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The Small Business Administration is a United States federal agency established in 1953 by the Small Business Act. The SBA is dedicated to assisting and supporting small business and entreprenuers. The SBA carries out its mission through a variety of programs including providing financial and federal contract procurement assistance, management assistance, and specialized outreach to women, minorities and armed forces veterans. less -

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

PilieroMazza PLLC on 12/20/2024

December 2024: Reducing the Negative Impacts of a Government Shutdown for Federal Contractors - Once again, the specter of a government shutdown looms over the federal contracting community. The federal government is set...more

Investigations Newsletter: San Diego Physician and Medical Practice Pay $3.8 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations

ArentFox Schiff on 10/28/2024

San Diego Physician and Medical Practice Pay $3.8 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations- San Diego-based physician Dr. Janette J. Gray and her former medical practice, The Center for Health & Wellbeing, agreed to pay $3.8...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – June 2024

PilieroMazza PLLC on 6/6/2024

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular: Acquisition Data Management - On May 30, OMB’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy published a circular entitled, “Strategic Management of Acquisition Data and Information.”...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – April 2024 #4

PilieroMazza PLLC on 4/26/2024

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council Final Rule: Sustainable Procurement - On April 22, the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration published a...more

DOJ Releases False Claims Act Statistics for Fiscal Year 2023

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/27/2024

On February 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its False Claims Act (FCA) statistics for fiscal year (FY) 2023. Using DOJ’s FY 2023 Data Table and our analysis from previous years, MoFo’s FCA team...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – September 2023 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on 9/25/2023

Reducing the Negative Impacts of a Government Shutdown for Federal Contractors - Once again, the specter of a government shutdown looms over the federal contracting community. The federal government is set to run out of...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – May 2023 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 5/12/2023

Pentagon Wants Authority to Start Work on New Technologies Without Congressional Approval - In recent years, Congress has passed several pieces of legislation meant to speed up the Defense Department’s (DOD) acquisition...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – December 2022

PilieroMazza PLLC on 12/7/2022

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - 2022 GAO Bid Protest Annual Report: Key Takeaways for Government Contractors - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its 2022 Bid Protest Annual Report (Report), which...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – August 2022

PilieroMazza PLLC on 8/4/2022

Memorandum of Understanding Between DOJ and the NLRB - The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the National Labor Relations Board signed a memorandum of understanding with the goal of better protecting competitive...more

The State of the Base: DoD Diagnoses Barriers to Competition, but Has No Cure

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/20/2022

What happened? Just weeks before the real State of the Union Address to Congress, the Department of Defense (DoD or Department) published a report on the “State of Competition within the Defense Industrial Base” (DIB Report)....more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – February 2022 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 2/10/2022

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - House Passes Stopgap Bill to Prevent Shutdown - The Hill reported that the House passed a stopgap measure to extend federal government funding until March 11, 2022, to prevent a shutdown next week...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – February 2022

PilieroMazza PLLC on 2/4/2022

DOJ Recovers Over $5.6 Billion From Fraud and False Claims Act Matters in FY 2021: 6 Key Takeaways - On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had recovered more than $5.6 billion in Fiscal...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – January 2022 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 2/1/2022

LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION - Non-Compete Agreements: What Employers and Healthcare Providers Should Know - Non-compete clauses are a common component in employment agreements for many businesses, including healthcare...more

Summary of Agency Class Deviations Implementing Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts... on 11/10/2021

The Government Contracts and Global Trade Group is pleased to provide a summary of some of the key class deviations and other memoranda published by U.S. Government agencies implementing the federal contractor COVID-19...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – October 2021

PilieroMazza PLLC on 10/26/2021

BUSINESS & TRANSACTIONS - SEC Revisits Stalled Rules for Clawing Back Executive Bonuses - Bloomberg Tax reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working to finish long-stalled rules that would restrict...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – August 2021 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 8/27/2021

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Class Deviation Regarding Exceptions to the Limitations on Subcontracting Requirements for Small Business Concerns Under FAR Part 19 - The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council published a...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – April 2021

PilieroMazza PLLC on 4/5/2021

PilieroMazza Reacts to the Rise in Violence Against the Asian-American Community - In the past year, 3,800 acts of violence were perpetrated against the Asian-American community, with a disproportionate number of these...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses - January 2021 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on 1/27/2021

LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION - DOJ Announces FY 2020 Fraud and FCA Recovery Statistics: What They Mean for 2021 - The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it recovered more than $2.2 billion in settlements and...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses - January 2021 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 1/21/2021

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - 2021 Labor and Employment Spotlight: A List of Key Legal Updates for Employers - Undeniably, 2020 was a year like no other. Faced with a global pandemic and a tumultuous election, employers were...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – January 2021

PilieroMazza PLLC on 1/14/2021

BUSINESS & TRANSACTIONS - Purchase Agreement Components, Part 2: Indemnification Provisions - In an acquisition, particularly an equity acquisition, a buyer must perform extensive due diligence on the target company to...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - March 2020

PilieroMazza PLLC on 3/6/2020

CLIENT ALERT: FAR Council Changes Rules Regarding Small Business Rerepresentation / Recertification and Multiple Award Contracts - On February 27, 2020, the FAR Council published a final rule that amends the Federal...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - February 2020

PilieroMazza PLLC on 2/6/2020

CLIENT ALERT: CMMC Is Coming: Are You Ready? PilieroMazza previously blogged regarding the draft releases of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) guidelines in anticipation of its final release. The...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - January 2020 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 1/14/2020

PODCAST: Ex Rel. Radio – False Claims Act: The Risks to Small Business Government Contractors “False Claims Act: The Risks to Small Business Government Contractors” is the fifth episode of “Ex Rel. Radio,” our multi-part...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - August 2019 #4

PilieroMazza PLLC on 8/27/2019

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS & ADVISORY SERVICES - GAO Defers to SBA on When Runway Extension Act Applies - Last year, Congress passed—and President Trump signed—the Small Business Runway Extension Act (the "Runway...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - August 2019 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on 8/21/2019

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS & ADVISORY SERVICES - General Services Administration - According to Law360, GSA is seeking up to $20 billion worth of information technology services from disadvantaged small businesses and has...more

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