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Tough (Tax) Break: Federal Tax Delinquency and Felony Convictions Could Bar Corporations from Awards

Client Alert | 1 min read | 10.05.16

The FAR Council published a final rule on September 30 that, effective immediately, adopts an interim rule that requires any corporation responding to a federal solicitation to represent whether it has (1) any unpaid federal tax liability that has been assessed and is not being appealed or paid in a timely manner or (2) a felony conviction under any federal law within the preceding 24 months. As further explained here, any affirmative disclosure would create an automatic bar against contract award, unless the agency’s suspension and debarment official has considered the matter and determined that further action is not necessary to protect the government’s interests.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.27.25

House Committee Seeks Comment on New Comprehensive Data Privacy and Security Framework

On Friday, February 21, Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Rep. John Joyce (R-PA), the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued a Request for Information (RFI) inviting stakeholders to provide comment as the Committee explores the development of a federal data privacy and security framework. After efforts to consider a bipartisan and bicameral bill failed last year under former Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Chairman Guthrie is starting the effort anew, forming a working group with the goal of developing comprehensive legislation “that can get across the finish line.”...