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On February 18, 2025, the General Services Administration (“GSA”) announced that it issued GSA Class Deviation CD-2025-04 (“the GSA Class Deviation”) effective February 15, 2025, to implement Executive Order (“EO”) 14173...more
The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently designated 12 additional projects to participate in the Mega Construction Project Program (MCPP). As we discussed in our March 28,...more
Department of Defense (DOD) Service Contracts: Actions Needed to Identify Efficiencies and Forecast Budget Needs - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) submitted a report on September 7, 2023, concerning DOD policy...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - SBA’s Proposed Rule Alters the Landscape for Size and Status Protests - On September 9, 2022, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule (the Rule) making substantial changes to the...more
NASA to Combine Several IT Support Contracts into $1B New Contract Vehicle - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced plans to consolidate its incumbent IT support contracts into a single...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Fraud Allegations Could Bedevil Borrowers in SBA COVID-19 Relief Programs for Many Years - As everyone who has been tracking the COVID-19 relief programs since 2020 knows, at the outset there was...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - GSA Releases Polaris Q&A Signaling Key Changes in Upcoming RFPs, - GSA recently released a Q&A in anticipation of the first two Polaris Requests for Proposals (RFPs). GSA anticipates the RFPs for...more
DOD Issues Final Rule Providing Enhanced Postaward Debriefing Rights - The Defense Department (DOD) is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of...more
CLIENT ALERT: FAR Council Changes Rules Regarding Small Business Rerepresentation / Recertification and Multiple Award Contracts - On February 27, 2020, the FAR Council published a final rule that amends the Federal...more
FALSE CLAIMS ACT - Small Businesses and the False Claims Act (FCA): Are More FCA Cases Against Small Businesses on the Horizon? On August 20, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had reached a...more
HEARING ON THE SMALL BUSINESS RUNWAY EXTENSION ACT - The House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure is holding a hearing on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., concerning the implementation of...more
COMMENTS SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION’S PROPOSED RULE ON THE HUBZONE PROGRAM, RIN 3245-AG38 - On December 27, 2018, PilieroMazza submitted comments to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s...more
RULES AND REGULATIONS - Proposed Rules - The Small Business Administration (SBA) published a proposed rule amending its regulations and implementing provisions of the NDAAs of 2016 and 2017 as well as the Recovery...more
RULES AND REGULATIONS - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued a proposed rule on November 29, 2018 proposing to amend and update its VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) in phased increments to revise or remove any...more
On August 3, 2018, the head of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) contractor enforcement office announced that the DOL intends to identify and audit contractors who fail to certify their affirmative action compliance to the...more
Following the tone of the preceding days, the 2018 ILG National Conference closed Friday morning with a friendly conversation between Acting Director Craig Leen and NILG Chair Paul McGovern. The two discussed several of the...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently released its scheduling methodology for the fiscal year (FY) 2018 scheduling list. The two-page document describes the process the agency used to develop the...more
On July 14, 2017, an administrative law judge issued a 43-page set of recommendations and order (“Order”) on the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (“OFCCP”) data requests issued to Google, significantly...more
In light of the uncertainty generated in the healthcare industry by recent decisions of the OFCCP regarding which entities qualify as federal contractors and subcontractors, this article explains which types of healthcare...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - President Obama Signs Executive Order Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors - President Obama signed an Executive Order on Monday September 7, 2015, requiring federal...more
The federal agencies charged with implementing President Obama's July 31, 2014 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order have released their much-anticipated proposed rule on this directive. On May 27, 2015, the Department...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - GSA and HHS Issue a Notice Regarding Conducting a National Dialogue To Reduce Reporting Compliance Costs for Federal Contractors and Grantees - The General Services Administration (GSA)...more
As the federal contractor community awaits the final veterans and disability affirmative action regulations, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is keeping itself busy cleaning house....more