Federal government contracts and grants require contractors to certify the delivery of domestic end products unless an exception applies. Domestic preference rules include the Buy American Act (BAA) and Trade Agreements Act (TAA). Recently, additional domestic preference requirements, such as Build America, Buy America and the Buy America Act, have also been applied to projects
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Government Contracts
Consolidation Just Got Bigger!
By Susan Ebner on
Procurement has clearly been on the President’s mind. On March 20, 2025, President Trump issued Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement. While the devil will be in the details, this is a huge move to consolidate procurement of “common goods and services across the domestic components of the Government, where permitted…
More Administration Actions on the COVID-19 Vaccination Front
By Susan Ebner on
The Biden Administration continues its march towards implementation and enforcement of permanent vaccination mandates.
OSHA withdraws OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)
On January 13, 2022, the Administration’s plan to force employers to vaccinate or test more than 84 million employees was blocked by the Supreme Court. In its ruling, the Supreme Court held that OSHA…
Government Contractor Vaccine Mandate Still Stayed Despite Government Attempts to Overturn
By Susan Ebner & Luke VanFleteren on
The saga continues. In prior alerts, we have been providing updates and analysis regarding continuing practical and legal challenges to implementing the President’s Path Out of the Pandemic plan, and in particular, the Executive Order 14042 (“EO 14042”) mandating that government contractors’ employees must be vaccinated unless one of the two legal exceptions – sincerely…
Supreme Court Set to Hear Oral Argument on OSHA Vaccine Rule – What Will This Mean for Government Contractors?
By Susan Ebner on
In the latest round of litigation on the rules being rolled out to implement the Biden Administration’s Path Out of the Pandemic, the Supreme Court signed orders yesterday to hold oral argument on January 7th, 2022 on the Sixth Circuit’s decision to dissolve the Fifth Circuit’s national stay of the Occupational Safety and…