Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – August 26, 2021
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . WEBINAR: Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Webinar Series: Password Protected: Essential Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Planning for Your Small Business, September 14, 2021, Anna Wright and Emily Rouleau. Read more here . WEBINAR: Exit Worth Celebrating – It’s Never Too Early to Plan for Your Exit, September 21, 2021, Cy Alba . Read more here . WEBINAR: Construction Webinar Series: DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program: What Large and Small Construction Contractors Need to . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – August 19, 2021
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . PilieroMazza is gearing up for the 2021 National 8(a) Alaska Regional Conference. If you’re attending, check in with our attorneys Peter Ford , Nichole Atallah , Dave Shafer, and Meghan Leemon at exhibit booth seven. We also invite you to check out Peter and Dave’s presentation “Acquisitions & Mergers” on August 24, 2021. See you there! WEBINAR: Recent Trends in COVID Vaccine and Mask Mandates for Employers, August 20, 2021, Nichole Atallah and Sarah Nash . Read more here . . . . Read More
Defense & Aerospace Report: Cy Alba Discusses Legal Implications of Latest Cyber Orders, Rules, and Regulations
Isaias “Cy” Alba, IV , a partner with the law firm PilieroMazza , joined Defense & Aerospace Report’s Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the legal implications of President Biden’s cyber executive order, key upcoming requirements, and the impact on prime and subcontractors. Their discussion also touched on improving the supply chain, the outlook for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) process, and the role of cyber in the boardroom. Visit this link to access the podcast.
PilieroMazza’s Jon Williams and Anna Sullivan Quoted on Buy American Act Contracts
Determining if a plumbing or other product meets the rules of the Buy American Act (BAA) can be complicated. During the “Deciphering Key Provisions in the Buy American Act for Government Contractors” presentation at the PMI Legislative Forum in June, PilieroMazza attorneys Jon Williams and Anna Sullivan made understanding the rules a bit easier when they delivered tips to Plumbing Manufacturers International members. . . . “We’ve seen a lot more questions around BAA and Trade Agreements Act (TAA) issues, . . . Read More
Sorting Out NITAAC’s Amendments to CIO-SP4: Federal Drive’s Tom Temin Interviews Cy Alba
The NIH has long operated a series of popular governmentwide acquisition contracts through its Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, or NITAAC. The solicitation for the new vehicle known as CIO-SP4 was barely out before it ran into protests. Since then NITAAC issued eight amendments to the solicitation, causing the industry to scratch its head. To help sort it all out, Cy Alba , one of the protesting attorneys and a partner at PilieroMazza , joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin . Visit this link to hear the full . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 29, 2021
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . WEBINAR: Risk Prevention Strategies: The High Cost of Employee Misclassification—What Employers Should Know, August 4, 2021, Sarah Nash and Matthew Kreiser. Read more here . LABOR & EMPLOYMENT DOL Announces Proposed Rulemaking to Increase Wages for Workers on Government Contracts The Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish standards and procedures to implement and enforce Executive Order 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors,” (EO), which was signed by President Biden on . . . Read More
Cy Alba Comments on NITAAC’s CIO-SP4: Changes Impact Small, Large Businesses Alike
Cy Alba , a partner with the law firm PilieroMazza and who represented some of the companies that filed protests on July 2 which prompted NITAAC to take corrective action on all issues presented, said NITAAC’s amendment and change is causing two major problems. “For small businesses, who cannot simply reform into joint ventures with large firms who are not their mentor because it would make the joint venture a large business, it is forcing them to ‘no-bid,’ wasting hundreds of thousands in bid and proposal dollars,” Alba . . . Read More
Law360 Quotes Lauren Brier on Competition and Cybersecurity Issues in JEDI Replacement
The replacement of the Pentagon’s highly litigated $10 billion JEDI contract with a tentative arrangement for Microsoft and Amazon to provide cloud computing services could spark new lawsuits over a perceived lack of competition. Although the new Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability deal that replaces the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure acquisition is a multiaward contract, the U.S. Department of Defense indicated it expects to award deals only to JEDI awardee Microsoft Corp. and Amazon Web Services Inc. . . . [H]aving . . . Read More
Federal News Network Interviews Cy Alba on CIO-SP4 Recent Developments
All of the confusion and consternation over the solicitation for the CIO-SP4 IT services governmentwide acquisition contract finally has boiled over. Five companies filed pre-award protests with the Government Accountability Office after the National Institutes of Health Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) failed to clarify several questions about its request for proposals. . . . The law forces companies to protest Cy Alba , a partner with the law firm PilieroMazza , represents four of the protestors and has heard from several other . . . Read More
Federal Computer Week Quotes Jon Williams’ Congressional Testimony on CMMC
Small businesses are lobbying Congress for a more lenient process to meet the Defense Department’s unified cybersecurity standard for contractors, called the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. Jonathan Williams , a partner at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm PilieroMazza , told lawmakers much of small businesses concerns could be assuaged if DOD and prime contractors shoulder the burden. The key to keeping costs and concern down is for DOD to stay true to its word and for most defense industry base companies . . . Read More