plating materials studied include bare-Cu alloy and microetched Cu,...
- Research articles 2003-06-01
- Computer crimes
- I. INTRODUCTION A. Defining Computer Crime B. Types of Computer-Related Offenses II. FEDERAL APPROACHES A. Federal Criminal Code 1. National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996...
- Research articles 2003-03-22
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