New SBA Rule Imposes Stricter Standards Affecting Size and Status Representations
Last Friday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued the long-awaited final rule implementing provisions of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (“Jobs Act”) pertaining to small business size and status integrity. The new rule, while softened from the proposed rule, implements a strict standard with wide-ranging consequences for contractors representing their size or status under the System for Award Management (“SAM”) database or submitting a proposal under a solicitation reserved or intended for small businesses or businesses participating . . . Read More
Subcontracting to mentors: a growing risk? – Tony Franco, Alex Levine, Set-Aside Alert
The Ins and Outs of Joint Venture Agreements – A WIPP Give Me Five Webinar
GSA Contract Compliance and the Challenges Ahead – Joint Breakfast Seminar with Aronson and SBA
Presenters: Pam Mazza, Cy Alba and Katie Flood
Legal Ethics and Compliance: How Failure to Follow the Rules can Cost You Contracts . Or Worse
Presented by Pam Mazza and Cy Alba at the 2013 Veteran Entrepreneur Training Symposium
Current Financial and Legal Trends in Government Contracting
Presented by Pam Mazza at the 2013 Veterans Entrepreneur Training Symposium
Understanding the Limitations on Subcontracting: Where They Are Now, and Where They Are Headed
VA Seeks Comments on How to Improve its SDVOSB Regulations
On May 13, 2013, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, seeking comments on how to improve the regulations governing the VA’s Verification Program for SDVOSBs and VOSBs. See 78 Fed. Reg. 27882 (May 13, 2013). The VA is planning to amend its regulations to provide greater clarity, to streamline the verification program, and to encourage more veteran-owned firms to participate in the program. As an . . . Read More