On this episode of Wiley’s Government Contracts podcast, Nick Peterson joins host Craig Smith to discuss the challenges and risks that come with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools by government contractors and...more
In this episode, Wiley partners Gary Ward, Tracye Howard, and Craig Smith examine the ongoing developments related to implementation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. They discuss the current...more
This extended (90 minute) Boot Camp will review:
- Recent legislation and notable regulatory changes affecting government contractors, including pending legislation and potential forthcoming rules;
- Relevant...more
WHAT: The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council has published a proposed rule that would bar contractors and subcontractors from considering covered job applicants’ prior compensation and require disclosure of...more
In this episode, partners Duane Pozza, Kat Scott, Joan Stewart, and Craig Smith discuss the main questions facing artificial intelligence (AI) as we move into the new year. They analyze topics such as defining the scope of...more
Please join us for our first fall 2023 episode of Wiley’s Federal Infrastructure Webinar Series, a series of webinars that will bring together attorneys from across the firm to discuss current developments relating to the...more
9/26/2023
/ Apprenticeships ,
Best Practices ,
Construction Project ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Federal Contractors ,
Funding Opportunities ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Infrastructure ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Supply Chain ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars
Much like high school teachers across the country, Congress and the Executive Branch have been expressing security concerns about TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, a Chinese software firm. These concerns led to the No...more
WHAT: Over a year after its notice of proposed rulemaking, the U.S Department of Labor (DOL) published its Final Rule Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) Regulations. The Final Rule spans hundreds of pages of...more
8/15/2023
/ Bureau of Labor Statistics ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Service Contract Act ,
Wage and Hour
Later this month, John and Craig will host a webinar diving deeper into the OASIS+ competition, including:
- Significant solicitation provisions addressing size status, teaming structures, experience, and pricing;
- How...more
7/14/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Bid Protests ,
Bid Solicitation ,
Competition ,
Contract Terms ,
Federal Contractors ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
GWACs ,
Mergers ,
OASIS ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Webinars
Craig Smith and John Prairie, partners in Wiley’s Government Contracts practice group, discuss the OASIS+ contract vehicle. GSA estimates that OASIS+ purchases will total $60 billion over its ten-year life, making the...more
On June 15, 2023, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) released final solicitations for the six groups of One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus (OASIS+) contracts for complex professional and...more
On this episode of Wiley’s Government Contracts podcast, Privacy, Cyber & Data Governance partners Duane Pozza and Kat Scott join Government Contracts partner Tracye Howard and host Craig Smith to discuss how federal policy...more
In this episode of Wiley’s Government Contracts Podcast, host Craig Smith is joined by Government Contracts Partner Gary Ward to discuss Gary’s projections of trends we may see in protests, cybersecurity, and more....more
On this episode of Wiley’s Government Contracts podcast, Privacy, Cyber & Data Governance partners Kat Scott and Joan Stewart join host Craig Smith to discuss the current state of privacy laws being enacted in states around...more
WHAT: The Biden Administration announced the rescission of its COVID-19 vaccination requirements for government contractors along with federal employees and certain healthcare workers. The President followed this announcement...more
WHAT: On April 25, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. v. Secretary of the Air Force, No. 2022-1035, holding that the Contracting Officer’s...more
On this episode, Government Contracts practice chairs Paul Khoury and Scott McCaleb join host Craig Smith to discuss how the practice defines what it does, what it wants to be, and what it believes in. The trio cover why it...more
WHAT: The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule that requires contracting officers to consider Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) risk assessments when evaluating contractors’ proposals and quotes and when...more
Please join us for the second episode of Wiley’s Federal Infrastructure Webinar series, a series of webinars that will bring together attorneys from across the firm to discuss current developments relating to the federal...more
As Craig Smith and Gary Ward recently discussed in our latest Wiley Government Contracts podcast episode, “What to Expect in Government Contracts This Year,” Fiscal Year 2023 is shaping up to be an interesting year for GAO...more
Ask someone you know about the COVID-19 vaccination requirements for contractors, and you might get an, “Oh yeah, what happened to that?” Issued in early September 2021, Executive Order (EO) 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID...more
3/1/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Mandates ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Employees ,
Injunctions ,
OMB ,
Vaccinations
WHAT: President Biden signed into law the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act, Pub L. No. 117-324, which mandates updates to the Federal Acquisition Regulation’s (FAR) provisions...more
Contractors often face disagreements with their agency customers during performance – maybe an unforeseeable delay, a cost spike, or some sort of change – that prompts action involving the contract terms. This action might be...more
WHAT: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed, but narrowed, a nationwide injunction issued in December 2021 against the enforcement of COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal contractors’ employees...more
WHAT: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that it has received a request under the Freedom of Information Act for all consolidated “Type 2” EEO-1 reports for federal...more