Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – August 12, 2019
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS LAW This Project Is Behind Schedule – What Is a Contractor to Do?, August 6, 2019, Michelle Litteken Construction projects rarely, if ever, go precisely as planned. One of the most common issues government contractors face is falling behind schedule. A schedule is developed, and then the contractor is confronted with differing site conditions, changes, or a litany of other causes of delay. The contract completion date that seemed easily achievable . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – August 5, 2019
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . FALSE CLAIMS ACT / LITIGATION / CYBERSECURITY & DATA PRIVACY Have the Flood Gates Opened?: Cisco Settles First-Of-Its-Kind Cybersecurity False Claims Act Litigation, August 2, 2019, Matthew Feinberg On July 31, 2019, a False Claims Act matter pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York was unsealed, revealing an $8.6 million settlement that may have far-reaching implications for government contractors. The litigation, United States, et al., ex rel. James Glenn v. Cisco . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 29, 2019
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . FALSE CLAIMS ACT / LITIGATION PODCAST: PilieroMazza’s GovCon Live! presents “Ex Rel. Radio,” our multi-part series on the False Claims Act, which will include commentary on potential pitfalls for your company, enforcement issues, and emerging trends. Please subscribe to one of our podcast accounts – Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Google Podcasts , TuneIn , or Stitcher – to receive a notification when the first podcast in this series, “Cybersecurity, Implied Certifications, and the False Claims Act,” with Isaias Alba , David . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 23, 2019
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS & ADVISORY SERVICES CLIENT ALERT: SBA to Increase Size Standards with Inflationary Adjustment, July 17, 2019, Megan Connor On July 18, 2019, SBA issued an interim final rule increasing the receipts-based size standards for inflation. An unpublished version of the rule is available here . The change should be effective August 17, 2019, 30 days after the scheduled publication of the rulemaking. Comments to the rule are due . . . Read More
EEOC Announces New EEO-1 Pay Data Reporting Deadline
September 30, 2019 marks the newly announced deadline for employers who submit annual EEO-1 reports to report employee 2018 pay data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC revealed the new deadline in a federal court submission last week. UPDATE: Since the original blog on this topic was published, the court issued an order confirming the September 30, 2019 deadline, and requiring the EEOC to collect a second year of data in addition to the 2018 pay information. The EEOC . . . Read More
SBA to Increase Size Standards with Inflationary Adjustment
Tomorrow, SBA will issue an interim final rule increasing the receipts-based size standards for inflation. An unpublished version of the rule is available here . The change should be effective August 17, 2019, 30 days after the scheduled publication of the rulemaking. Comments to the rule are due September 16, 2019. For government contractors whose status changes in the System for Award Management (“SAM”) from “other than small” to “small,” as a result of the inflation adjustment, SBA advises that the . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 16, 2019
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS & ADVISORY SERVICES PilieroMazza Submits Comments in Response to RIN 3245-AG75, Proposed Rule on Women-Owned Small Business and Economically Disadvantage Women-Owned Small Business Certification Authors, Pamela Mazza , Megan Connor, Katie Flood, Meghan Leemon , Patrick Burns, Francis Massaro, July 15, 2019 [ Read More ] Please also see PilieroMazza’s May 15, 2019 blog “ SBA Proposes to Implement Certification Requirement for WOSB/EDWOSBs and Revise Economic Disadvantage Criteria for 8(a) Eligibility .” Defense Information Systems Agency – According to Law360, DISA, under a $.7.5 billion IT contract, . . . Read More
Comments Submitted in Response to RIN 3245-AG75, Proposed Rule on Women-Owned Small Business and Economically Disadvantage Women-Owned Small Business Certification
On July 15, 2019, PilieroMazza submitted comments on RIN 3245-AG75, Proposed Rule on Women-Owned Small Business and Economically Disadvantage Women-Owned Small Business Certification.
Impact of California Consumer Privacy Act on Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses
The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) will go into effect on January 1, 2020. Similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), CCPA creates significant compliance challenges for government contractors and commercial businesses doing business in California, with several states following suit. Under CCPA, fines from the Attorney General for businesses that do not comply could be as high as $7,500 per violation, with CCPA also granting consumers the right to bring private action, exposing companies to actual . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 8, 2019
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS LAW Long-Awaited Proposed Rule for Lower-Tier Subcontracting Plan Credit Finally Arrives to the FAR, June 28, 2019, Kathryn Flood. The FAR Council is beginning to catch up with the SBA’s allowance that prime contractors with small business subcontracting plans may take credit for lower-tier small business subcontracting—albeit, three years behind schedule. PilieroMazza attorneys will monitor and report on these developments, which could affect prime contractors and their subcontracting plan . . . Read More