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Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Federal Fraud Statutes in Connection with False DBE Reporting on Federally Funded Projects

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Share on Twitter Share by Email Share Back to top On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Kousisis v. United States, affirming a six-year prison sentence for a contractor convicted of federal...more

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Restoring Western North Carolina’s Infrastructure: NCDOT Receives $250 Million in Federal Emergency Relief Funds

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Of this funding, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will receive $250 million to repair damaged roadways and bridges, including Interstate 40. Another $32.6 million will be split between the U.S. Forest...more

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Should Your Business Sign SBA Form 601 Requiring Non-Discriminatory Hiring Practices?

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson issued Executive Order 11246 requiring all contractors and sub-contractors working on a project financed by more than $10,000 of federal funding (including Small Business Administration (SBA)...more

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More Projects Added to OFCCP’s Mega Construction Project Program

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The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced on April 25, 2024 its designation of 16 additional federal construction projects to participate in the Mega Construction Project...more

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Beltway Buzz - March 2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business. ...more

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OFCCP Jump-Starts the 2024 Fiscal Year With New List of Mega Construction Designees

On October 6, 2023—less than a week into its new 2024 fiscal year (FY)—the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced a new list of mega construction designees, identifying twelve new construction...more

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Construction Wage Requirements on Federally Funded Projects: New Labor Department Rule Updates Davis-Bacon Wage Requirements...

Developers and owners who obtain federal funds on construction projects and those contractors and trades performing work have long understood the impact of the Davis-Bacon Act (“DBA”) on their projects, particularly as it...more

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More Legal Mandates & Changes Impacting the U.S. Construction Industry: Department of Labor’s Updated Davis-Bacon & Related Acts...

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Hold onto your hard hat! What you thought you knew about federal Davis-Bacon prevailing wage law is changing --- substantially changing decades of well-established rules, precedent and interpretations as to the applicability...more

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Labor Department’s Davis-Bacon Act Final Rule: Changes for Federal Contractors

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations final rule includes hundreds of pages of changes to the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) standards and is estimated to impact over...more

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A Guide to The U.S. Department of Labor's ‘New' Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations

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For the first time in 40 years, the Department of Labor (DOL) updated its interpretation and implementation of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts in new final rules. DOL’s new final rules concerning the prevailing wages and...more

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Build America, Buy America Final Guidance Issued

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On August 14, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a “pre-publication” version of its final guidance to promote the use of American-made materials in federally funded infrastructure projects.1 The guidance...more

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Changes Coming for Government Construction Contractors as DOL Revises Davis-Bacon Act Regulations

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On August 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) issued a Final Rule titled “Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation” (the Final Rule), comprising 812 pages. The changes made in this Final...more

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Suppliers Beware: US Government Continues Prosecution of DBE Fraud Cases Involving Supplies Passed Through DBEs

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On April 21, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of a painting subcontractor and its owner (defendants) under the federal wire fraud statute for conspiring to defraud the Department of Transportation...more

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Truck Drivers and Prevailing Wage Requirements: A Friendly Reminder

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For contractors and subcontractors who perform construction, alteration and repair work on federally funded public building and public works projects, prevailing wage requirements are a fact of life. Since 1950, the...more

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White House Issues Executive Order Expanding "Buy American" Program - Directs Agencies to Promote Use of Domestic Materials in all...

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• The White House has issued a new Executive Order designed to promote the use of American-made products in all infrastructure projects receiving federal funding, another step in the Trump Administration's Buy American...more

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