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Legislation Aims to Improve Program Management

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 12.19.16

On December 14, 2016, President Obama signed the Program Management Improvement Accountability Act. This law (1) creates a formal program manager job series and career path; (2) develops a government-wide, standards-based program management policy; (3) designates a senior executive to be responsible for agency policy and strategy; and (4) exchanges knowledge of successful approaches through an interagency council.

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Client Alert | 7 min read | 09.08.25

California’s Climate Disclosure Laws Continue to Roll Forward

In 2023, California passed two landmark laws—SB 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act; and SB 261, the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act—that will require large public and privately-held entities doing business in California to comply with sweeping disclosure requirements regarding their direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and their climate-related financial risks. California subsequently passed SB 219, which updated certain deadlines and requirements of the laws (collectively, the “Climate Disclosure Laws”)....