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1 Procurement Fraud Publications The Committee encourages its members to research and publish articles relating to procurement fraud issues. Currently, two Committee monographs, Voluntary Disclosure: 1994 Update, and Qui Tam Litigation Under the False Claims Act, are available for purchase as ABA publications. Public Contract Law Journal Public Contract Law Journal (ISSN ) is published quarterly in season by the American Bar Association Section of Public Contract Law, 750 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL Section members receive the Journal as a benefit of membership; nonlawyers may subscribe for $60/year. Periodicals' postage paid at Chicago, Illinois, and additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Member Services Department. Back issues: Back issues published before 1994 may be purchased from Fred B. R othman & Company, West Centennial Road, Littleton, CO More recent issues are available at $15/copy plus $3.95 shipping and handling from Member Services Department, ABA, 750 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL Procurement Fraud Article Index Volumes 1-25 Debarment & Suspension Ethics/Standards of Conduct False Claims Act Fraud & Criminal Conduct Penalties Qui Tam Voluntary Disclosure Work Product Doctrine

2 Debarment & Suspension Bennett, Robert S. & Alan Kriegel, Negotiating Global Settlements of Procurement Fraud Cases, 16 PUB. CONT. L.J. 30 (1986) D'Aloisio, Paul A., Accusations of Criminal Conduct by Government Contractors: The Remedies, Problems, and Solutions, 17 PUB. CONT. L.J. 265 (1987). DeVecchio, W. Jay & Devon Engel, EPA Suspension, Debarment, and Listing: What EPA Contractors Can Learn from the Defense Industry (and Vice Versa), 22 PUB. CONT. L.J. 55 (1992). Feldman, Steven W., Interim Suspension Authority of the General Services Board of Contract Appeals in Automatic Data Processing Protests: Legal and Practical Considerations, 17 PUB. CONT. L.J. 1 (1987). Gordon, Steven D., Suspension and Debarment from Federal Programs, 23 PUB. CONT. L.J. 573 (1994). Graham, James J., Suspension of Contractors and Ongoing Criminal Investigations for Contract Fraud: Looking for Fairness from a Tightrope of Competing Interests, 14 PUB. CONT. L.J. 216 (1984). Horowitz, Steven, Looking for Mr. Good Bar: In Search of Standards for Federal Debarment, 14 PUB. CONT. L.J. 58 (1983). Norton, Gerald P., The Questionable Constitutionality of the Suspension and Debarment Provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations: What Does Due Process Require?, 18 PUB. CONT. L.J. 633 (1989).

3 Shannon, Brian D., The Government-wide Debarment and Suspension Regulations After a Decade - A Constitutional Framework - Yet, Some Issues Remain in Transition, 21 PUB. CONT. L.J. 370 (1992). Tomko, Edwin J. & Kathy C. Weinberg, After the Fall: Conviction, Debarment, and Double Jeopardy, 21 PUB. CONT. L. J. 355 (1992). Ethics/Standards of Conduct Cohen, Jerry, An Introduction to the Lawyers' Code of Professional Responsibility and Some Applications in the Public Contract Law Contest, 5 PUB. CONT. L.J. 211 (1972). Darley, Roger G., Conflict of Interest Restrictions Applicable to Separating and Former Department of Defense Personnel, 17 PUB. CONT. L.J. 388 (1988). Darley, Robert G., New "Revolving Door" Issues for Federal Officials under the OFPP Policy Act Amendments of 1988: A Quick Overview, 18 PUB. CONT. L.J. 432 (1989). Greenspun, Julian S., 1988 Amendments to Federal Procurement Policy Act: Did the "Ill Wind" Bring an Impractical Overreaction that May Run Afoul of the Constitution?, 19 PUB. CONT. L.J. 393 (1990). Horowitz, Lisa B. & Vernon L. Strickland, Postemployment Restrictions on Former Military Officers, 20 PUB. CONT. L.J. 632 (1991).

