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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SBA Proposed Rule to Change How Recertification Affects Small Business IDIQs and Bring More Uniformity Across Various SBA Programs

If the proposed rule is adopted, contractors will no longer qualify for set aside orders and agreements under multiple award IDIQ contracts after a disqualifying recertification. The proposed rule makes many changes to SBA...more

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Best Practices for eDiscovery in Government Agencies

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Electronic discovery isn't just a concern for big corporations or the large law firms representing them. Government agencies, like the fictional Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, often engage in eDiscovery...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

What Local Governments Need to Know About Latest Federal Procurement Updates and Steps to Avoid Conflicts of Interest

Before a local government can build a new town hall building or upgrade its water and sewer infrastructure using federal funds, it needs to navigate a complex maze of federal procurement requirements....more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – September 2024 #3

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SBA Proposed Changes to 8(a) Program Impacts Applicants and Participants - As PilieroMazza noted recently here, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a major proposed rulemaking that will impact government...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - September 19, 2024

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The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently issued an interim final rule implementing licensing requirements for these emerging technology products for export to all foreign countries. See the...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Navigating Government Contracts: Diana Shaw on Oversight and Whistleblower Protections

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In this episode, Craig Smith and Brian Walsh welcome Diana Shaw, a partner in Wiley's White Collar and Government Investigations practice, who shares insights from her experience as a former Acting Inspector General for the...more

The Volkov Law Group

Oak Street Health Pays $60 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Violations

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Federal whistleblowers have been exposing health care fraud for years.  The False Claims Act (“FCA”) contains robust whistleblower provisions and protections that reward whistleblowers with financial payouts. The process for...more

Potomac Law Group, PLLC

Prompt Payment Requirements for DBEs and ACDBEs

If you are a business owner who performs work on contracts as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) or Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (ACDBEs), you should be aware of some significant changes to...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

We’re From the Government and We’re Here to Help You; NPDES Permit Flexibility Edition

Inside EPA (subscription required) reported this week that a group of Democratic state attorneys general have filed an amicus brief supporting EPA’s appeal of a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision holding that EPA had...more

A&O Shearman

Nine months of progress – President Biden’s Landmark AI Executive Order

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Daren Orzechowski Alexander Touma Jack Weinert Daren Orzechowski, Alex Touma, and Jack Weinert examine the progress made by US federal agencies towards achieving the directives set forth in President Biden’s Landmark...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

SBA Proposed Changes to 8(a) Program Impacts Applicants and Participants

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As PilieroMazza noted recently, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a major proposed rulemaking that will impact government contractors, including those that are participants in or seeking to be admitted to the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

The CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rules

Healthcare lives on data. Getting it to the patient and providers is essential for delivering quality care, but that can be a challenge. As Eden Avraham-Katz, Vice President, Legal and Compliance at 1upHealth explains in...more

Goodwin

Celltrion Wins Brazilian Federal Tender for Trastuzumab for Fifth Consecutive Year

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On September 13, 2024, Celltrion announced that its Brazilian subsidiary won the Federal Government of Brazil’s bid to supply HERZUMA (trastuzumab-pkrb) for the fifth consecutive year, with around 660,000 vials to be...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

my Social Security Transitions to Login.gov

A free and secure online account can be used to manage Social Security benefits. Account users can also check application status, request a replacement Social Security card, and view notices online. By 2022, more than 64...more

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Brownfield Funding: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Availability of $232 Million in Grant Funding

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a news release on September 6th, stating it was making available $232 million in grant funding through the federal agency’s Brownfields Assessment, Revolving...more

BCLP

The Wait for CATOs is Nearly Over... Volume 4

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As part of the government’s wider review of the electricity transmission network via the Integrated Transmission Planning and Regulation Project, and after its successful introduction of competition to offshore transmission...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

United States Government Accountability Office Finds Federal Contracting Rules do not Prohibit Labor Harmony Agreement...

In a decision issued on September 16, 2024, the United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) ruled that federal contracting rules do not prohibit government agencies from requiring contractors to enter into labor...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Should Your Business Sign SBA Form 601 Requiring Non-Discriminatory Hiring Practices?

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson issued Executive Order 11246 requiring all contractors and sub-contractors working on a project financed by more than $10,000 of federal funding (including Small Business Administration (SBA)...more

Hogan Lovells

Aerospace & Defense Insights | Roadmap for False Claims Act Enforcement in 2024

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Through Aerospace & Defense Insights, we share with you the top legal and political issues affecting the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry. Our A&D industry team monitors the latest developments to help our clients stay in...more

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Life Sciences Procurement Update: FY2025 NDAA Would Changes to Rules of Origin for Drugs

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In July, the Senate Armed Services Committee passed its version of the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would make substantial changes to the rules for determining the “country of origin” of drugs for...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Bid Protest Minute: COFC Makes It Clear; SAM Registration Can Sink a Proposal

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On September 10, the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) issued an opinion in Zolon PCS II, LLC v. United States, holding that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA or Agency) unreasonably issued a deviation from FAR...more

Maynard Nexsen

SBA Proposes Rule That Will Change M&A Landscape for Small Business, Recertifications to Impact Award Eligibility

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The Small Business Administration ("SBA") recently issued a proposed rule that changes the effect of a concern's size recertification following mergers and acquisitions ("M&A") activity. Notably, the proposed rule is...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Commerce Announces New Trade Controls Affecting Quantum Technologies and AI Developers

The Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) just announced two developments impacting the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced technologies sectors. Specifically, BIS imposed the first export...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government...

Bid Protest Spotlight: Rule Of Two, Post Award, Cost Request

This article is part of a monthly column that provides takeaways from recent bid protest cases. This installment highlights three decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Each of this month's decisions...more

Venable LLP

SBA Proposes Significant Changes to Size Recertification Rules

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The Small Business Administration (SBA) has released a proposed rule that would significantly alter a number of SBA small business program regulations, including those governing size recertifications. ...more

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