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WEBINAR: Catch Your Breath – A New Era of Labor Enforcement, March 10, 2021, Nichole Atallah. Read more here.
WEBINAR: Exit Strategies for GOVCONs with Set Aside Contracts: 2021 Insights and Lessons Learned from Business Owners and Advisors, March 17, 2021, Cy Alba. Read more here.
PilieroMazza’s Nichole Atallah Comments on DOL Targeting Government Contractors for Wage Enforcement, February 25, 2021, Nichole Atallah
Nichole Atallah, Chair of PilieroMazza’s Labor & Employment Group, was recently quoted in a Bloomberg Law article by Ben Penn entitled “Biden DOL Targeting Government Contractors for Wage Enforcement.” The article covers Department of Labor (DOL) plans to ramp up enforcement of wage standards on federally funded construction and service projects. Read more here. The full article is available here.
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Last week lawmakers met with the big companies involved in the SolarWinds cybersecurity attacks.
The companies suggested working more closely with the government in order to prevent future attacks.
But newer, cloud-based companies and investors believe that could cut off badly-needed innovation.
Last week s Congressional hearings on the SolarWinds supply chain cyberattacks may result in closer collaboration between big companies and federal agencies – a dynamic that experts warn could discourage badly-needed innovation from newer companies.
As the nation rebounds from one of the biggest hacks in history, the federal government must map a new course for collaboration with the cybersecurity industry. Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor and the lead on the government s SolarWinds response, told reporters in a recent press briefing that public-private partnership has to be a core part of national cyber defense.
[co-author: Tawanna Lee]
On December 17, 2020, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Task Force (“the Task Force”) a public-private partnership whose membership includes industry representatives from the IT and Communications sectors, as well as federal government representatives released its Year Two Report (“Report”). This work takes on increased importance as the federal government and private sector grapple with software supply chain challenges in the unfolding SolarWinds incident.
The Report builds on prior Task Force efforts and summarizes the work of the five working groups to address challenges to information sharing, threat analysis, qualified bidder and manufacturer lists, vendor assurance, and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on ICT supply chains. It identifies areas for continued Task Force work to support SCRM efforts across government and industry. As various federal efforts focused on securing the ICT supply c