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Cybersecurity continues to be a critical issue that is front and center for defense contractors. For the past two years, defense contractors have been preparing for the implementation of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) landmark Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program— a cybersecurity training, certification, and third-party assessment program intended…

On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, a Georgia federal judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Federal Contractors from going into effect. The Georgia federal judge ruled that the administration had likely exceeded its procurement authority. 

There were some significant developments relating to COVID vaccine mandates in the workplace this Thursday that federal contractors and subcontractors as well as other companies that have at least 100 employees need to know about. For Federal Contractors: The original deadline of December 8th…

On September 24, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued its COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors. This was part of President Biden’s Path Out of the Pandemic: COVID-19 Action Plan, announced in early September. The Guidance requires covered contractors to conform to specific workplace…

While the recent Biden Administration actions to combat COVID-19 have been getting much of the attention, Virginia’s Department of Labor and Industry (“DOLI”) has released the latest revised version of its COVID-19 safety requirements for employers in the Commonwealth. Despite the lack of press coverage for the new DOLI standards,…

As part of a multi-pronged strategy to battle the latest rise in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant of the coronavirus, the Biden Administration is mandating a more stringent vaccination policy for the federal workforce, federal contractors, and businesses with more than 100 employees. The overall objective is to…

For a contractor, making sure it gets a steady cash flow so it can perform a government contract may be one of the most important prerequisites for successfully performing a contract. One way a contractor can be assured of steady cash flow is by doing “an assignment of claims” under…

If the government benefits from something a contractor provides without contracting officer approval, there are only a few ways a contractor can force the government to pay. In a recent decision of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA), the Board used one of those ways and made sure the…

A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas unquestioningly confirmed a private employer’s ability to mandate that its employees receive a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of continued employment.  The case is Bridges, et al. v. Houston Methodist Hospital, et al., Civil Action No.