NATIVE AMERICAN LAW -
Key Ruling on Native American Sovereign Immunity Stands—for Now -
The Fourth Circuit case Williams v. Big Picture Loans is being hailed as a major victory for Native American sovereign immunity...more
9/20/2019
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
DFARS ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Final Rules ,
GAO ,
Interagency Agreement ,
Native American Issues ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
OIG ,
OMB ,
SBA ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Tribal Governments
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING -
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense released a class deviation, effective immediately, that implements section 1006 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. The...more
4/1/2019
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Defense Contracts ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Contractors ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
NDAA ,
NLRB ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Subcontractors ,
Supply Chain ,
Whistleblowers
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS -
Pentagon Task Force’s $675 Million in Contracts to Rebuild Afghanistan Found Wasteful -
According to an article from Government Executive, the Defense Department’s now-defunct business task force...more
1/15/2018
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Contractors ,
Internships ,
Self-Certification ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Unpaid Interns
The use of unpaid interns is a common practice across many industries, especially in the D.C. Metro area. And the question recently addressed by the Ninth Circuit is not a new one: under what set of circumstances does an...more
In a pair of recent cases, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit (which hears appeals from the federal courts of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina) has set forth what will hereafter...more
More Small Business Subcontracting Plan Changes: SBA Proposes to Allow Subcontracting Plan Credit for Small Business Subcontractors at any Tier -
Following recent proposed changes to the FAR’s small business...more
11/5/2015
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Comment Period ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
DCAA ,
DCMA ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Shutdown ,
Minimum Wage ,
NAICS ,
Prime Contractor ,
Proposed Regulation ,
SBA ,
Sequestration ,
Service Contract Act ,
Small Business ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Subcontractors ,
Wage and Hour