Originally enacted during the American Civil War, the False Claims Act (FCA) is one of the most venerable statutes in the U.S. federal code. A century and a half later, after a series of amendments in the last 30 years, it has become a very important tool for rederessing fraud in U.S. federal contracting (and other dealings with the U.S. federal government) and a vehicle for significant recoveries of funds to the U.S. Tresury.
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Originally published in the May 2014 edition of Contract Management, pp. 28-37.
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