On Monday of this week, we wrote in this blog about new rules that would have required contractors to disclose labor law violations as well as allegations that they violated labor laws, and then would have required contracting officers to consider that information in awarding contracts. New Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) clauses and U.S. Department […]
It’s not quite what the Ides of March was to Julius Caesar, but government contractors do have plenty to worry about come October 25. That’s the day phased implementation of Executive Order 13673, “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces,” begins. Effective that day, offerors on contracts exceeding $50 million will have to represent, to the best […]