Compliance

Mid-year round-up on compliance trends from the Department of Justice

Posted on July 5, 2023
~ DOJ Compliance and Enforcement trends January 2023 through June 2023 ~ “Investing now in a robust compliance program is good for business, and it is good for our collective economic and national security.” – Lisa Monaco, Deputy Attorney General at the American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime, March 2, 2023....
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CFIUS Provides Guidance on Enforcement of its Mitigation Agreements

Posted on October 20, 2022
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) is cracking down on companies who fail to comply with CFIUS mitigation agreements and other legal obligations under section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (codified at 50 U.S.C. 4565). On October 20, 2022, the Department of Treasury, chair of...
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OFCCP Contractor’s Portal Compliance Certification Opened March 31, 2022

Federal contractors and subcontractors are now required to certify annually to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) that they have developed and maintained an affirmative action program (“AAP”). On February 1, 2022, registration for the OFCCP Contractor Portal opened and on March 31, the certification features were turned on. Contractors have from...
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‘Ban the Box’ Hiring Law Applies to Federal Contractors

‘Ban the Box’ Hiring Law Applies to Federal Contractors As of December 20, 2021, federal contractors can no longer inquire about an applicant’s criminal history before extending a conditional job offer to work on a government contract. This does not preclude federal contractors from asking an applicant about criminal history after a conditional offer...
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OSHA Suspends Enforcement of COVID-19 Vaccination-or-Test Requirement

OSHA Suspends Enforcement of COVID-19 Vaccination-or-Test Requirement On Thursday, November 4, 2021, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard(ETS), which requires employers with more than 100 employees to mandate their workers are fully vaccinated or test at least weekly for COVID-19....
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Heads up, federal contractors: DoD has announced “CMMC 2.0” with significant changes to program structure and requirements, including expanded self-attestation that heightens False Claims Act exposure.

DOD REVAMPS CYBERSECURITY MATURITY MODEL CERTIFICATION (“CMMC”) ROBUST ENFORCEMENT LIKELY USING THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT CMMC Program Overview The CMMC program enhances cyber protection standards for companies in the Defense Industrial Base. It is designed to protect sensitive unclassified information that is shared by the Department of Defense (“DoD”) with its contractors and subcontractors....
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