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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act was a federal law enacted in or around March 2020 designed to provide emergency financial assistance to the millions of Americans who were suffering the...more
On January 24, the SBA announced updated small business contracting goals for fiscal year 2025, significantly decreasing some goals and standardizing targets across federal agencies. These changes bring the small business...more
Federal government agencies propound small business contracting goals that guide other agencies with regard to how much of their contracting dollars should be awarded to small businesses. The SBA conducts an annual review and...more
Small Business Administration (SBA) Final Rule: Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program Updates and Clarifications - On December 4, SBA published a final rule adding definitions, conforming the...more
Department of Defense (DOD) Rules: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) - On September 26, DOD published five final rules and three proposed rules to amend the DFARS. The final rules are effective...more
Department of Defense (DOD) Proposed Rule: Transactions Other Than Contracts, Grants, or Cooperative Agreements for Prototype Projects - On September 4, DOD published a proposed rule and request for comments regarding...more
On July 22, 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published a Notice of Tribal Consultations (Notice) in the Federal Register related to a forthcoming proposed rulemaking affecting a number of SBA's small...more
Broken Promises: The Government’s Ability to Trick Contractors and Get Away With It (Maybe) As the government embraced the digital age in the years after COVID-19, its need for new software and technologies skyrocketed....more
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular: Acquisition Data Management - On May 30, OMB’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy published a circular entitled, “Strategic Management of Acquisition Data and Information.”...more
On January 25, 2024, the White House Office of Management and Budget issued a memo, Increasing Small Business Participation on Multiple-Award Contracts, calling for executive agencies to apply the FAR’s Rule of Two to task...more
Department of Defense (DOD) Final Rule: Inapplicability of Certain Laws and Regulations to Commercial Items - DOD issues this Final Rule to amend the DFARS to address the inapplicability of certain laws and regulations to...more
Department of Defense (DOD) Notice and Request for Comments: Negotiation of a Reciprocal Defense Procurement (RDP) Agreement with the Republic of India - On October 10, 2023, DOD issued a notice that, on behalf of the...more
PilieroMazza presents a series of blogs exploring the intricacies of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program. This first installment covers the Biden Administration’s AM...more
In the past several months, various challenges have been made to federal programs and policies including tribal gaming support, the Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) program, the Minority Business Development Program...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Federal Court Prohibits SBA’s Use of Rebuttable Presumption for 8(a) Program - On July 19, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued an important decision where...more
Late last month, the Biden administration launched the 8(a) MAS Pool Initiative. This initiative is a joint effort between the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - GAO Confirms Agency Must Consider Experience of Each Partner in a Small Business Joint Venture - Earlier this year, the Government Accountability Office (GAO)—in AttainX, Inc., B-421216,...more
Crackdown on Pandemic Fraud: Impact on Small Business Government Contractors - On March 2, 2023, the White House announced that President Biden intends to ask Congress for $1.6 billion to combat ongoing fraud related to...more
LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION - The FCA at the Supreme Court, Part 2 of 4: Addressing the Standard for Knowingly Submitting a False Claim - The False Claims Act (FCA) is seeing quite a bit of action at the Supreme...more
SBA Releases Preview of New HUBZone Maps Effective July 1, 2023 - HUBZone contractors have been anxiously awaiting updates to the HUBZone maps. In 2021, the Small Business Administration (SBA) extended the “freeze” on the...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Overcoming the Inflation Crisis: The Ins-and-Outs of Extraordinary Contractual Relief for Government Contractors - An all-but-forgotten remedy in government contracting, Extraordinary Contractual...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Impact of SBA Proposals on Federal Subcontracting As PilieroMazza recently noted, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a major proposed rulemaking that will impact government...more
Action Required: Federal Contractor Data at Risk of Public Disclosure - On August 19, 2022, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs published a public notice to contractors about a Freedom...more
Memorandum of Understanding Between DOJ and the NLRB - The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the National Labor Relations Board signed a memorandum of understanding with the goal of better protecting competitive...more