A dispute involving the National Academies continues to test the suspension and debarment system

A recent presidential directive involving a possible debarment review drew attention to how the federal suspension and debarment system works. The National Academies removed the climate-science chapter at the center of a summer controversy and launched a review of how it was developed. But the dispute continues to highlight an unusual procurement question: what happens when calls for suspension or debarment originate outside the normal agency process? Here to walk us through it is David Robbins, partner at Jenner & Block.

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