Remove barriers to threat information sharing between government and the private sector, particularly ensuring that IT service providers can share security breach information with the federal government.
Modernize and implement stronger cybersecurity standards in the federal government, including a move to cloud services and zero-trust architectures and multi-factor authentication (MFA) and encryption mandates.
Improve software supply chain security,
including establishing baseline security standards for software development for software sold to the government. The Commerce Department must publish minimum elements for a software bill of materials (SBOM) that traces the individual components that make up software.
Establish a cybersecurity safety review board
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Capping a dramatic week that saw major oil pipeline provider Colonial Pipeline crippled by a ransomware attack, the Biden administration released a highly anticipated, far-reaching and complex Executive Order on Improving the Nation s Cybersecurity. The executive order (EO) aims to chart a new course to improve the nation s cybersecurity and protect federal government networks.
The ambitious document uses the SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchangesupply chain hacks and the Colonial Pipeline ransomware infection as springboards for a series of initiatives that aim to minimize the frequency and impact of these kinds of incidents. These initiatives are:
Remove barriers to threat information sharing between government and the private sector, particularly ensuring that IT service providers can share security breach information with the federal government.
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Legal developments aimed at government contractors do not always make headline news in mainstream media, but last week’s Executive Order on Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors, April 27, 2021 (“Executive Order”), did get widespread attention, perhaps because it is viewed by some in political circles as the next best thing for an administration that sees substantial congressional hurdles for more broadly applicable minimum wage increase legislation. So you have probably heard about about the Executive Order, but how will it impact government contractors?
What does the Executive Order do?
What the Executive Order Requiring Federal Contractors to Pay a $15 Minimum Wage Will Mean
The upcoming rulemaking process should illuminate more.
It will take some time for the full scale and scope of President Biden’s recent executive order directing federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage for their workers starting next year to be seen.
Biden issued an executive order on April 27 that builds on one from President Obama in February 2014, which required federal contractors to pay their workers $10.10 per hour. Currently, the minimum wage for workers on federal contracts is $10.95 per hour and the tipped minimum wage is $7.65 per hour.
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Building on a previous executive order (EO) issued by
President Barack Obama that increased the minimum wage for
contractor employees to $10.10 (and automatically increased every
year to keep pace with inflation), President Joe Biden issued a new EO that increases the
minimum wage for those employees to $15 beginning on Jan. 30, 2022,
and adjusts annually to the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
While the new minimum wage must be codified into regulations in
order to be effective, the EO requests that agencies take more
immediate action to require contractors to pay the higher wage.