Professional Services Council

Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), along with Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), asked Senate leadership to include a provision in the next stimulus bill to extend Section 3610 provisions that provide paid leave, including sick leave, to employees and subcontractors until Dec. 31, 2021.

Lawmakers are working through passing a National Defense Authorization Act for 2021, including a fresh raft of procurement laws.

For the second year, members of the Professional Services Council have scored the quality of agency procurement forecasts according to a list of attributes.

The National Defense Authorization Act is the most visible thing on which Congress is making progress. But it’s not the only thing.

The escalating dispute between the U.S. and China over Chinese telecom giant Huawei has contractors wondering about telecom policy generally.

The Pentagon is developing a policy for carrying out a section in the CARES Act which covers reimbursement for lost pay from the pandemic.

The $3 trillion proposal the House narrowly passed last week has proposals in it that will impact federal contractors.

For a roundup and the effects it’s all having, the Executive Vice President and Counsel at the professional services counsel, Alan Chvotkin spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

It looks as if there is solid commitment on the part of the government to ensure contractor employees, who can’t get on premises to do their work, to get paid leave.

Government contractors are changing the way they are communicating with their clients and seeking more details for how to continue to meet mission needs.