PilieroMazza is pleased to announce that Partner Nichole Atallah was appointed to the Board of Directors of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) for the 2026 term. WIPP is a national nonprofit organization focused on advancing women-owned businesses and strengthening their ability to compete, grow, and succeed in the highly regulated government contracting sector. Nichole’s appointment aligns with PilieroMazza’s commitment to helping clients achieve sustainable growth while maintaining compliance, managing risk, and controlling costs. WIPP President and CEO Angela Dingle shared, “We are thrilled to welcome Nichole Atallah, . . . Read More
The Weekly Update recaps recent legislative and regulatory updates affecting government contractors and commercial businesses. If you have questions concerning this content, please email marketing@pilieromazza.com . _____________________________________________ Happy New Year from PilieroMazza! PilieroMazza Promotes Eric Valle to Partner, Helping Government Contractors Navigate Compliance and Stay Competitive, PilieroMazza News PilieroMazza is proud to announce that Eric Valle was promoted to Partner in the Firm’s Government Contracts Group effective January 1, 2026. Eric’s promotion reflects his deep experience in government contracting law and his commitment to helping clients reduce . . . Read More
In December 2025, PilieroMazza explained some key highlights of the 3,000-page 2026 NDAA for defense contractors, tracking how these important updates will affect their ability to compete and how they align with DOW’s Acquisition Overhaul . In this blog, we dive deeper into one of these NDAA updates—Section 1826—which all small businesses, defense contractors, and prospective defense contractors need to understand, as it could significantly ease compliance burdens across the existing defense industrial base and invite new competitors into the space. For more insights on . . . Read More
The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) and the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) recently published their annual reports (the Reports), providing updates on personnel, decision statistics, and other relevant developments over Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025). As the primary forums for federal contract appeals, the CBCA and ASBCA serve as critical resources for federal contractors. In this blog, attorneys in PilieroMazza ’s REAs, Claims, and Appeals Group offer key insights from the Reports that could affect how government contractors submit or respond to CBCA . . . Read More
On Thursday, December 18, 2025, President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (2026 NDAA), which authorizes over $900 billion in funding for the Department of Defense (DOD) and other national security programs. The 2026 NDAA contains many acquisition reform provisions and other critical provisions impacting defense contractors. This client alert provides six key takeaways from these provisions. Efforts to Increase Competition by Small Businesses and Nontraditional Defense Contractors Several provisions of the 2026 . . . Read More
The Weekly Update recaps recent legislative and regulatory updates affecting government contractors and commercial businesses. If you have questions concerning this content, please email marketing@pilieromazza.com . _____________________________________________ Season’s Greetings from PilieroMazza! GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS / FALSE CLAIMS ACT / AUDITS & INVESTIGATIONS Inside the SBA’s Full-Scale 8(a) Audit: What Participants Need to Know Now, PilieroMazza Webinar Replay, Matthew E. Feinberg , Meghan F. Leemon The SBA has issued formal data and document requests to all certified 8(a) participants, marking the first major step in the “immediate and full-scale audit” announced in June 2025. Prompted largely by recent media allegations . . . Read More
Enforcing foreign bank account reporting requirements through penalties has been an IRS priority for several years, spawning numerous precedent-setting cases throughout the courts. In the latest such case [1] , a federal appeals court rebuffed foreign bank accountholders’ efforts to resist the federal government’s robust powers to collect those penalties. This case demonstrates two things: (1) not all IRS-administered penalties are treated like taxes and (2) understanding the difference is critical to effectively challenging them—especially for foreign bank accountholders who could . . . Read More
The Weekly Update recaps recent legislative and regulatory updates affecting government contractors and commercial businesses. If you have questions concerning this content, please email marketing@pilieromazza.com . _____________________________________________ Season’s Greetings from PilieroMazza! GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS / FALSE CLAIMS ACT / AUDITS & INVESTIGATIONS SBA’s 8(a) Program Audit Starts—PilieroMazza Launches “8(a) Audit Response Task Force” to Help Clients Handle the Holiday Gift No One Asked For, PilieroMazza Client Alert, Matthew E. Feinberg , Meghan F. Leemon On December 5, 2025, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued formal data and document requests (linked here ) to certified 8(a) Business Development Program participants. . . . Read More
In a draft memo, the Pentagon would place a 5% cap on most fees charged by value-added resellers (VARS) starting with a specific special item number (SIN) for IT products. This cap would only apply to IT products sold through the General Services Administration’s schedule contract. The draft memo is one of two expected from the administration to address what it believes are higher than normal costs when buying IT products and services through resellers. Responding to the legality of . . . Read More
