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Payment Matters: Extension of Time for Overpayment Recoveries in Fiscal Cliff Law Not as Broad as it Sounds

The recently passed fiscal cliff legislation, i.e., the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Act) [PDF], includes a number of provisions addressing Medicare and Medicaid. One of these provisions extends the recovery period...more

Cybersecurity Provisions Enacted under 2013 National Defense Authorization Act

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act for 2013 (NDAA) into law. Each year Congress passes the NDAA to authorize funding levels for Department of Defense (DoD) programs and...more

Congress Amends the Medicare Secondary Payer Act

On December 31, 2012, Congress sent the Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act (“the Act”) of 2012 to President Barack Obama for signature. The Act had strong bipartisan support, passing in...more

Supreme Court’s Next FCA Whistleblower Case?

Imagine you own a company that does business with a federal agency. The company’s contract with the agency specifies that the company will deliver widgets of a particular quality....more

Government Contractors Face Growing Risks from Laws Regulating Political Contributions

The landmark Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case paved the way for explosive growth in political spending during the 2012 election cycle. However, for government contractors and their principals, a growing...more

Obama's Mark on Employment Law - What do Employers Have to Look "Forward" To in the Next Four Years?

Now that the frenzy of the election has died down, Florida has counted its votes, and the major media outlets have moved on from dissecting party rhetoric, the question remains: What does Obama's reelection mean for the...more

Legislative Update: Governor Signs Education-Related Bills That Address Principal Evaluations, Public Contract Bidding...

KMTG is continuing our series reviewing new legislation. Unless noted otherwise, the new laws take effect January 1, 2013. Evaluations of Principals—SB 1292 - The Legislature declared in passing SB 1292 that...more

Voter-Approved Measure That Establishes A Competitive Bidding Process For Future Waste Service Contracts Is Not A “Project” And Is...

A city council’s decision to place a measure on the ballot to establish competitive bidding for future trash service contracts did not require prior environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act...more

Legislative Update: Principal Evaluations, Public Contract Bidding, Design-Build Contracts, API Scores, and Charter Schools

KMTG will be issuing a series of updates, as part of our Legal Alerts, on new legislation signed by Governor Brown. All laws become effective January 1, 2013, unless otherwise stated. Below is a brief summary of SB 1292, AB...more

Legislative Update: Governor Signs Education-Related Bills That Address Principal Evaluations, Public Contract Bidding...

KMTG is continuing our series reviewing new legislation. Unless noted otherwise, the new laws take effect January 1, 2013. Evaluations of Principals — SB 1292: The Legislature declared in passing SB 1292 that...more

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Review Federal Funding of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

On October 10, 2012, two pro-life groups petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review and reverse the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court’s decision allowing the continued federal funding of...more

Labor Letter - October 2012

In This Issue: - Political Speech At Work By D. Albert Brannen (Atlanta): With the election just a month away, everyone seems to have strong opinions about the candidates and issues. Inevitably, these opinions will...more

New Addition to the Public Private Partnership Law of Florida - Another Level of Politics or a Cure for Political Games?

The Florida Legislature has just enacted a bill that adds a new Section 339.2825 which took effect July 1, 2012. That Section deals with both Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)-generated projects and unsolicited...more

California Assembly Votes to Amend State False Claims Act

On August 16, 2012, the California Assembly passed a bill (AB 2492) amending California’s False Claims Act, Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 12650-12656 (“CA FCA”), which must be signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. The amendments...more

New E-Verify Requirement for Pa. Public Works Contractors, Beginning January 1, 2013

On July 5, 2012, Pennsylvania Gov. Thomas Corbett signed into law S.B. 637, requiring state public works contractors and subcontractors involved in projects of more than $25,000 to use E-Verify starting on January 1, 2013, or...more

Sequestration: What Government Contractors Need to Know

With the 2012 presidential election months away, government agencies and contractors continue to speculate about the possible effects of sequestration. Whether sequestration will actually occur is unknown, as Congressional...more

Senate Armed Services Committee Releases Final Report on Counterfeit Electronic Parts in the Defense Supply Chain

After a year-long investigation that involved the review of more than 100,000 pages of documents submitted by DoD, electronic parts manufacturers, defense contractors and subcontractors, electronic parts testing laboratories...more

Legal Alert: Senate Passes National Defense Authorization Act

On December 15, 2011, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which retains the TRICARE language proposed in the conference report. As you are aware from our previous legal alerts on December 15, 2011...more

Legal Alert Update: Will Congress Exempt Health Care Providers from Affirmative Action Obligations?

On December 14, 2011, the House passed H.R. 1540, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included language with respect to exempting TRICARE providers from OFCCP jurisdiction. In our previous legal alert,...more

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Fight in Cost Neutral Enviroment.

Costs Free - Judge Roger Berner. ...more

Philadelphia Ordinance Requires Paid Sick Time to Employees of City Contractors

Last week, Philadelphia’s City Council saw its 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Ordinance (Bill No. 110557, the "Ordinance") become law without Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's signature. This Ordinance, which was...more

New York City Council Passes Outsourcing Accountability Act

With overwhelming support, the New York City Council recently passed a bill to increase scrutiny of the City's outsourcing practices. The Outsourcing Accountability Act amends existing law, Local Law 35 of 1994, and requires...more

Congressional Investigation Targets Food Service Contractors and “Wide Spread Waste”

“We’re not doing enough to ensure the government isn’t getting cheated.” — Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) Sen. McCaskill, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Senate Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, announced last week that the...more

What would the effect of a potential government shutdown be on agencies and federal contractors?

Summary: Negotiations between the White House, Senate Democrats and House Republicans continue around the clock, in advance of a Friday deadline for the latest continuing resolution ("CR") funding the operations of the...more

Capitol View: A Publication Of Venable's Legislative And Government Affairs Practice Group - February 2011

In this issue: House Passes Continuing Resolution but the Threat of a Government Shutdown is Still Looming; President Obama Releases $3.7 Trillion Budget Proposal; Party Politics Comes Face-to-Face with Trade Policy; and...more