Labor

Supreme Court hearing turns to the contractor mandate

Chief Justice John Roberts invoked the federal contractor mandate – currently blocked from taking effect due to a lawsuit – at a hearing at which two separate vaccine authority cases were argued on Friday.

  • By Natalie Alms

Lockheed Martin will not give sequestration notice of mass layoffs

Contractors are not required to give advance notice of mass layoffs or facility closures before sequestration kicks in, with such costs being deemed allowable by the White House's recent guidance.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Labor Department wants to put its e-mail in a cloud

The Labor Department is the latest agency to make moves toward implementing a cloud e-mail solution for its employees and contractors.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

CSC gains $143M Labor award for workers' comp claims processing

Computer Sciences Corp. will continue to help the Labor Department process workers' compensation claims under a new seven-year contract that has an estimated total value of $143 million.

  • By David Hubler

Agency watchdog wants more power to target contractors

Labor Department office tosses Bush-era rules and wants more power to investigate companies about pay discrimination.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Government urged to stop meddling in hiring practices

An industry group and others are complaining about a proposal to make contractors use employees from incumbent contractors who lose.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Contractors' hiring options would get squeezed by new Labor rule

A trade organization for federal contractors is opposing a Labor Department proposed rule that would require new service contractors to offer jobs to some workers from the predecessor contract.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Labor Department launches its open-gov Web site

Along with making new datasets available to the public, the Labor Department launched its open-government Web site ahead of schedule.

  • By Doug Beizer

CSC wins $21M Alliant task order from EEOC

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide managed services to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under a seven-year, $21 million task order.

  • By David Hubler

Labor looks for vet-owned firm for IT services work

The Labor Department is soliciting proposals for a five-year support contract for a broad range of IT support services.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Networx awards: Commerce, Labor, State lead the pack

The General Services Administration has released a list of 86 federal agencies that have awarded contracts to telecom providers through the Networx contract.

  • By Sami Lais
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