DE Under 3: U.S. GAO Report on Military Spouse Employment Focused on Challenges of Part-Time Work
A Discussion with GAO General Counsel Edda Emmanuelli Perez
GovCon Perspectives Podcast Episode 24: Effective Use of “Open and Frank” Discussions in Bid Protests
Award Protests: Choosing the Forum
How to Assess the Likelihood of Success in Deciding Whether to Bring a Bid Protest
Over the last two months, there has been a steady influx of regulatory and legislative efforts regarding drug pricing and the pharmacy industry. To streamline your review, we summarize below a few noteworthy developments that...more
On December 6, the Biden administration released its Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. A unified agenda is issued in the spring and fall each year; it outlines federal agencies' areas of focus...more
On June 3, President Biden signed the debt limit legislation into law, averting default and allowing Congress to return to regularly scheduled business. However, that return was short-lived in the House when a small group of...more
The House and Senate were both in session this week, with significant healthcare activity at the committee level. The House Ways & Means Committee met to discuss healthcare price transparency, and the Ways & Means Health...more
Upcoming Hearings/Markups - January 11 - Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee Hearing: “Addressing New Variants: A Federal Perspective on the COVID-19 Response” 10:00 a.m....more
This week in Washington: Reconciliation delayed; short-term debt ceiling fix passed....more
2020 saw the courts continuing to play an important role in health policy with several notable lawsuits related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Several other Trump administration policies were challenged, including Medicare...more
Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act: On June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 to dismiss for lack of standing a challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought by Texas and other states. The states had...more
This week in Washington: Supreme Court dismisses challenge to the Affordable Care Act....more
This week in Washington: Andrea Palm’s nomination for HHS Deputy Secretary Advances out of Senate Finance Committee, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure’s nomination deadlocked....more
This week in Washington: House committees hold budget reconciliation markups for COVID-19....more
This week in Washington: President Biden issues important executive orders on healthcare....more
This week in Washington: The House and Senate are out for a two-week working period until July 17th....more
This week in Washington: Senate to hold hearing on unemployment insurance during COVID-19 and will hold a second hearing on going back to school safely. House to hold hearings on COVID-19's disproportionate impact on...more
This week in Washington: The House of Representatives passes legislation on fentanyl analogues; Senate continues impeachment trial....more
This week in Washington: Both the House and Senate are back in session....more
This Week in Washington: The House and Senate are out of session until the new year. Congress - House - House Passes USMCA Trade Deal ...more
This week in Washington: The House and Senate are in recess. Congress - Hearings/Markups - Senate Special Committee on Aging: “Promoting Healthy Aging – Living Your Best Life Long into Your Golden Years”...more
This week in Washington: House to hold hearings on surprise medical billing, drug pricing transparency and a single-payer health system....more
This week in Washington: House to hold hearings on PFAS contamination and exposure, the maternal mortality crisis and single-payer issues....more
Upcoming Hearings - Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - House Committee on Energy and Commerce: “Priced Out of a Lifesaving Drug: The Human Impact of Rising Insulin Costs” - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the...more
Coming Week’s Highlights: State of the Union scheduled for Feb. 5; House committees continue discussion on pre-existing conditions....more
This Week: The government shutdown continues; Congress finishes organizing and finalizing committee members and begins to focus on the issues. Concern has been raised that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - According to a Bloomberg Government article, more than 30,000 federal contracting opportunities at twenty-eight (28) agencies are coming up for competition in the coming fiscal years. In a webinar,...more