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New Reporting Requirements For Grant and Cooperative Agreement Recipients

Client Alert | 1 min read | 09.14.10

On September 14, 2010, OMB issued two regulations implementing the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 requirements applicable to recipients of federal financial assistance. The first requires (among other things) that, for any new award made after October 1, 2010, applicants and recipients of grants and cooperative agreements must register in the Central Contractor Registration ("CCR"), and the second requires (among other things) that recipients of grants and other forms of federal financial assistance must (subject to a few limitations that generally mirror those in the FAR) provide information about the recipient's executive compensation, first-tier subawards over $25,000, and subrecipients' executive compensation.

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Client Alert | 1 min read | 04.18.24

GSA Clarifies Permissibility of Upfront Payments for Software-as-a-Service Offerings

On March 15, 2024, the General Services Administration (GSA) issued Acquisition Letter MV-2024-01 providing guidance to GSA contracting officers on the use of upfront payments for acquisitions of cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).  Specifically, this acquisition letter clarifies that despite statutory prohibitions against the use of “advance” payments outside of narrowly-prescribed circumstances, upfront payments for SaaS licenses do not constitute an “advance” payment subject to these restrictions when made under the following conditions:...