DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
DE Under 3: OMB Announced Finalized Overhaul to Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collection Standards
DE Under 3: OFCCP Resurrects Proposal for Monthly CC-257 Employment Utilization Reports for Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: FAR Council Submitted for OMB Approval Proposed Rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting”
DE Under 3: Surprises Lurk Throughout OMB's 2023 Spring Regulatory Agenda
DE Under 3: OFCCP’s Controversial “Pre-Enforcement Notice & Conciliation Procedures” Final Rule Coming Soon
DE Under 3: President Biden Issued "Modernizing Regulatory Review" Executive Order
DE Under 3: OMB’s Initial Proposal to Overhaul Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collections
DE Under 3: OMB Publishes Its Fall 2022 Regulatory Agenda
DE Under 3: Big Changes Coming to OFCCP's Supply & Service Contractor ICRs
DE Under 3: Employment Poster Requirements & the U.S. DOJ’s First-Ever Criminal Anti-Trust Prosecution
DE Under 3: Data Gathering & Data Delivery
DE Under 3: New Data Collection Burdens, NLRB’s Ruling Regarding Union Election Dismissals, and OMB’s Tech Modernization Fund
Biden’s Modernizing Regulatory Review – A New Paradigm?
DoD Cyber: A Conversation with Melissa Vice, COO for DoD’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program
Is it the End of the EB-5 World as We Know it? How to Prepare for Potential Changes
I-14: Update on EEO-1 and I-9 Forms, Employer Obligations After a Hurricane or Other Natural Disaster, and Attorney Jason Barsanti on Meal and Rest Breaks
As part of the House’s “China Week”—focusing on legislation to curb threats from Beijing—the House passed the BIOSECURE Act (H.R. 8333) on September 9 with strong bipartisan support (in a 306–81 vote). If signed into law,...more
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued the proposed Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) rules that will implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. These rules, which...more
As discussed in a previous post, in 2022, the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act ordered an examination of federal administrative agencies' data cryptography to prepare for a future where quantum computing is...more
To dramatically scale up the Modernizing the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) marketplace, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has completely rewritten FedRAMP’s vision, scope and governance...more
On June 12, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing its review of the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) and asking for public comment....more
On April 22, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a final rule broadly revising sections of OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements, following review and consideration of the comments received in response to...more
On June 7, 2024, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its FY 2024 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) for Supply and Service Contractors. The CSAL is a courtesy notification, and the...more
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular: Acquisition Data Management - On May 30, OMB’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy published a circular entitled, “Strategic Management of Acquisition Data and Information.”...more
The FAR Council published a Notice seeking public comments regarding its request to obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) of the “reinstatement” of a previously approved Information Collection...more
Wild times ahead! Listen as Candee and John discuss a recent notice issued by the FAR Council, asking OMB for permission to collect certain information from federal contractors about their first-tier subcontractors and put it...more
As organizations are preparing and filing the 2023 EEO-1 Data Collection reports, (deadline is June 4th) there’s a change on the horizon for future reporting. For the first time in over twenty-five years, in March, 2024 the...more
Monday, April 13, 2024: Contractors Have Second Opportunity to Comment on OFCCP’s Supply & Service Contractor Portal Information Collection - OFCCP published in the Federal Register Notice of a 30-day public comment period...more
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released its long-awaited “Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance” to revise the regulations previously known as the OMB Uniform Guidance. With Federal grant funding...more
Marking the first effort to establish an artificial intelligence (“AI”) governance structure for the federal government, the AI Memorandum contains requirements and recommendations for federal agencies’ AI use that...more
As we continue our series on OFCCP’s Supply and Service Contractors Technical Assistance Guide (“TAG”), this post reviews the TAG’s section covering requirements and components in an Executive Order 11246 affirmative action...more
Last month, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) issued a memorandum directing federal agencies to adopt artificial intelligence (“AI”) and advance its use to inform and carry out agency actions. OMB’s new policy...more
Artificial intelligence (“AI”) has already impacted virtually every industry in the United States and around the globe. The realm of federal government contracts is no exception. Considering this, the Administration has...more
On March 28, 2024, the White House Office of Management and Budget issued new guidance on the collection of race and ethnicity data by federal agencies. OMB revised Statistical Policy Directive (SPD) 15, which is labelled...more
On April 22, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) issued final guidance regarding the application of the Section 889 telecommunications ban to federal grants, loans, and cooperative agreements under 2 C.F.R. §...more
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently published a final memorandum (AI Memo) adopting requirements on federal agencies’ oversight, procurement, and use of artificial intelligence. The AI Memo requires...more
The EEOC recently announced that the 2023 EEO-1 data collection period will open on April 30, 2024. Employers with 100 or more employees must report data about their workforce, including job category and sex and race or...more
The Biden Administration recently issued its clearest articulation yet of how federal agencies can use AI—and no surprise: There are big implications for companies delivering AI solutions to federal government customers....more
WHAT: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published the final version of its Secure Software Development Attestation Common Form (Common Form) and announced...more
On March 29, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (SPD 15). These...more
With DEI a high priority in today’s work environment, many companies are establishing employee resource groups (“ERGs”) to bring people together in celebration and support of both their commonalities and their differences....more