Government Contracting Updates – May 22, 2012

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/21/2012

Originally Published in Law360, New York May 17, 2012 -- While the False Claims Act generally is understood to be a “whistleblower” statute, it has been a tool of choice in recent years for opportunistic qui tam relators who...more

by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/17/2012

Effective July 1, all of the existing statutes governing mechanics liens, stop notices and payment bonds in California will be repealed and replaced by updated statutes. In September 2010, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr....more

by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 5/17/2012

The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) recently issued a proposed rule to amend its regulations governing eligibility for the Small Business Innovation Research (“SBIR”) and Small Business Technology Transfer (“STTR”)...more

by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP on 5/16/2012

The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the federal agency tasked with enforcing the affirmative action requirements of Executive Order 11246 and related federal statutes, is...more

by Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP on 5/16/2012

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has regulatory authority to request data beyond the date of a scheduling letter where the request is motivated by a "deficiency," such as discriminatory adverse impact,...more

by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 5/14/2012

On May 11, 2012, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued an Interim Final Rule expanding an existing voluntary cybersecurity information sharing program between DoD and eligible Defense Industrial Base (DIB) companies (DIB...more

by Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 5/11/2012

The highest Court in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”), has just ruled that an Awarding Authority may look beyond the Department of Capital Asset Management (“DCAM”) certification materials in...more

by Sedgwick LLP on 5/10/2012

California's prevailing wage laws generally require that persons employed on public works receive "not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the...more