LEG 505 Discussion Questions Week 1-11
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LEG 505 Week 1
Discussion 1
"Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)" Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activity, explain how each of the following
legislative enactments is a foundation for government contract law and the
federal acquisition process. Then discuss how knowledge of one of the Acts can
help a manager make better decisions.
Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947 (ASPA), codified at
10 U.S.C. §§ 2301-2314
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
(FPASA), codified in U.S.C. §§ 251-260
Competition in Contracting Act (CICA), codified in 41 U.S.C.
253
Discuss the key factors in each Act that demonstrates that
the Acts are foundational components of government contract law and the federal
acquisition process. Provide an example or scenario of each to support your
response.
LEG 505 Week 1
Discussion 2
"The Role of the Contracting Officer" Please respond to the following:
Take a position as to whether or not the role of a
contracting officer, with the federal government, can be compared to a
principal-agent relationship. Support your position.
Argue whether or not a government contracting officer should
be held to the standards articulated by the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 (Pub.L.
107-204, 116 Stat. 745, enacted July 30, 2002). Support your position. As a
manager, determine the best way to communicate the SOX Act adherence to a
government contractor you would work with.
LEG 505 Week 2
Discussion 1
"Eliminating Wasteful Spending" Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activity, assess the importance of each of the following
factors in the effort to minimize wasteful spending in government contracting.
Then select one and determine what managerial and / or organizational factor(s)
would impede successful adoption of the change in operation and how you would
mitigate it.
Organizational leadership
Policies and processes
Human capital
Information management
From Part 1 of this discussion, select which of these
factors is the most important, and which is the least important. Provide a
rationale for your selection. Compare and contrast the two factors you selected
with regard to the effort to minimize wasteful spending in government
contracting.
LEG 505 Week 2
Discussion 2
"The Discretionary Function" Please respond to the following:
Explain the discretionary function of a contracting officer
and justify the associated immunity. Take a position on whether this concept
should still be valued given the current government spending that has occurred
in recent years. Support your position.
Analyze how government spending practices directly or
indirectly affect the concept of discretionary function. Support your analysis.
.
LEG 505 Week 3
Discussion 1
"Electronic Commerce" Please respond to the following:
As electronic commerce has grown, the inevitable fallout
from failed transactions and business relationships has resulted in a
developing body of case law. Assess the practicality of using electronic
commerce by federal agencies. Then identify a barrier that exists at within
federal agencies that is not presented in free enterprise and discuss how this
difference affects management. Support your answer.
Speculate on whether the government should be wary in
relying on electronic commerce. Explain why or why not. Then present an
argument that address how the concerns of e-commerce are paired against those
of a corporation.
LEG 505 Week 3
Discussion 2
"Whistleblower Protections" Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activity, analyze the degree and form of
protection a “whistleblower” can expect to receive after disclosing information
to a member of Congress or an authorized official of an agency. Note: This
refers to a situation where a substantial violation of law relating to
contracts (including competition for negotiation of a contract) is suspected.
Consider yourself to be the whistleblower and explain the factors you would
weigh in your decision to take action.
Take a position on whether the concerns about whistleblower
protections is a factor that inhibits one’s decision to come forward about a
substantial violation of law relating to contracts (including competition for
negotiation of a contract). Suggest at least one alternative that could
alleviate such concerns.
LEG 505 Week 4
Discussion 1
"Competitive Bidding and Long-Term Cost
Savings" Please respond to the
following:
From the e-Activity, take a position on whether competitive
bidding provides long-term cost savings when Medicare patients are being
limited to the use of the lowest bidders for durable medical equipment. Support
your position.
Elaborate on whether or not competitive bidding will remain
a viable alternative when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is
fully implemented in 2014. Support your position. Discuss defining factors
regarding the competitive bidding process and its survival or failure in the
healthcare arena if Universal Health Care is implemented in 2014.
LEG 505 Week 4
Discussion 2
"The Two-Step Process for Contract
Interpretation" Please respond to the
following:
Analyze the benefit and the effectiveness of the two-step
process for contract interpretation.
Provide an example to support your analysis. Then, recommend another
step to the process and discuss how this additional process improves the interpretation
process.
Analyze how the two-step process for contract interpretation
enhances the government contracting process. Provide an example to support your
analysis. Then, recommend another step to the process and discuss how this
additional process improves the government contracting process.
LEG 505 Week 5
Discussion 1
"Outsourcing and In-House Operations" Please respond to the following:
Discuss what you would consider to be an inherently
governmental function in the context of government contracting. Explain why
there would be a preference as to outsourcing and in-house operations in the
areas of materials acquisition planning, resource allocation planning, and
materials flow control.
Outsourcing and in-house operations are interactive elements
of materials acquisition planning, resource allocation planning, and materials
flow control. Argue whether or not inherently government functions should be
outsourced. Support your argument with example(s). Then, offer an alternative
based on your position.
LEG 505 Week 5
Discussion 2
"Market Research"
Please respond to the following:
Take a position on whether a government agency should be
allowed extensive leeway in determining the methodology used to develop a
market research plan in the acquisition and distribution of supplies and
services. Provide a specific example of government spending that would support
your position.
Analyze the importance and explain the value of a market
research plan in the acquisition and distribution of supplies and services.
Support your position with examples. Explain which aspect of the market
research plan is likely to be the most valuable for those seeking to acquire a
company.
