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Capital Thinking Updates - May 20, 2013

by Amy Davenport, Alexis Early, Eugenia Edwards, Jared Fleisher, Mara Giorgio, Norma Krayem, Karen Kudelko, Matthew Kulkin, Jessica Monahan, Amy Budner Smith, Stacy Swanson, Sarah Vilms, more +Dana Weekes, Kristin Wells, Pam Welsh | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/24/2013

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture and Food - Budget and Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Defense - Education - Environment - Financial Services - Health Care - Homeland...more

BRG GovCon Research Report - January - March 2013

by Ryan Byrd, Kelly Lynch, Sajeev Malaveetil, Mary Karen Wills | Berkeley Research Group, LLC on 5/1/2013

In This Issue: - GSA and VA Schedule Matters - Office of Inspector General Reports - Pertinent Government Accountability Office (GAO) Audit Reports - OMB Proposed Guidance - Key Federal Acquisition...more

New Metropolitan Areas Could Affect Medicare Payment, Regulations

by Emily J. Cook, Eric Zimmerman | McDermott Will & Emery on 3/28/2013

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget recently announced new Metropolitan Areas based on revised standards and 2010 census data. If adopted by Medicare, which they typically are, these changes would affect many aspects of...more

CFPB begins collection of compliance costs data

by Barbara S. Mishkin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/28/2013

In a recent post on its blog, the CFPB announced that its Research, Markets, and Regulations team is now studying the costs of complying with the consumer finance regulations the CFPB inherited from other agencies. The CFPB...more

Sequestration Tango: Taking Steps to Assess Risk and Mitigate Impacts

by David S. Black, Terry L. Elling | Holland & Knight LLP on 3/15/2013

Many federal contractors and subcontractors are in store for a bumpy ride. On March 1, 2013, sequestration went into effect, requiring the federal government to cancel $85 billion in budgetary resources between now and...more

Sequestration: Federal Subsidy Payments for BABS and Other Direct-Pay Subsidy Bonds will be Reduced 8.7%

by Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 3/14/2013

Pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, on March 1, 2013, the President issued the sequestration order which requires automatic spending cuts ("sequestration") as the result of Congress' failure to...more

Infrastructure Alert - March 13, 2013

by Cozen O'Connor on 3/13/2013

Sequestration began on March 1, and federal agencies are still in the process of sending out furlough notifications and determining specific program cuts. The continuing resolution authorizing current federal spending will...more

Sequestration Is Here – Now What Happens to Government Contractors?

by Daniel S. Herzfeld | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 3/7/2013

On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered the implementation of across-the-board cuts – sequestration – primarily directed to military and domestic discretionary spending because the White House and congressional leaders...more

Legal Alert: Sequestration to Cause CREB Payments to Be Reduced by 8.7%

by Matthew Nichols, Darryl Smith | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 3/6/2013

The Office of Management and Budget has issued its Report to the Congress on the budget sequestration for federal fiscal year 2013 required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the...more

Medicare and Sequestration – What Happens Now?

by Debra McCurdy | Reed Smith on 3/5/2013

Due to continuing budget gridlock in Washington, sequestration has been triggered – meaning automatic cuts to a wide range of federal programs, including Medicare payments to providers and health plans. While the Centers for...more

President Obama Issues Sequestration Order, CMS Has Yet to Publish Implementation Instructions

by King & Spalding on 3/5/2013

On March 1, 2013, President Obama issued a sequestration order directing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to administer across-the-board cuts to federal spending. Concurrently, OMB issued a report to Congress...more

Financial Services Legislative And Regulatory Update -- March 4‚ 2013

by Abby Matousek, Jason M. Rosenstock | Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 3/4/2013

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; House of Representatives; Executive Branch; Miscellaneous; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - On Friday evening President...more

Implementation of Sequestration on Government Contracts

by Robert Burton, John F. Cooney, Paul Debolt, J. Scott Hommer | Venable LLP on 3/4/2013

Today, the President issued a Sequestration Order that requires federal agencies to make uniform percentage reductions in each separate item in their budgets. Under that Order, the agencies will be obliged to apply a...more

How Does the Sequester Affect Energy Programs?

by Mintz Levin - Energy & Clean Technology on 3/4/2013

On Friday evening, President Obama formally notified the Office of Management and Budget to initiate the sequester, as both sides were unable and/or unwilling to reach an agreement on a plan to avert the automatic...more

Federal Grant & Contract News for Nonprofits - March 2013

by Elizabeth Buehler, Dismas Locaria, Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum, Melanie Jones Totman | Venable LLP on 3/4/2013

In February, there was a particularly important development with respect to the governing regulations for nonprofits in the federal grant and contract arena. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") has proposed an...more

White House Issues Executive Order on CyberSecurity

by Timothy Blank, Kate Ericsson, Vernon Francis, Vivian Maese | Dechert LLP on 3/1/2013

The Obama Administration has long expressed concerns about the vulnerability of America’s critical infrastructure to cyber-attack. On February 12, 2012, the day of the President’s State of the Union address, the...more

A Victory For Regulation Over Guidance? Are EPA and the Corps Giving Up on Post-Rapanos Wetlands Guidance?

by Seth Jaffe | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 2/27/2013

As readers of this blog know, EPA’s use of guidance is a frequent pet peeve of mine. The issue has arisen with particular force in connection with EPA’s efforts to define Clean Water Act jurisdiction following the Supreme...more

Capital Thinking Update - February 11, 2013

by Jennifer Cetta, Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Eugenia Edwards, Karen Kudelko, Matthew Kulkin, Amy Budner Smith, Scott Thompson, Joseph Urso, Sarah Vilms, Dana Weekes, Pam Welsh | Patton Boggs LLP on 2/14/2013

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture & Food - Budget, Appropriations, and Sequestration - Cybersecurity - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services -...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - February 13, 2013

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 2/13/2013

In the past week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an updated federal budget to account for new regulations from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS),...more

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News Update - January 24, 2013

by Colleen M. Faddick, Bruce A. Johnson, Matthew Murer, Alan K. Parver | Polsinelli on 1/25/2013

In This Issue: - OMB Directs Department Heads to Prepare for Sequestration - HHS Finalizes Omnibus HIPAA Rule, Enhances Privacy Requirements - SCOTUS Says Equitable Tolling Not a Factor in DSH Case - Report...more

Wanted: Regulatory Agendas For 2012

by Tressi L. Cordaro | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/27/2012

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the federal government is required to give notice of significant rulemaking activities by publishing semi-annual regulatory agendas (unified agendas) that describe current and intended...more

Fiscal Cliff May Still Trigger WARN Act Protections Despite Government Guidance to the Contrary

by Michael C. Jacobson | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 11/20/2012

Despite written guidance from the Department of Labor (DOL) and the White House through its Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the so-called "Fiscal Cliff," a series of budget cuts and simultaneous expiration of tax cuts,...more

OMB Issues Report on Likely Effects of Sequestration

by King & Spalding on 9/18/2012

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a report on September 14, 2012 detailing the magnitude of impending across-the-board cuts to Federal spending beginning on January 2, 2013 in a process known as...more

Final Electric Power Transmission And Distribution And Electrical Protective Equipment Rule Goes To OMB

by Tressi L. Cordaro | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/20/2012

After over 12 years of rulemaking, on June 27, 2012, the draft final rules for the general industry power transmission standard, 29 C.F.R. 1910.269, and the construction standard for power transmission and distribution, 29...more

HIPAA Omnibus Rule Expected Within 90 Days – Pending Review at OMB

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 3/27/2012

Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced March 26 that the long-awaited rule updating Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations has been...more

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