[2] The company is designated as a Certified Business Enterprise (CBE), allowing it to receive preference in procurement opportunities offered by the District of Columbia.

Court filings contested the need for the benefit when Fort Myer Construction demonstrated an ability to freely compete for local contracts on the open market as part of a lawsuit that the program unfairly excluded white-owned businesses.

[3] Concerned that media coverage might negatively affect its business, Fort Myer Construction hired DP Strategies to help "tell its story" through a video .

Anita Bonds was a top Fort Myer Construction official while serving as chair of the DC Democratic State Committee and before her election to the Council of the District of Columbia.

[11] Fort Myer Construction was one of the largest donors to Fresh PAC, a short-lived initiative by Mayor Muriel Bowser to circumvent campaign finance regulations.

Through its lobbying efforts, the company changed DC's debarment process, lifting the restrictions and making it more difficult for the District to sanction contractors.

[2] In 2014, DC's Office of the Inspector General found that Fort Myer Construction received below market rates for leasing the D.C. government's equipment.

In 2017, Cheh's report found that in addition to the questionable firings, a city employee had illegally shared confidential information with Fort Myer Construction about a competitor's bid on a separate project.

[16] The report found that the D.C. City Administrator had urged quick settlement of unresolved contract disputes with Fort Myer Construction in an attempt to appease it.