On Monday, May 22, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) issued its decision in M.R. Pittman Group, LLC v. United States, Case No. 21-2325, in which it overturned years of precedent...more
As part of the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed in December 2022, Congress granted the Department of Defense (DoD) new authority to modify existing fixed-price contracts to compensate defense contractors...more
Traditionally, many federal contracts contain tax exemption provisions relating to state sales and use taxes being charged against the purchase and inclusion of materials and equipment to be incorporated into federal...more
On January 1, 2023, “pay-if-paid” clauses in new contracts became void as against public policy and unenforceable as a result of Virginia Senate Bill 550 (SB 550) going into effect. See Va. Code §§ 2.2-4354 and 11-4.6....more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a notice on August 19 in the Federal Register informing all federal contractors that it had received a Freedom of Information Act...more
On April 27, 2022, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed Senate Bill 550 into law, amending a portion of the Virginia Prompt Payment Act and a component of the Virginia wage theft statute. Va. Code § 2.2-4354 and VA. Code §...more
As most of the population is aware, to try and preserve the economy and businesses viable during the COVID-19 pandemic, congress passed the CARES Act. That bill included the Payroll Protection Program (PPP), in which small...more
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The past few years in the government contracting space has seen significant changes: from the recently passed infrastructure bill and its $1.2 trillion infusion for the modernization of the country’s rapidly aging...more