What This Means in Practice: A Compliance Checklist

“VERIFY BEFORE YOU CERTIFY” — 3-MINUTE BRIEF, PART 3 OF 4 Parts 1–2 covered the rules and the three certification layers. This brief: what to actually do about it. Recap: Contractors now certify nondiscrimination through SAM.gov representations, the EO 14173 certification embedded in each contract, and FAR 52.222-90. Here’s what stays in force separately, and…
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Part 1: When Civil Rights Compliance Becomes a False Claims Act Risk

How DOJ Is Connecting Civil-Rights Compliance to the False Claims Act Federal contractors are entering a new era of civil-rights enforcement. On August 25, 2026, Deloitte, a Federal Contractor, agreed to pay $21.5 million to resolve Department of Justice allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by certifying compliance with federal-contract nondiscrimination requirements while…
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