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August 6, 2014
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. On July 31, 2014, the President signed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Executive Order, which will require federal contractors to…
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July 22, 2014
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. On July 10, 2014, at the direction of the President, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum that directed…
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April 11, 2014
By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. On April 8, 2014, the President signed a memo that would require government contractors to submit extensive reporting on their salary…
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April 2, 2014
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) recently issued Final Rules that changed regulations under both the Vietnam Era Veterans…
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March 21, 2014
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. While a basic contracting principle is that a commercial buyer has an implied duty of good faith and fair dealing, the…
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February 20, 2014
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. Last week, President Obama signed an executive order that raised the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10 an hour from…
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January 31, 2014
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. In a recent case decided on January 27, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the time employees spent donning and doffing…
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January 29, 2014
By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. As expected, in the President’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, he announced that he is raising the minimum…
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January 15, 2014
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. The new federal budget, which became law on December 26, 2013, includes a provision that caps federal reimbursement for contractor compensation…
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January 1, 2014
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. The National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for Fiscal Year 2014 features several important legislative changes that may soon impact federal contractors. …
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