Given the impending deadline of March 14, 2025, for Congress to pass a budget or another continuing resolution (CR) (and the president signing same), coupled with the recent happenings in Washington, D.C., we thought it would...more
3/12/2025
/ Contract Terms ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employees ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Government Shutdown ,
Risk Management ,
Subcontractors
On January 8, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council withdrew its Proposed Rule on Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting (the proposed rule), which was initially introduced in January 2024. This...more
1/17/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Pay Transparency ,
Proposed Rules ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Labor Laws
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a notice in the Federal Register on October 29, 2024, notifying federal contractors of its receipt of two new requests under the...more
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued its decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which put an end to Chevron Deference. Chevron Deference was a doctrine that required courts to...more
7/11/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Article I ,
Article III ,
Board of Contract Appeals ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
COFC ,
Contract Disputes Act ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
SCOTUS
On Monday, June 24, 2024, a federal judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the Court) instituted a nationwide injunction on the enforcement of portions of the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2023...more
7/2/2024
/ Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals ,
Construction Industry ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Injunctions ,
Prime Contractor ,
Related Acts Clauses ,
Subcontractors ,
Wage and Hour
On August 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) issued a Final Rule titled “Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation” (the Final Rule), comprising 812 pages. The changes made in this Final...more