I’m back in the office after a week-long family beach vacation around the 4th of July.  Kudos to my colleagues here at Koprince Law for putting out last week’s SmallGovCon Week In Review while I was out having some fun in the sun.

This week’s edition of our weekly government contracts news roundup includes a prison term for an 8(a) fraudster, a Congressional focus on full implementation of the Supreme Court’s Kingdomware decision, the release of an important new FAR provision regarding small business subcontracting, and more.

• A businessman from Fairfax, Virginia has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining contracts worth $6 million from a federal program created to help minority-owned small businesses. [IndiaWest]
• A top Congressional Republican wants to make sure the Department of Veterans Affairs is fully implementing the Supreme Court’s unanimous Kingdomware decision. [The Hill]
• A look ahead to next spring brings hope of contracting reform and a focus on having an effective cost-comparison system and effective contract management in place. [Federal News Radio]
• Two former New Jersey construction executives have been sentenced for their roles in a scheme to secure government contracts by bribing foreign officials. [Reuters]
• The FAR Council has issued a final rule amending the FAR to implement regulatory changes made by the SBA, which provide for a Governmentwide policy on small business subcontracting. [Federal Register]
• Congress wants the DoD to shed more light on how it is using lowest-price, technically-acceptable contracts–and report back to Congress in the spring. [GovTech Works]