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A federal appeals court ruled it will not lift a ban in three states on President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors. On Jan. 5, 2022, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to stay an injunction blocking the mandate from taking effect in...

On December 27, 2021, President Biden signed the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law, authorizing more than $700 billion in defense spending.  The NDAA also contains several provisions that shape federal procurement policies and forecast areas that...

While the total number of protests at the Government Accountability Office were down in 2021, continuing a recent trend, the procurement programs at which those protests are targeted are still feeling the sting. An avalanche of protests killed off GSA’s planned...

A Biden administration rule that requires workers at companies with 100 or more employees to be vaccinated against Covid or undergo weekly testing is back on. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a stay on the rule Friday evening. The rule was blocked on Nov. 6,...

On Monday (Nov 22, 2021), the Biden administration announced its final rule directing federal contractors to pay their workers a $15 minimum wage starting next year. The rule, promulgated by the Labor Department, follows a directive from President Biden issued shortly...

For those clients and contractors who have not yet accepted the GSA Mass Mod A837 which implements Executive Order (EO) 14042 Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, GSA as of November 16, 2021 has suspended use of GSA contract(s) for those...

GSA launched a tracker this week to monitor compliance with the mandate. The White House clarified in new guidance that employees of federal contractors must be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by January 18. “Covered contractor employees must be fully...

Update: The Biden administration on Thursday extended the deadline for federal contractors to comply with the vaccine mandate, a day after this story was initially posted. Contractors now have until Jan. 4, the same deadline that private sector companies have under...

20 States Now Suing Biden over Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate At least 20 states have now filed lawsuits against the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, with nearly all of them coming in a wave on Friday. It comes as federal workers have a few days left...

As GSA continues to engage stakeholders regarding its strategy for the cloud marketplace, avoiding vertical contract duplication will be critical to creating a competitive, efficient, and effective cloud marketplace for customer agencies and industry partners....