4 Kenney, Robert J., Jr., & Wendy T. Kirby, A Management Approach to the Procurement Fraud Problem, 15 PUB. CONT. L.J. 345 (1985). Kohns, Captain Gerald P., Colonel William J. McGowan & Captain Sharon E. Riley, A Primer on Contractor Environmental Remediation and Compliance Costs, 22 PUB. CONT. L.J. 614 (1993). Severson, Margaret M., Defense Industry - 1 Injured Parties - 0 Rights-Limiting Ethical Problems with Boyle and the Government Contractor Defense, 21 PUB. CONT. L.J. 572 (1992). Stewart, David Overlock, Basics of Criminal Liability for Corporations and Their Officials, and Use of Compliance Programs and Internal Investigations, 22 PUB. CONT. L.J. 81 (1992). Wallick, Robert D., Peter L. Wellington & Jerald S. Howe, Jr., Procurement Integrity: Pondering Some Imponderables, 19 PUB. CONT. L.J. 349 (1990). False Claims Act Alexander, Barry D., Health Reform: False Claims Enforcement Under a New Regime, 24 PUB. CONT. L. J. 103 (1994). Barletta, Thomas P. & Barbara A. Pollack, Civil Litigation of Allegations of Fraud in Connection with Government Contract Claims, 18 PUB. CONT. L.J. 235 (1988).

5 Dees, C. Stanley & Christopher C. Bouquet, Beyond "Dinished Value": New Challenges in the Law of Civil False Claims Act Damages, 25 PUB. CONT. L. J. 597 (1996). Dever, James, Double Jeopardy, False Claims, and United States v. Halper, 20 PUB. CONT. L.J. 56 (1990). Hanifin, Patrick W., Qui Tam Suits by Federal Government Employees Based on Government Information, 20 PUB. CONT. L.J. 556 (1991). Metzger, Robert S. & Robert D. Goldbaum, Retroactivity of the 1986 Amendments to the False Claims Act, 22 PUB. CONT. L.J. 684 (1993). Ryland, Robert S., The Government Contractor's Dilemma: Voluntary Disclosures as the Source of Qui Tam Litigation, 22 PUB. CONT. L.J. 764 (1993). Salcido, Robert, Screening Out Unworthy Whistleblower Action: A Historical Analysis of the Jurisdictional Bar to Qui Tam Actions, 24 PUB. CONT. L.J. 237 (1995). Stewart, David Overlock, Recent Developments in the False Claims Act, 20 PUB. CONT. L.J. 386 (1991). Taylor, James W. & Brian Taugher, The California False Claims Act, 25 PUB. CONT. L.J. 315 (1996). Vogel, Robert L., Eligibility Requirements for Relators Under Qui Tam Provisions

6 of the False Claims Act, 21 PUB. CONT. L.J. 593 (1992). Vogel, Robert L., The Public Disclosure Bar Against Qui Tam Suits, 24 PUB. CONT. L.J. 477 (1995). Waldman, Michael, "Damage Control": A Defendant's Approach to the Damage and Penalty Provisions of the Civil False Claims Act, 21 PUB. CONT. L.J. 131 (1992) Waldman, Michael L., The 1986 Amendments to the False Claims Act: Retroactive or Prospective?, 18 PUB. CONT. L.J. 469 (1989). Wilson, Neal J., The Government Knowledge "Defense" to Civil False Claims Actions, 24 PUB. CONT. L.J. 43 (1994). Fraud & Criminal Conduct Barletta, Thomas P. & Barbara A. Pollack, Civil Litigation of Allegations of Fraud in Connection with Government Contract Claims, 18 PUB. CONT. L. J. 235 (1988). Bennett, Robert S. & Alan Kriegel, Negotiating Global Settlements of Procurement Fraud Cases, 16 PUB. CONT. L.J. 30 (1986). Berry, Janis M., Defense of Businesses, Individual Officers and Employees in Corporate Criminal Investigations, 19 PUB. CONT. L.J. 648 (1990) Connelly, Kevin & Steven L. Schooner, Recovery of Costs for Defense Against the Government's Charge of Illegality, 16 PUB. CONT. L.J. 94 (1986).

