Oct 30, 2019 | Other Government Regulatory Topics, Regulatory Updates
As a topic relevant to our government contract clients and blog readers, below is an article from the BRG Review describing the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) recent changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exemptions. Following the DOL’s new overtime rule, over...
Sep 26, 2019 | Other Government Regulatory Topics
Women are rising, but we’re a long way from gender parity California lawmakers drew national attention—and criticism—last year by passing a law that will essentially require certain companies in the state to appoint a whopping 684 women to corporate boards by 2021....
Sep 5, 2019 | Other Government Regulatory Topics
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its July 2019 recommendations, Solutions to Reduce Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in HHS Programs, which would help provide cost savings and improve program...
Aug 19, 2019 | Government Contract Accounting, FAR, and CAS, GSA & VA Schedule, GSA Schedules
The US General Services Administration’s pending consolidation of its Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts from twenty-four separate contracts into one broad contract, at the same time creating a five-year pilot program for an e-marketplace, may make having a...
Aug 14, 2019 | International Development, Non-Government Organizations and Not-for-Profits
The Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 (S.2463/H.R.5105) combines the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) with parts of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and has a budget of $60 billion, more than...
