Judge R. Stan Baker of the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued an order (Order) on December 7, 2021, enjoining the federal government “from enforcing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and...more
The Government’s enforcement of contract provisions implementing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate with regard to federal contractors and subcontractors required by President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 (the EO) was...more
The Government Contracts and Global Trade Group is pleased to provide a summary of some of the key class deviations and other memoranda published by U.S. Government agencies implementing the federal contractor COVID-19...more
11/10/2021
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Department of Agriculture ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of the Interior ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
DFARS ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Employees ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
NASA ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Social Security Administration (SSA) ,
Subcontractors ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
US Department of State ,
Vaccinations
With the addition of new answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) on November 1, and the November 4 “Fact Sheet” issued by the White House accompanying the rollout of the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and...more
11/9/2021
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Employees ,
Masks ,
OSHA ,
Religious Exemption ,
Subcontractors ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing
Four memoranda, released in the last several business days, provide federal contracting officers guidance and suggested clauses to implement President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 (the Executive Order) in federal contracts...more
10/7/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
DFARS ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Joe Biden ,
OMB ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Exemption ,
Subcontractors ,
Vaccinations
The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued on Sept. 24 its guidance for federal contractors and subcontractors as required by President Joe Biden’s Sept. 9 executive order on ensuring adequate COVID-19 safety protocols for...more
9/29/2021
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covered Employees ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Joe Biden ,
Masks ,
OMB ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Exemption ,
Service Contract Act ,
Social Distancing ,
Subcontractors ,
Vaccinations ,
World Health Organization
A day following his national address on September 8, 2021, President Biden issued two Executive Orders directed respectively to federal employees and federal contractors with the stated purpose of decreasing or halting the...more
A major pillar of President Biden’s campaign was strengthening the Buy American requirements in procurement law, promising both before and after the election that “[n]o government contracts will be given to companies that...more
Last month’s controversial Executive Order, 13950, will require federal contracts awarded after November 22, 2020, to contain a clause by which contractors agree to refrain from inculcating “race or sex stereotyping” or “race...more
On September 22, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (the Order). The Order is directed squarely at federal contractors and subcontractors, and states that its purpose is to...more
10/12/2020
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity ,
Employee Training ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Race Discrimination ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Subcontractors ,
Trump Administration
On September 22, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping. The Order is directed squarely at federal contractors and subcontractors and states that its purpose is to “promote...more
The Trump administration’s focus on enhancing “Buy American” requirements in federal procurement took a leap forward on July 15, 2019, with the issuance of an Executive Order (EO) on Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods,...more