Fausti & Associates, founded in 1992, is a Washington, DC law firm that specializes in Government contracts, the export of military products and technology, the licensing of the products for export and aviation regulatory issues.

The legal requirements of doing business with the Federal Government can be extremely complex and intimidating. With more than 65 years of combined experience, the attorneys of Fausti & Associates represent small and large businesses throughout the United States who contract for products and services with both civilian and military agencies. We counsel our clients on every aspect of government contract issues ranging from contract formation to performance dispute matters. Additionally, our attorneys frequently appear on behalf of our clients before the Government Accountability Office (GAO), boards of contract appeals, and federal courts in pursuit of various contract dispute matters involving alleged Government improprieties.

Fausti & Associates also counsels clients on matters involving the legal export controls administered by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) and the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) relating to the transfer of defense articles and services, and dual use items. By advising our clients of the applicable level of government controls involving particular transfers of items to foreign parties, we are able to help our clients reach their business objectives in the most efficient and cost-effective manner. We also assist businesses in developing compliance programs to identify laws which are applicable to each company’s unique business activities and create corporate operations guidelines which meet these applicable legal requirements.

The firm lobbies (registered with Congress) on behalf of its clients at Federal agencies and with Congressional representatives on proposed legislation and regulatory changes that impact on a client’s business.

The firm represents the National Association of Aircraft & Communication Suppliers (NAACS), a trade association of approximately 120 small businesses, that buy and sell military surplus aircraft and related parts to the public and private sectors.

Attached is Fausti & Associates' article entitled Understanding the Bid Protest Process, which we wrote and which was one of the "cover stories" in the National Contract Management Association's (NCMA's) September 2007 Contract Management magazine that was distributed nationally to over 25,000 members to update a series of new protest rules. We wrote the same type article for the NCMA in January 1997 and we felt the need to update it. LINK>>>>>