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What Contractors Should Know About the Build America, Buy America Act

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group.

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Battling back from the Great Depression, the Hoover administration passed the “Buy American Act” in 1933. The basic premise of the law was self-evident — to revive and bolster the U.S. economy by requiring U.S.-sourced iron and steel mined or produced in the United States to be used in projects for the federal government.

In 1982 Congress passed the “Buy America Act,” which for the first time expanded the requirement

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For contractors, the 2024 budget request doesn’t quite add up

Federal contractors don’t see a lot of room for growth after inflation in fiscal 2024, with a few large agencies actually requesting a reduction in funding relative to what was enacted in 2023. For a few observations, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to Stephanie Kostro, executive vice president for Policy at the Professional Services Council.

Tom Temin And before we get to that, though, Stephanie, I wanted to ask you about something a little bit more topical right now. And that is a new solicitation came out called [Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation 2 (T4NG2)], from the Veterans

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Exxon Covered by Contractor’s Excess Insurers

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The high court on Friday reversed a judgment by the Court of Appeals that held Exxon was not an insured under excess policies that Savage Refinery Services had purchased in addition to a general commercial liability policy.

While the Court of Appeals ruled that a service agreement between Exxon and Savage limited

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How contractors can develop a better nose for where the money is

With all those congressional hearings, it’s noisy on Capitol Hill this week. But contractors who listen closely will hear the sounds of opportunity, as agencies discuss their spending plans for 2024. For more on how to sharpen your hunting skills, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.

Tom Temin I guess people should know what to listen for and where to look for clues to spending in 2024?

Larry Allen Tom, the action right now is in the House and Senate Appropriations Committees as they go through their annual ritual of hearing

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What the FAA messaging system debacle said to all federal contractors

Few people heard of the FAA’s NOTAM system until it crashed and brought aviation to a standstill earlier this month. The FAA blamed a contractor for accidentally deleting files, such that the system failed to synchronize. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin next guest says the incident speaks to all contractors about the need to supervise their people. Federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen joins me now.

Tom Temin
Somebody wasn’t watching the watcher or something broke down here in a procedure, Larry, the files were deleted. What’s your interpretation of what happened?

Larry Allen
Tom, I think probably

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Contractors possess a lot of Defense Department property, but no one knows how much

For various reasons, defense contractors have quite a bit of Defense Department property in their possession. But DoD can only guesstimate how much it’s all worth. That figure isn’t small. Like, $220 billion worth. The Government Accountability Office found Defense officials don’t have a good plan for figuring it out. For more, the Federal Drive with Tom spoke with Kristen Kociolek, the director of GAO’s financial management and assurance team.

Tom Temin
Let’s begin with the nature of the stuff that contractors hold for the Defense Department. It’s not like they loan them tanks. Or do they?

Kristen Kociolek
They

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Court Rules Uber, Lyft Can Classify Gig Workers as Contractors

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Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and other gig economy companies scored a victory after a California appeals court upheld the current law classifying gig workers as independent contractors instead of employees.

The decision on Monday struck down a lower-court ruling that found Proposition 22, the state measure that lets companies treat workers as independent contractors, violated California’s constitution. The passing of Proposition 22 in November 2020 exempted the gig economy businesses from a state labor law requiring more companies to hire workers as employees and provide them benefits.

The latest ruling

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Contractors eye a report about contract management by the GSAIG

The General Services Administration’s inspector general has found that the agency’s Federal Acquisition Service does not follow its own policies. Some contractors say they’ve sensed that for a while now. For some analysis, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked with Federal Sales and Marketing Consultant Larry Allen.

Larry Allen
Tom, the IG does have a history of passing its own judgment on the operations of the rest of the General Services Administration. Sometimes industry, kind of, takes a jaundiced view, maybe, of what the IG says. But in this case, I think the inspector general got it exactly right.

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The 2023 NDAA: How does it impact government contractors?

This week on Off the Shelf, Jason Workmaster, a member at Miller & Chevalier, provides his legal analysis and insights on key provisions in the 2023 NDAA and how they impact government contractors.  Workmaster takes aim at the inflation mitigation and the microchip provisions, among others.

He also provides an update on a key government contracts decision at the US District Court of Federal Claims that has now been appealed to the United States Court of…

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