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False Claims Act and Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative: What Contractors Need to Know

In October 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) took a monumental step toward curbing cybersecurity fraud among government contractors and grant recipients: The Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative.   By leveraging the False Claims Act (FCA), the Initiative prosecutes government contractors, subcontractors, and grant recipients who knowingly fail to comply with federal cybersecurity mandates such as DFARS […]