CIS believes that clients should expect three attributes from monitors: seasoned perspectives, industry best practices, and cost efficiency. CIS provides all three.
Experienced Perspectives
Founded in 2009 by Army Brigadier General Richard Bednar (Ret.) and Mike Eberhardt, CIS performs ethics and compliance monitoring and risk assessments for government contractors. The team has an unparalleled understanding from decades spent inside government agencies, at top law firms, and supporting major contractors.
General Counsel, Fortune 500 Defense contractor
General Counsel, Social Security Administration
Deputy General Counsel (Contractor Responsibility), Air Force
Assistant Inspector General, DoD
Deputy Inspector General, GSA
Air Force Debarring Official
Chief of the Criminal Division, US. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas
- Law Firm Experience: Covington & Burling, Crowell & Moring, Nichols Liu, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Howrey & Simon
Chief of the Enforcement Division, FERC
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York
Trial Attorney, DOJ Public Integrity Section
Trial Attorney, DOJ Civil Rights Division
Member, President’s Committee on Integrity and Efficiency
Industry Best Practices
CIS founder Mike Eberhardt served on the ABA Committee that developed best practices for “Contractor Business Ethics Compliance Programs and Disclosure Programs.” CIS follows the industry-leading standards developed by the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics as well as the American Bar Association’s Monitor Standards.
CIS founder Mike Eberhardt served on the ABA Committee that developed best practices for “Contractor Business Ethics Compliance Programs and Disclosure Programs.”
As the Air Force’s Suspension and Debarment official, Steve Shaw developed what Senator McCaskill called the “gold standard” for contractor present responsibility.
CIS follows the industry-leading standards developed by the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics as well as the American Bar Association’s Monitor Standards.
Cost Efficiency
CIS understands the demands of a contractor seeking to improve its integrity, ethics and compliance systems – especially when doing so under a microscope.
Through their decades of experience, the team at CIS knows the tasks involved in conducting an effective monitorship or risk assessment – and can do so for maximum effectiveness at a reasonable cost.
As a result, CIS is able to provide fixed fee approaches at reasonable rates, allowing the contractor to focus most of its resources on internal improvements.