Compliance with the False Claims Act, always a headache for government contractors, could swell into a permanent migraine in 2009.
Legislation is winding through Congress to amend the FCA, which is the government’s primary tool to combat fraud in procurement. Observers say the changes would drastically expand the statute, sweep many more companies under its purview, and give whistleblowers an easier process to file lawsuits on the government’s behalf.
