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New Executive Order Modifies Cybersecurity Requirements to Be Imposed on Federal Contractors and Subcontractors

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On June 6, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14306 to scale back a range of cybersecurity requirements and government-wide approaches implemented by the Biden Administration....more

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Proposed rule on federal contractor salary information requests, comp information on job postings is withdrawn

On January 8th, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council withdrew a proposed rule that would have (1) prohibited federal government contractors and subcontractors from requesting or using compensation history in the hiring...more

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The Site Report - Construction Industry Insights, Issue 12, December 2024

Welcome to our year-end issue of The Site Report! As always, the construction industry is ever-changing and is impacted by extreme weather, new technology, labor issues, material and supply chain restraints, and code changes....more

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Read Before Increasing Wages! Unraveling the Minimum Wage and Salary Basis Test Mayhem

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2024 ushered in the implementation of and challenges to several wage and hour initiatives by the Biden Administration, most notably, adjustments to the salary basis test and Executive Order 14026, which raised minimum wages...more

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Federal Agencies Take Sweeping Action on AI in Accordance with AI EO — AI: The Washington Report (Part 1 of 2)

President Joe Biden’s October 2023 Executive Order on AI directed agencies to institute a significant number of actions on AI. On April 29, 2024, the White House announced that federal agencies had completed “all of the...more

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Biden Administration Announces Actions Aimed at Advancing Pay Equity for the Federal Workforce and Federal Contractor Employees

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this week, the Biden Administration announced actions to support the equal pay principles set forth by Executive Orders 14035 and 14069. These actions will impact federal contractors and...more

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Biden Administration Proposes New Pay Inquiry and Transparency Requirements For Contractors

On January 29, 2024, the 15th anniversary of the enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the Biden Administration announced that it would be taking new actions to implement the Executive Order on Advancing Economy,...more

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Federal Contractors Can Soon Anticipate Rules on Pay Transparency and Salary History for Applicants and Employees

On December 4, 2023, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council submitted a proposed rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting” to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. On...more

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Successor Government Contractor Hiring Obligations Change: DOL’s Long Awaited Nondisplacement Rule

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On December 14, 2023, the Department of Labor published a Final Rule implementing Executive Order 14055, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts, effective February 12, 2024. The rule establishes that...more

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5 GRC Trends and Resolutions for a More Secure 2024

Elevate your resilience in the new year by understanding top GRC trends, patterns, and best practices across AI, TPRM, cyber risk, and more. As we step into 2024, technological advancements and an increasingly connected —...more

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Contractor Association Files Suit to Halt Biden’s Federal PLA Mandate

January 12, 2024 Shareholder Shareholder Shareholder On January 10, 2024, Associated General Contractors of America and the Louisiana Associated General Contractors filed suit to enjoin President Biden’s Executive Order 14063...more

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Project Labor Agreements Required on Federal Construction Projects

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On December 18, 2023, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council announced its final rule requiring Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on all federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more...more

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4 Answers for Federal Construction Contractors Facing New Collective Bargaining Rules

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Certain federal construction contractors and subcontractors should take the time now to review new labor requirements impacting most large-scale federal construction projects. A final rule, which the Biden administration...more

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DOL Increases Hourly Minimum Wage to $17.20 for Federal Contractors Starting January 1, 2024

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Beginning on January 1, 2024, Executive Order 14026 (Order) will raise the minimum wage for workers performing work on or in connection with covered contracts to from $16.20 to $17.20 per hour, a second year of a significant...more

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Another Minimum Wage Increase on the Horizon for Federal Contractors

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The DOL announcement comes on the heels of a federal district court in Texas blocking the enforcement of Biden’s Executive Order 14026 in three states (Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi). The federal court determined that...more

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Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Will End on May 12

On May 1, the Biden Administration announced that the federal contractor and subcontractor (“Contractor”) vaccine mandate (the “Contractor Vaccine Requirement”) issued by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (the “Task...more

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Have You Updated the Minimum Wage? Government Contractors Struggle with Minimum Wage Confusion

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On January 1, 2023, the minimum wage for government contractors under Executive Order 14026 increased from $15.00 per hour to $16.20 per hour. We wrote about Executive Order 14026 and its requirements previously here. There...more

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Biden Proposes Emissions Reduction and Reporting Standards for Federal Contractors

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The Biden-Harris Administration recently published a proposed rule on Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience (Proposed Rule). The Proposed Rule intends to further the goals set forth in Biden’s Executive Order on...more

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Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Issues New Statement on Vaccine Mandate

On December 7, 2021, in Georgia v. Biden, Case No. 1:21-cv-163, a federal district court judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the...more

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IT’S ALIVE! The Government Contractor Vaccine Mandate, Back for One More Round

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Unbelievably, after the 11th Circuit narrowed the nationwide injunction issued by the Southern District of Georgia on August 30, which took effect when the court issued its mandate on October 18, the government began...more

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Some Federal Contractors Still Need to Comply with COVID Vaccine Mandate: What Employers Need to Know About Latest Court Decision

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A long-awaited decision from a federal appeals court just decided that some – but not all –federal contractors must comply with the federal contractor vaccine mandate in some — but not all — specific circumstances. Most...more

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Whatever Happened to that Federal Contractor COVID Vaccine Order?

More than seven months ago, on September 9, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14042, which imposed a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on many federal contractors and subcontractors. As we have previously reported, the...more

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Labor or Bust? President Biden Orders Project Labor Agreements for Large Federal Construction Projects

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On February 4, 2022, President Biden issued Executive Order 14063 ("EO") requiring the use of project labor agreements for large federal construction projects. The EO requires that a contractor or subcontractor proposing to...more

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Biden Administration Requires Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects

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On February 4, 2022, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (“EO”) requiring project labor agreements (each a “PLA”) with unions on all federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more (defined in the EO as...more

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As the Federal Vaccine Mandates Fall One by One, Employers Are Left to Navigate a Maze of Uncertainty Amid State and Local Laws

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In September 2021, President Biden announced a series of emergency worker protection regulations to combat surging positive test rates caused by the COVID-19 Delta variant. On September 9, 2021, the White House issued...more

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