Acquisition and Appropriations Law – Making the Connections
There are many intersections between the two disciplines of Acquisition and Appropriations Law. Federal Acquisition managers more and more must have a fundamental…
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The “ABC’s” of Economy Act Intergovernmental Transactions
Intragovernmental Transactions (reimbursable transactions) abound in the Federal government today. But what is the primary law that allows one agency to do work…
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FY End Spending – a Webinar Recap
On August 19 Management Concepts conducted a one-hour webinar entitled It’s About Time: Appropriations Law and Year-End Spending Webinar. More than 300 attendees…
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GAO Appropriations Law Forum 2015 Recap
GAO held its Annual Appropriations Law Forum on March 12, 2015 to coincide with the publication of the annual update of the third edition of Principles of Federal Appropriations Law (Red Book). The session for invited agency fiscal lawyers only included an overview of what it considered significant decisions issued in 2014, with panel discussions […]
Read MoreAre Executive Agencies Always Bound by Comptroller General (GAO) Appropriation Law Decisions?
Well that may just depend on who you ask! GAO certainly thinks they are. The Management Concepts Press Appropriations Law Answer Book addresses this conflict beginning with a quote from the GAO Red Book (Principles of Federal Appropriations Law): “A decision regarding an account of the government is binding on the executive branch and the […]
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