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Infrastructure Webinar Series

Webinar | 11.18.21, 9:00 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST

Please join Crowell & Moring for an A to Z summary of the Infrastructure Bill on November 18, 2021 from 2 pm to 4 pm when professionals from across the firm will digest and explain the significance of the recently passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIB). The Crowell & Moring team will walk through the amount, description, timeline and pathways for funding related to coming infrastructure projects related to (1) roads, bridges and tunnels; (2) power infrastructure and clean energy transmission; (3) electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure; (4) electrification of vehicle fleets; (5) rail; (6) airports; (7) ports and waterways; and (8) environmental remediation and related new regulatory issues. The Crowell & Moring team will also walk through the infrastructure funding mechanisms and explain how federal or state government contracts, and/or public-private partnerships, related to this new $1 trillion in infrastructure investments might take place from late 2021 through 2022. 


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Webinar | 03.12.26

On-Going Government Audits of Small Business Programs: Why the Federal Government’s Focus on ‘Waste, Fraud, and Abuse’ Impacts Both Large and Small Contractors

The federal government has identified purported ‘waste, fraud, and abuse’ in small business programs as a major focus of its current enforcement efforts. As it relates to federal procurement, we have seen audits and investigations rolled out not only of active participants in the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Program but also reviews of various types of small business contracts (such as 8(a) sole source and set-aside awards, preference-based awards, and small business set-aside awards over particular values). Join Crowell & Moring as we discuss what aspects of contract performance and teaming arrangements are being scrutinized (e.g., size/status eligibility, limitations on subcontracting compliance, reasonableness of market rates, etc.) and how these considerations can impact both small government contractors holding the prime contracts under review and their subcontractors. ...