7 Cox, Howard W., FASA and False Certifications: Procurement Fraud on the Information Superhighway, 25 PUB. CONT. L.J. 1 (1995). D'Aloisio, Paul A., Accusations of Criminal Conduct by Government Contractors: The Remedies, Problems, and Solutions, 17 PUB. CONT. L.J. 265 (1987) Dever, James, Double Jeopardy, False Claims, and United States v. Halper, 20 PUB. CONT. L.J. 56 (1990). England, William L., Jr., The Fifth Amendment: A Double Edge Sword for Government Contractors, 18 PUB. CONT. L.J. 601 (1989). Fenster, Herbert L. & Darryl J. Lee, The Expanding Audit and Investigative Powers of the Federal Government, 12 PUB. CONT. L.J. 193 (1982). Graham, James J., Mischarging: A Contract Cost Dispute or a Criminal Fraud?, 15 PUB. CONT. L.J. 208 (1985). Graham, James J., Suspension of Contractors and Ongoing Criminal Investigations for Contract Fraud: Looking for Fairness from a Tightrope of Competing Interests, 14 PUB. CONT. L.J. 216 (1984). Greenberg, Max E. Tricks, Devices and Restrictive Requirements Resulting in Illegal Contracts, 7 PUB. CONT. L.J. 245 (1975). Greenspun, Julian S Amendments to Federal Procurement Policy Act: Did the "Ill Wind" Bring an Impractical Overreaction

8 that May Run Afoul of the Constitution?, 19 PUB. CONT. L.J. 393 (1990). Kenney, Robert J., Jr., & Wendy T. Kirby, A Management Approach to the Procurement Fraud Problem, 15 PUB. CONT. L.J. 345 (1985). Klubes, Benjamin B., The Department of Defense Voluntary Disclosure Program, 19 PUB. CONT. L.J. 504 (1990). McCann, Raymond C., Procurement Fraud Investigative Techniques: The Need for Congressional Expansion of the Inspector General Subpoena Power to Include the Power to Compel Testimony, 16 PUB. CONT. L.J. 470 (1987). McCastlain, J. Cal & Steven L. Schooner, To Stay or Not to Stay: Difficult Decisions for Boards of Contract Appeals Confronted with Parallel Proceedings, 16 PUB. CONT. L.J. 418 (1987). Speck, William H., Government Claims Against Contractors, 13 PUB. CONT. L.J. 137 (1982). Stewart, David Overlock, Basics of Criminal Liability for Corporations and Their Officials, and Use of Compliance Programs and Internal Investigations, 22 PUB. CONT. L.J. 81 (1992). Woehr, Scott W., Agency Cancellation of Federal Contracts for Fraud and Conflicts of Interest, 16 PUB. CONT. L.J. 386 (1987). Penalties

9 Simmons, William M., Recovering Look-Back Interest Penalties Under Construction Contracts After Illinois Constructors, 23, PUB. CONT. L.J. 305 (1994). Qui Tam Ryland, Robert S., The Government Contractor's Dilemma: Voluntary Disclosures as the Source of Qui Tam Litigation, 22 PUB. CONT. L. J. 764 (1993). Vogel, Robert L., Eligibility Requirements for Relators Under Qui Tam Provisions of the False Claims Act, 21 PUB. CONT. L. J. 593 (1992). Vogel, Robert L., The Public Disclosure Bar Against Qui Tam Suits, 24 PUB. CONT. L.J. 477 (1995). Voluntary Disclosure Barletta, Thomas P. & Barbara A. Pollack, Civil Litigation of Allegations of Fraud in Connection with Government Contract Claims, 18 PUB. CONT. L.J. 235 (1988). Berry, Janis M., Defense of Businesses, Individual Officers and Employees in Corporate Criminal Investigations, 19 PUB. CONT. L.J. 648 (1990) Coburn, George M., How Contractors Can Minimize the Risk of Becoming "Federal Actors", 17 PUB. CONT. L.J. 361 (1988). Klubes, Benjamin B., The Department of Defense Voluntary Disclosure Program, 19 PUB. CONT. L.J. 504 (1990).

10 Pendegrast, William F. & Marc S. Gold, Surviving Self-Governance: Common Interests Approach to Protecting Privileges under the DoD Voluntary Disclosure Program, 22 PUB. CONT. L.J. 195 (1993). Ryland, Robert S., The Government Contractor's Dilemma: Voluntary Disclosures as the Source of Qui Tam Litigation, 22 PUB. CONT. L.J. 764 (1993). Work Product Doctrine Gourlay, Thomas H., Jr., Work Product in the Federal Courts, 13 PUB. CONT. L.J. 241 (1983).

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