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DOGE Puts GSA Leases in the Doghouse

The Trump administration may be utilizing early exit provisions in the GSA lease cancellations and terminations reported to date, but prudent contractors should prepare for other potential tactics to end other leases the...more

Final Rule Increases Compliance Obligations Under the Buy American Act

The FAR Council’s final rule makes changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation that will materialize over the next decade. Contractors will have until October 25, 2022 to comply with a 60 percent domestic content...more

$15/Hour Minimum Wage for Many Federal Contractors to Take Effect

The federal government, led by the U.S. Department of Labor, is moving forward on implementing the provisions of President Biden’s Executive Order 14026, which was signed in April 2021. Most new federal government contracts...more

The Vaccine Mandate for Government Contractors

The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force recently issued guidance that requires the vast majority of prime contractors and subcontractors to ensure that their covered contractor employees, including those working remotely, are...more

ASBCA Rejects Government’s Motion to Dismiss Despite Suspicion of Fraud

The Board’s jurisdiction attaches when the contracting officer renders a final decision or a deemed denial, and a later finding by the contracting officer that fraud is suspected will not deprive the Board of jurisdiction....more

DoD Issues Proposed Rule on Enhanced Debriefing Procedures

The Department of Defense recently issued a proposed rule that would implement the enhanced debriefing procedures required by Congress in the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (FY18 NDAA). The proposed...more

Cybersecurity Executive Order Will Impact Government Contractors

President Biden’s new Executive Order to improve cybersecurity involves a particular focus on federal government and contractor systems. President Biden’s Executive Order directs sweeping changes to cybersecurity...more

No Clear Answer to Address New Executive Order’s Effect on Recently Issued Buy American Regulations

President Biden issued a new Executive Order concerning Buy American regulations less than a week after the FAR Council finalized a rule that increased domestic content requirements. President Biden’s Executive Order...more

GAO Report on Section 3610 Reimbursement

While GAO does not make any recommendations in its report, it provides a useful overview of the federal government’s implementation of Section 3610. Agencies made relatively little use of their Section 3610 authority...more

SBA Announces that Federal Agencies Increased Prime Contract Awards to Small Business Contractors in FY 2019

Recent developments in small business procurement policy indicate that the government’s increase in the amount of contract awards to small businesses is likely to continue. The government exceeded its 23 percent small...more

Federal Circuit Revives Key Case Addressing Contractor’s Ability to Include Offsets in Measurement of CAS Change Impacts

Case remanded to Court of Federal Claims to clarify whether CAS Impact Calculation involving multiple unilateral changes may include contractor “offsets” Federal Circuit revives the question of whether the FAR 33.606...more

Up-to-the-Moment Status of COVID-19 Guidance on Contract Performance Impacts

As government contractors scramble to tackle contract performance changes and disruptions proximately caused by COVID-19, guidance suggests that federal agencies may act equitably. Federal procurement agencies seem inclined...more

Scenarios Government Contractors May Face During the COVID-19 National Emergency

Government contractors face unique challenges while they perform federal contracts during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Contractors should prepare for the factual scenarios they may encounter and consider the Federal...more

President Trump Invoked the Defense Production Act: What Are the Implications?

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump invoked his wartime authority under the Defense Production Act (the Act) to fulfill orders deemed necessary for national defense. The Act allows the federal government...more

President Trump Revokes Obama Executive Order Requiring Right of First Refusal for Service Employees

The President revoked Executive Order (E.O.) 13495, which required successor contractors to offer service employees employed under the predecessor contract a right of first refusal. The revocation immediately terminates...more

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