Nov 26, 2019 | Contractor Business Systems and Reviews, Government Contract Accounting, FAR, and CAS, Other Government Regulatory Topics
The US General Services Administration (GSA) announced the retirement of FBO.gov on Thursday, November 7. Beta.SAM.gov is now the official source for federal business opportunities. FBO.gov was retired and transitioned into beta.SAM.gov under “contract opportunities.”...
Nov 14, 2019 | Contractor Business Systems and Reviews, Other Government Regulatory Topics
The DOD is nearing completion of its cybersecurity CMMC program standards. DOD’s goal is to finalize the CMMC standards by January 2020, and contractors should expect to see CMMC requirements in the bidding process later next year. The CMMC standards, which will...
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...
Jul 12, 2019 | Contractor Business Systems and Reviews, Other Government Regulatory Topics, Procurement
Mia Bautista took part in sessions on “Yours, Mine, Ours” (July 10) and “Contract and Procurement Fraud” (July 11). On July 12, Ryan Byrd discussed “Detecting Fraud Through Vendor Audits”; and Rob Hichens and Amit Garg discussed...
