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Pass-Through Cost Proposed Rule

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 07.11.14

The government issued on July 10, 2014, a proposed rule that would require all agencies to justify contract awards, except those to small businesses, that propose to pass through more than 70 percent of the total cost of work to subcontractors by considering the availability of alternative contract vehicles and the feasibility of contracting directly with the proposed subcontractor(s) and to make a written determination that the selected contracting approach is in the best interest of the government. Written comments on the proposed rule are due September 9, 2014.


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Client Alert | 4 min read | 11.18.25

DOJ Announces Major Enforcement Actions Targeting North Korean Remote IT Worker Schemes

On November 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a sweeping series of enforcement actions, including four guilty pleas and more than $15 million in civil forfeitures against the  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) for remote information technology (IT) worker schemes. These actions underscore the federal government’s escalating focus on the exposure of U.S. companies to North Korean IT worker infiltration, following a series of U.S. Government action against the DPRK....