Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Did the Supreme Court Hand the CFPB a Pyrrhic Victory?
DE Under 3: Biden "Hits the Brakes" on Non-Defense Discretionary Budgets for Federal Agencies in FY 2025 Budget Proposal
DE Under 3: Big Budget Opponents Again Stop a Final Federal FY 2024 Budget, Congress Keeps Agency Spending to FY 2023 Levels
DE Under 3: Biden Signed Two-Tiered Continuing Resolution Appropriations Bill Funding Federal Government Through Early Next Year
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in CFSA v CFPB: Who Will Win and What Does It Mean? Part II
Moving the Ball for Metro Atlanta Mobility: Atlanta Regional Commission - TAG Infrastructure Talks Podcast
2022 NDAA: Important Considerations for Government Contractors
Construction Webinar Series: The Infrastructure Bill’s Impact on DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
#WorkforceWednesday: COVID-19 Restrictions Tighten, NYC Fair Chance Act, Biden's Budget - Employment Law This Week®
National Security Podcast: How the United States Innovation and Competition Act Could Aid Your Business
Inside DC: What To Expect From the DC Budget Process
Podcast: American Rescue Plan Delivers New Stimulus Funding - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast - Earmarks: A Conversation with Quorum and PP&R Practice Leader Rich Gold
COVID-19 Relief in 2021: What Small Businesses Need to Know
Challenges for Infrastructure Projects in the Current Environment
Nota Bene Episode 90: U.S. Q3 Check In: Stimulus, Relief, Election, and Direction with Elizabeth Frazee and Jonathan Meyer
How to Navigate the After Effects of the U.S. Stimulus Packages
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 76: Tackling an MEE Con Law Essay Question
[WEBINAR] Developing FEMA Compliant Procurement Procedures
Obama Administration Calls for Free Access to Federally Funded Research
The childcare industry has long been a crucial pillar of the U.S. economy, enabling parents to work and contributing significantly to national stability. However, the past decade has seen unprecedented challenges,...more
Recipients of grants and other forms of federal financial assistance will soon get much-needed relief from the heavy access, administrative and compliance burdens currently imposed by the Office of Management and Budget's...more
In October 2022, I circulated “An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor[.]” Much has occurred since. Inflation remains an acute problem. In turn, contractors and subcontractors continue...more
As we noted very briefly on Monday in our “Quick Take on a Sudden Change in the Banking Landscape,” among the various actions the government took Sunday evening to try to stabilize the banking market, the Federal Reserve...more
If you were living your life fully in late December 2022, you can be excused for having missed a big deal in the world of the American Rescue Plan Act. Your “B-sides” authors, however, grew excited at the prospect of new...more
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2022 applicable to the Mortgage industry. So, what happened in 2022?...more
By now, Ohio municipalities, counties, and townships are well aware that the federal government passed significant coronavirus relief funding in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Specifically, Ohio’s political subdivisions...more
The 116th and 117th Congresses passed a series of landmark spending bills focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and infrastructure. More than $5 trillion has been devoted to pandemic relief, and an additional $1.2 trillion was...more
The initial phase of Provider Relief Funds (“Funds”) was distributed in April 2020, and since then, many providers have been playing catch up. The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) recently addressed two...more
On May 2, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the release of a funding opportunity announcement (“FOA”) through which DOE may provide $3.1 billion in grant funding to support projects that will accelerate the...more
Both the House and Senate are back in session after a two-week recess. The House plans to vote on legislation that would accelerate the delivery of military equipment to Ukraine and authorize domestic terrorism offices...more
The House and Senate are both in session this week. With the Senate’s passage of USICA/COMPETES last week, the House and Senate are now able to kick off the formal conference process for the Bipartisan Innovation Act, and...more
Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. Last week, Congress passed the $1.5 trillion FY2022 government funding package, nearly six months into the fiscal year. However, a $15.6 billion supplemental for COVID...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released the Final Rule on Jan. 6, 2022, governing the use of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) as established under the American Rescue Plan. To assist…...more
Continuing our series of articles reviewing the lesser publicized aspects of the new American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) guidance (hence, the “B-sides” moniker), we address the U.S. Treasury’s issued guidance as to using federal...more
One of the most significant provisions of the American Rescue Plan was the establishment of the $350 billion Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF or Fiscal Recovery Funds)....more
Much has been written by various prognosticators regarding the January 6, 2022, release by the U.S. Treasury of its Final Rule as to the use by state and local governments of federal stimulus funding under the American Rescue...more
Medicaid enrollment has increased by over 10 million (or 15 percent) from February 2020 through February 2021 across all states since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. A significant contributor to these gains in coverage...more
HHS’s most recent guidance specifies the deadlines within which health care providers must use and report on Provider Relief Fund payments and provides much needed additional clarification concerning how and when health...more
Louisiana has become the first state with a Democratic governor to pass a law eliminating the $300-per-week supplemental unemployment benefit created by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). Under the new...more
In June 2020, governments around the world were centrally concerned with two issues: (1) what precautions to take to stem the ever-rising tide of COVID-19 cases and (2) how to keep national economies from falling apart due to...more
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The federal government has issued three rounds of relief funding to Ohio school districts in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The most recent round - created by the American Rescue Plan and referred to as ESSER III or...more
Twenty-two of 27 Republican-led states have announced that they will end enhanced federal COVID-19 unemployment benefits early. Of those, four (Arizona, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma) will offer additional monetary...more
The federal government has allocated three rounds of relief funds to public schools during the course of the pandemic. Its most recent legislation, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, enacted on March 11th, will funnel an...more