Preparing for Day-One Compliance with Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 09.22.16
On August 25, the Administration published the FAR final rule and Department of Labor final guidance implementing the "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" executive order, which imposes significant new compliance and reporting obligations on federal contractors. In a "feature comment" published in the Government Contractor, C&M attorneys provide an overview of the key provisions and discuss what contractors should be doing now to start preparing for day-one compliance with the new requirements that go into effect on October 25.
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 10.30.26
Recent sustain decisions by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in Fluor Federal Solutions, LLC and Reliance Test & Technology send a clear message: when an agency tries to fix a Procurement Integrity Act (PIA) violation by committing a second one, the cure can be just as fatal as the disease. The cases involved the U.S. Air Force’s $1.8 billion procurement for O&M services at Elgin Air Force Base. During discussions, the Air Force inadvertently released a pricing overview slide with all offerors’ bottom-line evaluated costs to Reliance Test & Technology, which immediately notified the agency of the error. In response, the Air Force decided to level the playing field by providing the same information to all the other offerors in the procurement, stating, “[o]fferors may consider this disclosure in their [final proposal revision].”
Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.29.26
What University Licensors Should Learn From TexasLDPC v. Broadcom
Client Alert | 2 min read | 10.28.26
Debriefing to Dead Briefing: How to Avoid Dismissal by Identifying “Required” Debriefings
