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AI seems to be everywhere at the moment. Companies are touting new technologies and tools, states and federal agencies are proposing rules to regulate its use, and workers across a wide range of industries are worried about...more
Welcome back to the Cost Corner, where we address the complex cost and pricing regulations that apply to Government contractors. The last edition of the Cost Corner provided an overview of the regulatory framework for...more
On March 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) adopted, without change, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) Case No. 2022-D010, Employment Transparency Regarding Individuals Who Perform Work...more
Contractors Now Have Until March 3 to Respond to OFCCP’s Latest Proposed Disclosure List - Contractors Will Also Have One Last Quality Control Check of The Final List OFCCP Will Publish, it now says, March 17 - Yes, it...more
When healthcare providers and other government contractors are subject to scrutiny for bills submitted to the government, it is often the result of a whistleblower complaint filed under the qui tam provisions of the False...more
On August 19, 2022, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a public notice to contractors about a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Center for Investigative...more
Federal contractors should be aware of a recent development that could result in the public disclosure of their EEO-1 information. The EEO-1 Component 1 report is a mandatory annual data collection requiring all federal...more
Federal contractors who have filed an Employment Information Report (EEO-1) Type 2 Consolidated between 2016-2020 and wish to object to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a notice on August 19 in the Federal Register informing all federal contractors that it had received a Freedom of Information Act...more
Any employer required to collect EEO-1 workforce demographic data should be thinking about the issue of whether to publicly disclose that data, and consider what might happen to it once it’s disclosed....more
The US Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently broadcasted a notice to federal contractors of its potential release of their EEO-1 reports. Contractors have until September 19,...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) received a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for detailed EEO-1 Report employee demographic information that thousands of U.S....more
On August 19, 2022, OFCCP published a notice in the Federal Register for the stated purpose of advising employers that in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, it is planning to produce confidential...more
As you have inevitably read about, in September 2021, the Biden administration instructed the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to write a rule that would generally require employers...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
It's an old aphorism that "you can't fight City Hall." Now it's time to add a related aphorism: "you can't sue the government under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) for disclosing your trade secrets" – at least so...more
In a recent Holland & Knight webinar, Partners Kara Ariail, Brandon Elledge, and Terry Elling discussed trade secrets and related issues affecting government contractors when employees are hired or leave. In case you missed...more
The election of Donald Trump will significantly affect companies that contract with the federal government. Trump’s business background and campaign promises suggest many upcoming changes in the way the federal government...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published a final rule implementing President Obama's executive order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against employees for discussing or...more
On April 8, 2014, President Obama took two significant actions in the employee pay arena. He signed an Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against their applicants and employees for inquiring...more