The nation’s federal contractors—those companies that provide goods and services across the government are held to a higher standard for attaining employment diversity. That means they’re supposed to ...

A watchdog group says plans to create a database of contractors’ past performance and alleged misconduct are not transparent enough, but a group representing contractors says the database may not be ...

The top 100 federal contractors have accumulated 673 cases of admitted or alleged misconduct and paid $26 billion in penalties related to those cases since 1995, according to a government watchdog ...

Contractors already are required to certify a host of information to the government such as recent felony convictions or past debarments or suspensions, Drabkin said. "We don't find that … we have ...

A bill mandating the creation of a federal contractor misconduct database is one step closer to becoming law, but a lack of support in the Senate has forced Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., its primary ...

The database that holds details about federal contractors and their performance records will likely open to the public by the end of the year, a General Services Administration official said this week ...

Increasing government transparency was a big part of President Obama's platform on the campaign trail. He pledged to allow five days of public comment before signing bills, make White House ...

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del. heads to the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., February 2014, during consideration of the veterans benefits bill. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) The U.S.

A new law will make public a database on contractors' past behavior that is now available only to the government, and some contracting groups worry the information could be misinterpreted. The Federal ...

Contracting officials would be required to check the new Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System before signing high-value deals. The government is developing a comprehensive ...