LEG 505 Week 6
Discussion 1
"Cost-Reimbursement Contracts" Please respond to the following:
Under FAR Subpart 16.3, Cost Reimbursement Contracts are
defined as a type of contract that permits payment of allowable incurred costs,
to the extent prescribed in the contract. From the e-Activity, defend or refute
the reasonableness in the use of this type of contract by government agencies.
Based on your position, recommend a revision that would make use of the
contract more reasonable.
Take a position on whether cost reimbursement contracts are
necessary in government contracting to the extent they provide a means not
available in other contract forms. Discuss under what circumstances you would
consider the use of cost reimbursement contracts. Include an example to support
your position.
LEG 505 Week 6
Discussion 2
"Letter Contracts"
Please respond to the following:
Give your opinion on whether or not letter contracts should
be considered valid in government contracting. Support your position.
Assess what types of contracts are acceptable in government
contracting. Compare and contrast the various types and provide three examples
that demonstrate their necessity and use.
LEG 505 Week 7
Discussion 1
"Price Analysis versus Cost Analysis" Please respond to the following:
Compare and contrast price analysis versus cost analysis,
explain how they differ, and describe when it is appropriate to use price
analysis versus cost analysis. Select one of the two methods and determine under
what condition(s) it would not be appropriate for use. If you believe that the
methods apply to any circumstance, justify your response.
Explain the importance of these two types of analysis in the
context of government contracts. Provide an example of how each is clearly
used.
LEG 505 Week 7
Discussion 2
"Award Fee Contracts" Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activity, discuss whether or not the agencies
mentioned took any actions that reflected the suggestions provided by the
Office of Management and Budget. If you think actions were taken, state what
actions were taken and explain why those actions were taken. If you think no
actions were taken, analyze why no action was taken and whether action should
have been taken under the circumstances. Justify your response.
Discuss whether contractors provide better work with an
award fee. Include in your discussion on whether or not they are incentivized
by the better profit potential of an award-fee contract. Support your position
with an example.
LEG 505 Week 8
Discussion 1
"Excusable Delays"
Please respond to the following:
From the first e-Activity, identify the remedies of
excusable delay. Analyze which remedies are appropriate and effective and which
remedies are not. Justify your analysis. Then, select an ineffective remedy and
make a recommendation to mitigate the associated issue(s).
From the first e-Activity, give your opinion as to whether
any of the four transportation construction projects in the table would be able
to legitimately rely on “excusable delay.” Explain the key reason why reliance
on excusable delay in these cases would or should be considered legitimate.
LEG 505 Week 8
Discussion 2
"Deepwater Program" Please respond to the following:
From the second and third e-Activities, analyze whether the
Coast Guard’s management and execution of the program was a cause or a symptom
of the cost overruns and resulting delays of the Deepwater program. Support
your position.
Identify and discuss the key factors that contributed to the
cost overruns in the situation in Part 1 of this discussion. Suggest the
strategies you would employ to avoid such cost overruns. Support your
suggestion.
LEG 505 Week 9
Discussion 1
"Contract Modifications" Please respond to the following:
Give your opinion as to whether the procedures in government
contracting provide a foolproof method of ensuring that all parties receive
adequate notice of changes to a contract. Explain whether the contract
modification methods available are effective in providing notice to all parties
of a contract change.
Suggest alternative procedures that would be necessary and
effective in providing notice of a contract change to all parties. Provide a
rationale to support your suggestion.
LEG 505 Week 9
Discussion 2
"Bilateral versus Unilateral Changes" Please respond to the following:
Imagine you are administering a construction contract. The
contracting officer informs you that there is a conflict over the
interpretation of one of the architectural drawings / elements as displayed in
the contract drawings. The contracting officer relates that no further work can
be performed on the contract until the dispute is resolved. As the contract
administrator, determine which modification type (bilateral or unilateral) should
be used to suspend work until the dispute is resolved and explain why.
Compare and contrast bilateral modification and unilateral
modification. Provide an example or scenario of each that clearly demonstrates
how each modification type is used.
LEG 505 Week 10
Discussion 1
"Protests, Disputes, and Appeals" Please respond to the following:
From the first e-Activity, outline the requirements for the
Court of Federal Claims to hear a complaint. Analyze why each element of the
requirements is an independently critical component of a successful claim.
Evaluate the requirements for the Court of Federal Claims to
hear a complaint and give your opinion on which requirements are justified,
which are not, and which additional requirements would be advisable. Explain
what, in your opinion, makes these requirements justifiable or not justifiable.
LEG 505 Week 10
Discussion 2
"Contract Termination Liability Risk" Please respond to the following:
From the second e-Activity, evaluate the recommendations the
GAO makes to reinforce consistency in contract termination practices in terms
of the recommendations’ effectiveness. Determine which recommendations will
work best if properly implemented. Support your response.
Propose at least one alternative recommendation to reinforce
consistency in contract termination practices. Provide a rationale for your
recommendation.
LEG 505 Week 11
Discussion 1
"Looking Back"
Please respond to the following:
Considering everything you have learned in this course,
discuss the single most surprising or interesting lesson learned. Explain what
made it so.
Summarize everything you have learned in this course in 140
characters or less (something you could post on Twitter).
LEG 505 Week 11
Discussion 2
"Looking Ahead"
Please respond to the following:
Identify the most important lesson learned and discuss how
you will apply that lesson to your current (or future) legal career. Provide
specific examples to support your response.
Reflect on what you have learned in this class and discuss
how someone not involved in contract law could leverage the lessons learned in
this class. Provide specific examples to support your response.
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