Jessica Tillipman | Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman is a senior editor of the FCPA Blog.
She’s the Assistant Dean for Government Procurement Law Studies and Government Contracts Advisory Council Professorial Lecturer in Government Contracts Law, Practice & Policy. She also teaches Anti-Corruption & Compliance, a course that focuses on anti-corruption, ethics, and compliance issues in government procurement, and regularly advises foreign governments and companies on anti-corruption and compliance issues.
Prior to joining GW Law, Dean Tillipman served as a law clerk to the Honorable Lawrence S. Margolis of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and was an associate at Jenner & Block, where she specialized in Government Contracts and White Collar Criminal Defense.
Dean Tillipman is also a co-chair of the American Bar Association, International Anti-Corruption Committee. She frequently organizes and presents at domestic and international government procurement and anti-corruption conferences and colloquia, and her legal commentary has been featured in numerous domestic and international media outlets. She has also published numerous articles that address legal and policy issues involving anti-corruption, government procurement, white-collar crime, and government ethics law.
Dean Tillipman is a member of the bars of the United States Court of Federal Claims, the state of Virginia, and the District of Columbia. She graduated cum laude from Miami University (Oxford, OH) in 2000 and obtained her JD, with honors, from the George Washington University Law School in 2003.
Recent Posts
An integrative approach to suspension and debarment? No, not yet
Last Tuesday, October 9th, the World Bank hosted a colloquium on “Suspension and Debarment,” featuring four panels of experts from around the world.
Colloquium on suspension and debarment: towards an integrative approach?
On Tuesday, October 9th, the World Bank will host a Colloquium on Suspension and Debarment, a tool used to “blacklist” non-responsible, corrupt or otherwise unqualified contractors.
Interview with Vincente Martinez of the CFTC Whistleblower Program: Part IV
Do whistleblowers have any protection against retaliation under your whistleblowing program?
Interview with Vincente Martinez of the CFTC Whistleblower Program: Part III
As companies adjust to the new whistleblowing regimes under the Dodd-Frank Act, what changes do you recommend that they make to their existing compliance programs to ensure they are adequately prepared to manage whistleblowers and/or CFTC inquiries in response to whistleblower complaints?
Interview with Vincente Martinez of the CFTC Whistleblower Program: Part II
Question: As you are aware, many companies have expressed concerns about the lack of an internal reporting requirement for whistleblowers. What, if anything, do you have to say in response to critics who argue that this undermines their compliance programs?
Interview with Vincente Martinez of the CFTC Whistleblower Program: Part I
I recently sat down with Vincente Martinez, Director of the CFTC Whistleblower Office (WBO), who graciously agreed to answer some of my questions about the WBO.
Dean Tillipman’s Resource List
[Editor’s note: Jessica Tillipman of the George Washington University Law School asked her fellow FCPA Blog editors for recommendations of anti-corruption, compliance, and enforcement sites. The responses became yesterday’s post. She also sent around her own list, and graciously permitted the FCPA Blog to publish it. It appears below. — rlc]
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Critics said offering a whistleblower reward without requiring employees to report internally would undermine company compliance programs. New surveys demonstrate that these concerns may be overblown.
Suspension & Debarment Part IV: Discretion
As noted in FAR 9.406-1(a), “It is the debarring official’s responsibility to determine whether debarment is in the Government’s interest . . . [t]he existence of a cause for debarment, however, does not necessarily require that the contractor be debarred.”
Suspension & Debarment Part III: Mechanics and Mitigating Factors
Now that we have firmly established that neither suspension nor debarment may be used to “punish” contractors, let’s go over the mechanics of FAR 9.4.