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Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Effectively Halts Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate

On May 1, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (SFWTF) issued an update that the Biden administration plans to end COVID-19 vaccination mandates established under Executive Orders (EO) 14042 on Ensuring Adequate COVID...more

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Biden Administration Underscores Environmental Justice Commitment with Earth Week Executive Order

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Capping off Earth Week 2023, President Biden on Friday signed an executive order expanding the Administration’s Justice40 Initiative and creating a new White House Office of Environmental Justice....more

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Racial Equity Executive Order Deepens Federal Environmental Justice Efforts

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The Biden-Harris Administration continues to build on early efforts to integrate environmental justice with federal agency actions through a new executive order, Executive Order 14091, Further Advancing Racial Equity and...more

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Federal Contractors Vaccine Mandate: What Government Contractors Need to Know

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The implementation of President Biden’s September 9, 2021 Executive Order regarding COVID-19 vaccine and safe workplace requirements for federal contractors has caused confusion and prompted numerous questions from federal...more

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White House Publishes Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors

On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order (“the Order”) pertaining to Covid-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors, which applies to any workplace location where an individual is...more

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Environmental Justice is a Top Priority

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When environmental lobbyists are asked to discuss the topics to watch for 2021-2022, the answer almost always includes one broadly encompassing topic: Environmental Justice. While the term “Environmental Justice” or “EJ” is...more

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Beltway Buzz - April 2021 #4

Biden Releases American Families Plan - This week, the White House released an outline of its American Families Plan, which is being touted as the second phase of the administration’s infrastructure proposal (dubbed the...more

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Biden Creates Task Force on Worker Organizing and Increases Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

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On April 27, 2021, President Biden issued two executive orders that have the potential to significantly impact employers. One of these orders establishes a White House Task Force on “Worker Organizing and Empowerment.”...more

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Environmental Justice in the Biden Administration

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The Biden Administration is seeking to advance “environmental justice” (EJ) through its policy and regulatory priorities in a way that no administration has before. Environmental justice - which seeks to address...more

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President Biden's Climate Change Order Sets Agenda for Energy Policy

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Fulfilling one of his central campaign promises, President Biden signed a wide-ranging Executive Order last week addressing climate change through energy, infrastructure, national security, foreign affairs, and social justice...more

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Governor Pritzker Signs Executive Order Addressing Gender Identity in Illinois Schools

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On June 30, 2019, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order aimed at studying and providing recommendations on legal rights and supports in the school environment for transgender, non-binary, and gender...more

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New Jersey Tax Incentive Task Force Is On The Trail of Companies Suspected of Fraudulently Receiving EDA Tax Benefits

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On January 24, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order creating a Tax Incentives Task Force to investigate fraud and loopholes in New Jersey’s existing tax incentives system and to address monitoring and...more

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Expect Increased Enforcement Activities with DOJ’s New Fraud Task Force

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the creation of a Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud. Relevant to the contracting and healthcare community, the task force is designed to strengthen the...more

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Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud

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On July 11, 2018, pursuant to a Presidential Executive Order, the Department of Justice announced the formation of a new multi-agency task force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud that will focus on combating consumer and...more

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DOJ Announces New Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) earlier this week announced that it was disbanding the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, established under the Obama Administration. ...more

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Governor Murphy Creates Task Force on Employee Classification

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New Jersey is turning up the heat on employers that misclassify employees as independent contractors....more

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N.J. Governor Orders Fresh Focus On Worker Misclassification

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On May 3, 2018 New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 25 which authorizes a 12-person task force to review misclassification of workers as independent contractors in New Jersey, with a focus on the...more

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New Jersey Governor Signs Executive Order Establishing Employee Misclassification Task Force

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 3, 2018, Governor Phil Murphy signed an Executive Order establishing the Task Force on Employee Misclassification, which is effective immediately. ...more

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EPA Requests Comments on Regulatory Rollbacks

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Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a request for comment asking for “input on regulations that may be appropriate for repeal, replacement, or modification.” EPA’s request is part of a federal...more

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CFTC Initiates Project KISS

In remarks at a conference, CFTC Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo announced the CFTC’s intent to comply with an Executive Order which requires each agency to designate a Regulatory Reform Officer and establish a...more

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Also In The News - Health Headlines - February 2017

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Executive Order Directs Federal Agencies to Create Deregulation Task Forces – On February 24, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order requiring Federal agencies to create a “Regulatory Reform Task Force” to review...more

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President Trump Signs Executive Order on Regulatory Reform

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President Trump signed the Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda executive order that will establish a task force and regulatory reform officer at each US federal agency, appointed by agency heads...more

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President Trump's Most Recent Regulatory Reform Order

On Friday, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order targeting federal regulations. This new executive action, which is designed to enact the White House’s regulatory reform agenda, requires the heads of each...more

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President issues executive order to enforce compliance with regulatory reform agenda

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As part of his 100-day action plan, the President promised to institute a regulatory moratorium by requiring that for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated. On January 30, 2017, the...more

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President Trump Signs Executive Order Setting Guidelines for Identifying Regulations for Repeal, Replacement, or Modification

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On February 24, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order setting forth guidelines pursuant to which the Trump administration will implement and enforce its regulatory reform initiatives and identify regulations for...more

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