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FEDRAMP is Hindering Facilities Management in the Federal Sector

Job Order Contracting

1 FEDRAMP was initially establish to provide a standardized method for ensuring digital information security for federal government agencies. Our products are hosted on Microsoft AZURE, and Amazon AWS in the United States, both hosting infrastructures are FEDRAMP compliant.

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Tongue Twister: Commander Closes Construction Site for COVID and Contractor Can’t Recover Contract Costs

Best Practices Construction Law

The government argued that under the Sovereign Acts Doctrine actions taken by the United States in its sovereign capacity shielded it from contractual liability for those acts, including the actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

The United Stated Air Force then expanded JOC into an efficient, well-defined process and it generally regarded as by experts as one of the leading practitioners of JOC. Controller General of the United States. Unite States Congress. Unite States Government Printing Office, House Document No.

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Expert Advice for Reducing ?Risk of Cyberattacks

Pro Builder

As predominantly small- and medium-size companies, home builders and trade contractors are especially vulnerable to cybersecurity issues, due to lack of resources, and they are disproportionately affected by hacking because they can’t easily absorb the financial losses of a security breach. You have perimeter defenses.

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HUB's Raymond Monteith Offers Expert Advice for Reducing ?Risk of Cyberattacks

Pro Builder

As predominantly small- and medium-size companies, home builders and trade contractors are especially vulnerable to cybersecurity issues , due to lack of resources, and they are disproportionately affected by hacking because they can’t easily absorb the financial losses of a security breach. You have perimeter defenses.

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#90:  Government Contractor Immunity

NH Construction Law

The plaintiffs in Yearsley sued to recover damages for land that was washed away as the result of work done by a contractor in building dikes in the Missouri River under a contract with the United States Government. Data Security Breach Litigation , 928 F.3d United Technologies Corp. , United Technologies Corp. ,

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

Green Building Law Update

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.