The Weekly Update for June 24, 2016
SENATE TESTIMONY Jon Williams Testifies in Kingdomware Senate Committee Hearing GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Small Business Transforming America’s Regions Act of 2016 Federal Acquisition Regulation: Strategic Sourcing Documentation Federal Civil Penalties Adjustment Act Amendments Transactional Data Reporting This week’s report follows, click here if you would like to download a copy . SENATE TESTIMONY Jon Williams Testifies in Kingdomware Senate Committee Hearing On June 23, Jon Williams, Partner in the PilieroMazza Government Contracts Group, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship. The committee held a hearing on the ramifications of the Supreme . . . Read More
The Weekly Update for June 17, 2016
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DOL Issues Final Rule on Discrimination on the Basis of Sex This week’s report follows, click here if you would like to download a copy . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DOL Issues Final Rule on Discrimination on the Basis of Sex The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has published this final rule to detail obligations that covered federal government contractors, subcontractors, federally-assisted construction contractors, and subcontractors must meet under Executive Order 11246, as amended, to ensure nondiscrimination in employment on the basis of sex, and to . . . Read More
The Weekly Update for June 10, 2016
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS OMB Issues Final Guidance for Category Management Amendments Proposed for 2017 NDAA SBA Releases Semiannual Regulatory Agenda This week’s report follows, click here if you would like to download a copy . GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS OMB Issues Final Guidance for Category Management Final guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) last week has accelerated the push for government-wide consolidation of acquisitions for software licenses. Part of the so-called “category management” initiative, the government’s goal is to eliminate redundancy in software licenses and make the buying and managing of software management more efficient and unified by grouping similar products into categories. OMB’s . . . Read More
The Weekly Update for June 3, 2016
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Small Business Government Contracting and National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 This week’s report follows, click here if you would like to download a copy . GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Small Business Government Contracting and National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 This final rule amends the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA or Agency) regulations to implement provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013, which pertains to performance requirements applicable to small business and socioeconomic program set-aside contracts and small business subcontracting. This rule also amends SBA’s regulations concerning the nonmanufacturer . . . Read More
The Weekly Update for May 27, 2016
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Debt Refinancing in 504 Loan Program Small Business Size Standards This week’s report follows, click here if you would like to download a copy . GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Debt Refinancing in 504 Loan Program The Small Business Administration has issued an interim final rule that implements Section 521 of Division E, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, which authorizes projects approved for financing under Title V of the Small Business Investment Act to include the refinancing of qualified debt, 81 Fed. Reg. 33123 . Comments are due by July 25, 2016 and the rule is effective . . . Read More
The Weekly Update for May 20, 2016
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Overtime Final Rule GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Simplified Acquisition Threshold for Overseas Acquisitions in Support of Humanitarian or Peacekeeping Operations Basic Safeguarding of Contractor Information Systems Improvement in Design-Build Construction Process SMALL BUSINESS Small Entity Compliance Guide Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments This week’s report follows, click here if you would like to download a copy. LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Overtime Final Rule The Department of Labor issued its final overtime rule which updates the salary level required for the executive, administrative, and professional (“white collar”) exemption to ensure that the Fair Labor Standards Act’s intended overtime protections . . . Read More
The Weekly Update for May 13, 2016
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS DFARS: Multiyear Contract Requirements Administrative Cost to Issue and Administer a Contract DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Combating Trafficking in Persons – Definition of ‘‘Recruitment Fees’’ Improving Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses This week’s report follows, click here if you would like to download a copy . GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS DFARS: Multiyear Contract Requirements DOD issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 and a section of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015, which addresses various requirements . . . Read More
PilieroMazza Legal Advisor – Second Quarter 2016
In this Issue: Lessons Learned from Protests Involving “Late” Proposals Avenues for Avoiding FCA Liability Negotiating the Provisions of Your Office Lease Update on SBA’s New ITVAR Size Rule
The Weekly Update for April 22, 2016
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Procedures for Handling Retaliation Complaints GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS GAO Proposes Rule to Create New Electronic Filing System and Fee This week’s report follows, click here if you would like to download a copy . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Procedures for Handling Retaliation Complaints This rule establishes the final procedures and time frames for the handling of retaliation or whistleblower complaints under FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), including procedures and time frames for employee complaints to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, investigations by OSHA, appeals of OSHA determinations to an administrative law judge . . . Read More
The Weekly Update for April 8, 2016
SMALL BUSINESS Clauses With Alternates—Small Business Programs GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Prohibition on Use of Any Cost-Plus System This week’s report follows, click here if you would like to download a copy . SMALL BUSINESS Clauses With Alternates—Small Business Programs The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule amending DFARS to clarify clauses and their prescriptions for small business programs and to create basic and alternate clauses structured in a manner to facilitate use of automated contract writing systems. This final rule provides the basic clause at 252.219-7003, Small Business Subcontracting Plan in full text . . . Read More