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• Federal Government Contract Overview ( January 1999 )
  Carl Lee Vacketta of DLA Piper US LLP

  From formation through administration, contracting with the federal government is a highly regulated process with many traps for the unsuspecting. Unlike commercial contracting, which is governed generally by the Uniform Commercial Code and the common law, federal government contracting is governed by a maze of statutes and regulations. These statutory and regulatory provisions dictate, for example, what method or process an agency must use to solicit a contract; how the agency is to negotiate or award a contract; and under certain circumstances, what costs the Government will reimburse and how a contractor must account for those costs.

• The National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual ( April 2002 )
  Farhad  Jalinous, Christopher G. Griner and Christopher R. Brewster of Kaye Scholer LLP

  U.S. Government contracts requiring Facility Security Clearances will not be awarded to firms under foreign ownership, control, or influence unless adequate safeguards are in place to protect the national security.

• OFCCP Requires Federal Contractors to Submit Equal Opportunity Surveys ( December 2001 )
  Sherry L. Travers of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP

  To enhance its enforcement capabilities, OFCCP recently created the Equal Opportunity Survey (EOS) to gather employment-related information from federal contractors and sub-contractors. The EOS requests detailed information concerning the employer?s affirmative action plan, as well as summary data on personnel activity and compensation, broken down by gender, race and ethnicity.

• Section 508--IT Must be Accessible to the Disabled ( June 2001 )
  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  A report to government contractors detailing a new law which requires IT materials to be available to the disabled.

• Jackson Lewis Employer Alert-OFCCP Issues New Regulations ( December 2000 )
  Jackson Lewis, LLP

  This alert reviews the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program's (the "OFCCP") newly issued regulations governing affirmative action plans for federal contractors. The revised regulations significantly increase the compliance and reporting burdens on the contractor community.

• Federal E-Commerce: "Reverse Auctions" ( September 2000 )
  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  This alert reviews the use of electronic "reverse auctions" in the area of federal procurement.

• Caldera v. Northrop--Federal Circuit Says Legal Costs Are Not Allowable ( February 2000 )
  Wiley Rein LLP

  The author summarizes the Caldera vs. Northrop opinion and discusses the impact of this decision on recovering legal defense costs.

• Government Contracts Issue Update: All Facilities Must Comply With Affirmative Action ( July 1999 )
  Wiley Rein LLP

  This article summarizes a 4th Circuit opinion that held contractors with 50 or more employees that have contracts of $50,000 or more with the Federal Government must comply with affirmative action reporting requirements.

• Is the Government Abusing Multiple Award Contracts? ( April 2000 )
  Wiley Rein LLP

  This article reviews the U.S. General Accounting Office's office which confirmed that the government is regularly placing multi-million dollar orders under multiple award contracts without any competition.

• Client Alert: April 2000 ( April 2000 )
  Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

  This alert reviews the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program's pay survey and the consequences of responding to that survey.