Daniel I. Gordon
George Washington University Law School

Daniel I. Gordon is the Associate Dean for Government Procurement Law Studies at The George Washington University Law School. Before joining GW Law School in January 2012, Dean Gordon was the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, a position to which he was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate. Before that, he worked for 17 years in the Office of General Counsel of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), where he began as a line attorney, rising through the ranks and ultimately holding the positions of Deputy General Counsel and then Acting General Counsel. Among his other work at GAO, he headed the bid protest unit for a number of years, and served as counsel to the congressionally-chartered Commercial Activities Panel, which looked into questions regarding the use of contractors and federal employees to provide commercial-type services. Before joining GAO, he served as a court law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then practiced for a number of years with a private law firm in Washington, DC. Dean Gordon has frequently testified on acquisition issues before Congress, and he has published law review articles and book chapters on various aspects of procurement law and policy.