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
The Weekly Update for March 25, 2016
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Interpretation of the “Advice” Exemption This week’s report follows, click here if you would like to download a copy . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Interpretation of the “Advice” Exemption The Office of Labor-Management Standards of the Department of Labor (Department’) is revising the Form LM-20 Agreement, Activities Report and the Form LM-10 Employer Report in response to its June 21, 2011 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). In the NPRM, the Department proposed to revise its interpretation of the advice exemption in section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) . . . Read More
The Weekly Update for March 18, 2016
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors Procedures for Handling Retaliation Complaints under MAP-21 Procedures for Handling Retaliation Complaints under the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 This week’s report follows, click here if you would like to download a copy . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors The Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, issued a proposed rule extending the comment period for filing written comments on the proposed rulemaking: Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors from March 28, 2016 until April 12, . . . Read More
The Weekly Update for March 11, 2016
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors This week’s report follows, click here if you would like to download a copy . GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Information on Corporate Contractor Performance and Integrity DOD, GSA, and NASA issued a final rule amending the FAR to implement section 852 of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2013 to include, in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System, to the extent practicable, identification of any immediate owner or subsidiary, and all predecessors of an offeror that held a Federal contract or grant within the . . . Read More