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03 Jul 2015

Independence Day News From LMP

First and foremost, happy Independence Day from Legal Meets Practical, LLC! I hope everyone has wonderful plans for the long weekend.

For those of you who follow my blog, you also likely know that I distribute a quarterly newsletter capturing major news items of interest to veterans. We’re now due for the summer edition, which you can access HERE.

There’s been a lot of juicy stories involving the VA lately – some of them scandalous, and some of them directly affecting those competing for federal government contracts. Below are just a few topics covered in this quarter’s edition:

  • The Supreme Court’s grant of cert to Kingdomware, a case the veteran business community has followed closely because it involves the VA’s position that it need not set aside opportunities on the Federal Supply Schedule to veteran-owned businesses.
  • A Norfolk pastor’s fraudulent submission of over 90 VA claims forms, and why his plan was doomed from the beginning.
  • The Jan Frye memorandum leaked to the press, which details how the VA awards billions of contract dollars each year in violation of federal procurement practices.
  • Impressions from the National Veteran Small Business Coalition’s annual conference.
  • The resignation of Jeffrey Gault from the VA’s Center for Verification and Evaluation and the substantive changes he’s made to the VetBiz program.
  • The VA’s $100 million bailout related to a project dubbed the “biggest construction failure” in the history of the VA (and where the VA plans on getting the money to finish it).

Hope you enjoy it. And thank you to all of those who have served our country to keep us free on this important holiday!

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Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “Independence Day News From LMP”

  1. Vet
    1:59 pm on July 4th, 2015

    Why are the VA folks NOT being tried for Treason?

  2. SGT MIKE
    10:13 pm on July 15th, 2015

    Tried for treason? I’d settle for seeing a few more pink slips handed out!

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