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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 -

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

Construction Contractor Wins COVID-Related Construction Claim on Appeal: Lessons Learned

PilieroMazza PLLC on 8/30/2023

Since the beginning of the pandemic, boards and courts have denied a vast majority of construction claims seeking pandemic-related costs under fixed-price contracts. In this blog, PilieroMazza summarizes a recent claim where...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 – March 2023 #4

PilieroMazza PLLC on 3/30/2023

CONSTRUCTION - DOL: Biden-Harris Administration Launches Initiative to Promote Equal Opportunity, Expand Workforce for Federally Funded Jobs in Large Infrastructure Projects - U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – January 2023

PilieroMazza PLLC on 1/20/2023

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - Remedies for NLRA Violations Now Include Consequential Damages: Important Takeaways for Employers - Last year, the National Labor Relations Board, the agency tasked with enforcing employee rights...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – October 2022 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on 10/20/2022

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Overcoming the Inflation Crisis: The Ins-and-Outs of Extraordinary Contractual Relief for Government Contractors - An all-but-forgotten remedy in government contracting, Extraordinary Contractual...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – August 2022 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on 8/25/2022

Action Required: Federal Contractor Data at Risk of Public Disclosure - On August 19, 2022, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs published a public notice to contractors about a Freedom...more

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s Preference for ‎Disadvantaged Government Contractors

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 7/22/2022

In an effort to counteract the economic damage wrought by the COVID-19 Pandemic, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in November of 2021. Part of that bill set aside $370 billion to improve and expand...more

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

PilieroMazza PLLC on 7/14/2022

SBA Proposes Adoption of 2022 NAICS Revision for Small Business Size Standards - The Small Business Administration (SBA) proposed to amend its small business size regulations to incorporate the Office of Management and...more

SBA Enlarges Small Business Pool through New Rule Change

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 6/27/2022

On June 6, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule modifying its methodology for calculating the size of small businesses using an employee-based size standard and authorizes businesses participating...more

SBA Finalizes Changes In How To Calculate Size For Various Programs

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 6/9/2022

Earlier this week, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a Final Rule adopting changes to how a concern calculates its number of employees for eligibility purposes in all of SBA’s programs, as well as how a...more

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

PilieroMazza PLLC on 4/14/2022

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - SBA Increases Its Size Standards, Opening More Opportunities for Winning Government Contracts - The long-awaited increase to size standards by the Small Business Administration (SBA) has arrived....more

HUBZone Principal Office Flexibility Ends April 1

PilieroMazza PLLC on 3/28/2022

The Small Business Administration’s HUBZone office will soon end the principal office flexibility it introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting April 1, 2022, firms will no longer be able to count employees who spend...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

PPP Loan Fall-Out: Expect More Audits and Investigations

PilieroMazza PLLC on 1/28/2022

Unfortunately, the PPP Loan fall-out is far from over. As we noted in the last blog on PPP issues, we are seeing a number of PPP Forgiveness denials for a number of different reasons, and, along with that, we are seeing the...more

PPP Loan Forgiveness Appeal Process: 4 Steps to Knowing and Protecting Your Rights

PilieroMazza PLLC on 1/13/2022

As discussed in PilieroMazza’s previous alert, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness application way back in May of 2020. Since then, PPP forgiveness...more

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

PilieroMazza PLLC on 11/23/2021

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - GSA Polaris and the New SCRM Requirements: Supply Chain Risk May Put Your Proposal at Risk - With the release of GSA Polaris around the corner, one looming issue remains: Contractors may lose out on...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

Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Issues Updated FAQs on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/4/2021

The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force released updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Federal Contractors on Nov. 1, 2021, regarding its COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors...more

PPP Recipients Beware – Your Loan Forgiveness May Be a Credit Due Back to Government

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/27/2021

One of most significant aspects of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was the “Paycheck Protection Program” (PPP). PPP, administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA), authorized...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – September 2021

PilieroMazza PLLC on 9/24/2021

LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION - Watch Your Step: Avoiding False Claims Act Violations from Limitations in Subcontracting and Performance of Work Requirements - Members of the government contracting community are...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

BREAKING: SBA to Suspend Bona Fide Place of Business Requirements for 8(a) Construction Contracts, Effective Immediately

PilieroMazza PLLC on 8/26/2021

Bibi Hidalgo, the Associate Administrator for SBA’s Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, just announced during her keynote address at the National 8(a) Association Alaska Regional Conference that SBA...more

SBA Extends The HUBZone Map Freeze To June 30, 2023

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/26/2021

The Small Business Administration’s HUBZone program provides federal contracting assistance for qualified small business concerns located in historically underutilized business zones in an effort to increase employment...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – May 2021

PilieroMazza PLLC on 5/7/2021

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - SBA Extends the HUBZone Map Freeze to June 30, 2023 - Today, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a direct final rule extending the HUBZone map freeze from December 31, 2021, to June...more

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