Ryan Burnette is an associate in the firm’s Government Contracts practice. He advises companies in all industries on a range of contracting issues, including compliance with complex regulations, assistance with potential corporate transactions, bid protest litigation before the Government Accountability Office, and public policy matters.
Prior to joining Covington, Mr. Burnette served in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy in the Executive Office of the President, where he helped to manage government-wide contracting regulations and policies affecting more than $400 billion dollars worth of goods and services each year. While in government, he was responsible for the development and implementation of several contracting-related Executive Orders, and he worked with White House and agency officials on matters affecting contractor disclosure and agency responsibility determinations, labor and employment issues, IT contracting, commercial item acquisitions, performance contracting, GSA Schedules and interagency acquisitions, competition requirements, and suspension and debarment, among others. Additionally, in the wake of significant incidents affecting the program, Mr. Burnette was selected to serve on a core four person team that lead reform of processes affecting virtually all Federal background investigations, directly resulting in the creation of the new National Background Investigations Bureau.
