by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 28, 2018 | Digital Forensics
The Waymo v. Uber trial ended in a $245 million settlement earlier this month, closing out days of courtroom proceedings in which a digital forensics consulting firm emerged as a key entity. Waymo (owned by Google) accused rideshare company Uber of using trade secrets...
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 26, 2018 | Procurement
At first glance, the 2018 budget deal passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump this month seems to herald boom times for contractors. The new two-year bipartisan deal boosts defense and civilian spending by $300 billion over the next two years, much...
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 26, 2018 | Procurement
What if a client demands your source code? Is it better to just walk away rather than hand your source code, a most precious commodity, over? For software developers who seek government contracts, this isn’t a simple situation. The right answer differs under...
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 26, 2018 | Procurement
Inefficiencies in contract management can cause substantial losses. The greater the volume of contracts processed, the greater the possibility of even bigger deficits—up to 40% in one study by accounting giant KPMG. There are also countless opportunities lost as...
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 26, 2018 | Procurement
Let’s say you have a problem of how to get to work from your house in the suburbs to your office in the city. You look at your situation and you buy a car. The car provides the desired outcome of transportation to the office and back. You do not have to specify the...
