The Weekly Update for June 10, 2016

Publications, The Weekly Update 06.10.16

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

Client Alert – Overview of Select Provisions on the SBA’s Final Rule of Limitations on Subcontracting

Publications, Client Alerts 06.10.16

On May 31, 2016, SBA released its long anticipated final rule on the limitations on subcontracting. The final rule becomes effective on June 30, 2016. In order to help you understand how the final rule changes the existing regulations, we have prepared a chart of the major regulatory changes announced in the new rule which accompanies this letter   In the final rulemaking, SBA adopted most of the changes announced almost a year and half ago in its proposed rule . . . Read More

The Weekly Update for June 3, 2016

Publications, The Weekly Update 06.03.16

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

Publications, The Weekly Update 05.27.16

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

Publications, The Weekly Update 05.20.16

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

Our Comments in Response to the GAO’s Proposed Rule Regarding Electronic Filing System and Filing Fee

Publications, Comments 05.17.16

Read our full comments here Excerpts Filing Fee The new rule envisions imposing a filing fee of $350 on protesters. We respectfully request that an exception to the fee be created for small businesses, as defined under the Small Business Act, in order to mitigate against the burden of this requirement. Redactions  While we concur with the creation of a rule providing for a redaction process, we respectfully request that the rule allow the parties to opt out of creating redacted versions of protest documents . . . Read More

The Weekly Update for May 13, 2016

Publications, The Weekly Update 05.13.16

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