Why Fixed Fees Can Work for Monitor Assignments and Ethics Reviews

By Mike Eberhardt, Steve Shaw, Andy Liu When Contractor Integrity Solutions (“CIS”) was formed in 2009 to provide monitor services as well as independent ethics program reviews, it adopted a professional business model with three important objectives:  1) wherever possible provide services on a fixed fee basis determined by the scope of the assignment; [...]

By |2019-07-08T19:20:30+00:00July 8th, 2019|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Why Periodic Independent Third-Party Reviews of Ethics and Compliance Programs are Good Ideas (And Good Business)

Government contractors seeking to proactively protect themselves against civil False Claims Act (FCA) liability and suspension and debarment often seek a third-party review of their ethics and compliance programs – even where those programs have been long established.  Several recent FCA cases demonstrate that such reviews can have a meaningful effect on a court’s [...]

By |2019-03-21T07:40:55+00:00March 5th, 2019|Uncategorized|0 Comments