Judge R. Stan Baker of the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued an order (Order) on December 7, 2021, enjoining the federal government “from enforcing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and...more
The Government’s enforcement of contract provisions implementing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate with regard to federal contractors and subcontractors required by President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 (the EO) was...more
UPDATE: The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued updated Guidance on November 10 confirming that the date a covered employee must be fully vaccinated is January 18, 2022.
With the addition of new answers to...more
11/15/2021
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Employees ,
Guidance Update ,
OSHA ,
Religious Exemption ,
Time Extensions ,
Vaccinations
The Government Contracts and Global Trade Group is pleased to provide a summary of some of the key class deviations and other memoranda published by U.S. Government agencies implementing the federal contractor COVID-19...more
11/10/2021
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Department of Agriculture ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of the Interior ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
DFARS ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Employees ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
NASA ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Social Security Administration (SSA) ,
Subcontractors ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
US Department of State ,
Vaccinations
With the addition of new answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) on November 1, and the November 4 “Fact Sheet” issued by the White House accompanying the rollout of the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and...more
11/9/2021
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Employees ,
Masks ,
OSHA ,
Religious Exemption ,
Subcontractors ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing
A day following his national address on September 8, 2021, President Biden issued two Executive Orders directed respectively to federal employees and federal contractors with the stated purpose of decreasing or halting the...more