Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – April 6, 2023
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . Upcoming Events: Register to attend PilieroMazza’s upcoming events here . Recent Thought Leadership: Check out PilieroMazza’s recent client alerts and blogs here . GovCon Live! Podcast: Listen to PilieroMazza’s Podcast Series “Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting” here . CONSTRUCTION Takeaways from Biden Administration’s Initiative to Promote Equal Opportunity in Federally Funded Infrastructure Projects, 03.31.23, Jessica duHoffmann , Sara Strosser , and Annie Hudgins On March 14, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – March 29, 2023
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . Upcoming Events: Register to attend PilieroMazza’s upcoming events here . Recent Thought Leadership: Check out PilieroMazza’s recent client alerts and blogs here . GovCon Live! Podcast: Listen to PilieroMazza’s Podcast Series “Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting” here . CONSTRUCTION DOL: Biden-Harris Administration Launches Initiative to Promote Equal Opportunity, Expand Workforce for Federally Funded Jobs in Large Infrastructure Projects U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the launch of an initiative to . . . Read More
Financial Capital, Human Capital Will Be at a Premium in Indian Country in 2023
PilieroMazza ’s Nichole Atallah , a partner in the Firm’s Labor & Employment Group , is featured in the article below “Financial Capital, Human Capital Will Be at a Premium in Indian Country in 2023,” originally published in the Summer 2023 edition of NC Magazine. Nichole is joined by Karla Bylund, owner of Soaring Bird Solutions. Attending RES2023? Come visit Nichole and her partner Sarah Nash at Exhibit Booth 702, where they’ll be available to address your most pressing legal concerns around labor and employment laws. Economic development is . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – March 16, 2023
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . Upcoming Events: Register to attend PilieroMazza’s upcoming events here . Recent Thought Leadership: Check out PilieroMazza’s recent client alerts and blogs here . GovCon Live! Podcast: Listen to PilieroMazza’s Podcast Series “Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting” here . GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Crackdown on Pandemic Fraud: Impact on Small Business Government Contractors, 03.13.23, Cy Alba and Dozier Gardner On March 2, 2023, the White House announced that President Biden intends to ask Congress for $1.6 billion to combat . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – March 10, 2023
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . Upcoming Events: Register to attend PilieroMazza’s upcoming events here . Recent Thought Leadership: Check out PilieroMazza’s recent client alerts and blogs here . GovCon Live! Podcast: Listen to PilieroMazza’s Podcast Series “Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting” here . LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION The FCA at the Supreme Court, Part 2 of 4: Addressing the Standard for Knowingly Submitting a False Claim, 03.07.23, Matt Feinberg and Annie Hudgins The False Claims Act (FCA) is seeing quite . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – March 1, 2023
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . Upcoming Events: Register to attend PilieroMazza’s upcoming events here . Recent Thought Leadership: Check out PilieroMazza’s recent client alerts and blogs here . GovCon Live! Podcast: Listen to PilieroMazza’s Podcast Series “Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting” here . BUSINESS & TRANSACTIONS PilieroMazza Client Xcelerate Solutions Completes Investment Transaction, 02.23.23, Jon Williams , Cy Alba , and Katie Burrows PilieroMazza —a business law firm serving the legal needs of government contractors and commercial businesses—congratulates our client Xcelerate Solutions for successfully completing an . . . Read More
Veterans Affairs Imposes Increased Cybersecurity Rules on Government Contractors
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released a final rule , effective February 24, 2023, amending the VA’s Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) to impose new cybersecurity procedures and processes to protect sensitive VA data and health information. Although much of the recent cybersecurity buzz has centered around the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification ( CMMC ) framework, the VA did not want to be left out. These VAAR additions will force affected contractors at all tiers to implement internal controls . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – February 15, 2023
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . Upcoming Events: Register to attend PilieroMazza’s upcoming events here . Recent Thought Leadership: Check out PilieroMazza’s recent client alerts and blogs here . GovCon Live! Podcast: Listen to PilieroMazza’s Podcast Series “Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting” here . GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS More Changes to Come on the ‘Made in America’ Front In his State of the Union speech , President Biden announced “new standards to require all construction materials used in federal infrastructure projects to be made . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – February 9, 2023
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . Upcoming Events: Register to attend PilieroMazza’s upcoming events here . Recent Thought Leadership: Check out PilieroMazza’s recent client alerts and blogs here . GovCon Live! Podcast: Listen to PilieroMazza’s Podcast Series “Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting” here . LABOR & EMPLOYMENT Have You Updated the Minimum Wage? Government Contractors Struggle with Minimum Wage Confusion, 02.07.23, Nichole Atallah On January 1, 2023, the minimum wage for government contractors under Executive Order 14026 . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – February 1, 2023
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . Upcoming Events: Register to attend PilieroMazza’s upcoming events here . Recent Thought Leadership: Check out PilieroMazza’s recent client alerts and blogs here . GovCon Live! Podcast: Listen to PilieroMazza’s Podcast Series “Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting” here . GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS DOD Releases Small Business Strategy The Department of Defense (DOD) released its Small Business Strategy. The strategy seeks to promote a strong, dynamic, and robust small business industrial base by focusing . . . Read More