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 ...

As legislators push for a governmentwide database on contractor performance, a private watchdog group has beefed up its own trove of information on vendor misconduct. The Project on Government ...

Professional Services Council argues opening FAPIIS could improperly influence the bidding process and lead to disclosure of proprietary information. Industry officials are concerned that a new law ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Action News Troubleshooters tested a state system designed to protect consumers from hiring a contractor with a history of complaints. The Troubleshooters found major deficiencies with the system ...