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New Child Support Guidelines In MA
1+ week, 4+ day ago (550+ words) Federal law requires Massachusetts to review the state's Child Support Guidelines every four years. The most recent review was completed in 2025, and new Child Support Guidelines were issued as of December 1, 2025....By: Conn Kavanaugh New Child Support Guidelines In MA…...
GSA PSA: New Certifications for All Federal Funding Recipients and How to Prepare
2+ week, 1+ day ago (130+ words) Federal contractors and grantees must now prepare for heightened scrutiny and potential False Claims Act exposure as a result. Organizations may also wish to submit comments, due by March 30, 2026, opposing these changes or seeking further clarification on their intended scope....
GSA Proposes Revised DEI-Related SAM Certifications for Federal Grantees
2+ week, 4+ day ago (310+ words) What's in the Proposal? At the heart of the proposal is a revision to the Financial Assistance General Representations and Certifications that grantees and applicants submit as part of SAM registration. Under the draft language, registering entities would be required…...
Industrial Activity in Angola: Public-Private Partnerships as a catalyst for cost structure reduction and Sustainable Development
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (259+ words) Other structural elements add to this: The combination of these factors creates a well-known vicious circle: high costs reduce the attractiveness of investment, perpetuating the underutilisation of installed capacity, which in several non-oil industrial segments remains far from its potential....
Actividade Industrial em Angola: As Parcerias Público-Privadas como catalisador para a redução da estrutura de custos e o Desenvolvimento Sustentável
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (473+ words) A actividade industrial em Angola enfrenta desafios estruturais que condicionam de forma directa a sua competitividade e sustentabilidade. Com uma economia historicamente dependente do sector petrol'fero, o pa's procura justamente diversificar a sua base produtiva, promovendo os sectores industrial, agroindustrial,…...
General Services Administration Proposes New DEI Certification for Federal Financial Assistance Recipients
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (264+ words) The General Services Administration (GSA) recently proposed revisions to the Financial Assistance General Representations and Certifications within the System for Award Management (SAM), the registration system through which applicants and recipients of federal financial assistance register to receive federal funding....
Figure Lending Class Action Highlights a Familiar Threat
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (362+ words) Figure Lending, LLC, which markets itself as America's #1 non-bank Home Equity Line of Credit lender, has been named in a proposed federal class action following a reported cyber incident that allegedly exposed customer personal information. Mardikian v. Figure Lending, LLC, 3:26-cv-00135 (W.D.N.C. Feb....
SVOG Alert: SBA Demands Supplemental Documents from Grant Recipients Who Appealed SBA’s Decision to Rescind Their SVOG Grants
1+ mon, 22+ hour ago (84+ words) In July 2025, we wrote that the Small Business Administration (SBA) had begun issuing letters to recipients of grant funds under the $16.25 Billion COVID-era Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program, rescinding grant recipients" eligibility for the program and demanding full or…...
The World Bank Group: Enforcement Trends and Insights from FY2025
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (889+ words) The World Bank Group's (WBG) Sanctions System Annual Report for FY2025 (the "Report) highlights continued efforts to prevent and address fraud, corruption, collusion, coercion, and obstruction through a two-tier review system and stronger integrity compliance oversight. Covering the work of the…...
We Allowed a 64-Year-Old to Make An Additional Catch Up Contribution. Now What?
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (36+ words) Benefit professionals continue to navigate a regulatory environment made more complicated by SECURE 2.0, and one area ripe for confusion is the rules governing age'based contribution limits and excess deferrals....By: Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP...