The Beginning Of The Biden Administration – What Federal Contractors Need To Know

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A new administration has moved into the White House, and, as anticipated, President Biden wasted no time in issuing, in the first few days of his presidency, a raft of Executive Orders (EOs) that appear calculated to set the tone of his administration. Notably, many of these executive actions walk back (or attempt to fully erase) some of the signature policies of the Trump Administration.

Some of these presidential actions have immediate implications for government contractors, while others represent broad policy statements that, at least in the short term, will have little impact on contractors’ day-to-day operations – but they merit a close watch, particularly the Executive Order titled “Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers,” discussed in detail here. Click Here to read the full article.

Federal Contractors: Have You Done Your Privacy Training?

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Federal contractors know all too well the list of annual requirements and obligations can seem overwhelming at times. One that may get overlooked by some is annual training requirements. A fairly new such training went into effect in 2017 – it requires certain federal contractors to do annual data privacy training.

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Former government contractor secures $19 million in contracts through bribery, now headed to prison

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HONOLULU (KHON2) — From 2011 to 2018, government contractor John Winslett paid over $100,000 in bribes to contracting officials with the U.S. Army at Schofield Barracks to secure federal contracts for his employer. Those contracts were worth at least $19 million.

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