Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
New Wave of Pay Transparency Requirements Affects Employers and Federal Contractors
Recent Bid Protest Decisions Reshape Strategies for Future Government Contractor Success
DE Under 3: FAR Council's Latest Proposed Rule & OFCCP's 10 New FAQs on Compensation History
Excitement, Turbulence & Confusion: The Top 10 Employment Law Issues That Affected Federal Contractors in 2023
Successor Government Contractor Hiring Obligations Change: DOL’s Long Awaited Nondisplacement Rule
DE Under 3: FAR Council Submitted for OMB Approval Proposed Rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting”
DE Under 3: FAR Council Issued Final Rule Requiring Unionized Workforces on Large Federal Construction Projects
Intellectual Property In Department of Defense Contracting
Podcast - Navigating the TikTok Ban: Implications for Government Contractors
[Podcast] TikTok off the Clock: Navigating the TikTok Ban on Devices for Government Contractors
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Clocking in with PilieroMazza: #LNE4GovCons: FAR Clause Bans TikTok on Federal Contractor Devices
DE Under 3: President Biden Issued "Modernizing Regulatory Review" Executive Order
Overcoming the Inflation Crisis: The Ins and Outs of Inflation Relief for DOD Contractors
Additional Compensation from the Government: A Brief Comparison of REAs and Claims
Podcast Series: Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting: Labor and Employment Issues Unique to Government Contractors
Buy American: What Government Contractors Need to Know
Bid Protest: LPTAs - Are They Still Okay? - Webinar
In recent years, the U.S. government made sustainability a priority in its procurement practices. To accomplish this goal, the FAR Council published a new final rule (Rule), primarily addressing sustainability practices and...more
Since the start of the Biden administration in January 2021, there has been an increased focus on combatting climate change, including regulatory actions and initiatives to increase disclosure by corporations regarding their...more
View PDF Version of Article In recent years, the U.S. Government (“USG”) has taken numerous actions to target forced labor and other human rights violations, with a significant increase in 2020 and early 2021. These include...more
Key Takeaways - Slave, forced, and child labor is a modern-day reality impacting some 40 million people throughout the world, by some estimates. Such practices are—and have always been—repugnant, and certainly have no place...more
In this white paper I consider what market access is, provide an overview of trade compliance, Federal Acquisition Register (FAR) flow downs, the value of continuous monitoring and the origins of laws impacting market access....more
Human trafficking is a global problem that is receiving the attention of legislators and law enforcement. Legislative efforts are focused largely on increasing corporate responsibility in the eradication of human trafficking....more
FAR 52.222-50 prohibits “human trafficking.” To quote the current GEICO TV commercials, “Everybody knows that.” But do you know exactly what the FAR prohibits? The answer includes some obvious pernicious acts, but it also...more
Since 2005, federal contractors have been on notice that the Government has “zero tolerance” for any federal contractor found to be complicit in aiding human trafficking. For the past seven years, however, that “zero...more
On September 25, 2012, President Obama signed a groundbreaking Executive Order designed to strengthen protections against trafficking in persons in federal contracting. Among other requirements, the Executive Order requires...more