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Apr 8, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Jennifer L. Plitsch |Michele Pearce |Andrew Guy
Michele Pearce has wide-ranging experience working on national security issues throughout her two decades of military and government service. She provides advisory and advocacy support and counseling to clients facing policy and political challenges in the aerospace and defense sectors. Before joining Covington, Michele held several senior staff positions within the Department of Defense (DoD) and Congress.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Jennifer L. Plitsch |Michele Pearce |Andrew Guy
The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has now opened its Contractor Portal for the 2024 Affirmative Action Program (“AAP”) certification period with a deadline of July 1, 2024. As previously discussed on this blog, a recent OFCCP policy requires supply and service contractors and subcontractors to use the Contactor Portal to register and certify their AAP compliance.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Michele Pearce |Stephanie Barna |Daniel Feldman
In early March, the EU released its first-ever European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), accompanied by a proposed regulation establishing the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP). The aim is to boost defense capabilities in Europe through greater and more efficient spending.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Michele Pearce |Stephanie Barna |Daniel Feldman |Bart M.J. Szewczyk |Matthieu Coget
In early March, the EU released its first-ever European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), accompanied by a proposed regulation establishing the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP). The aim is to boost defense capabilities in Europe through greater and more efficient spending.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Michele Pearce |Stephanie Barna |Daniel Feldman |Lasse Luecke
This year’s Munich Security Conference reemphasized the need for Europe to invest in greater defense capabilities and foster a regulatory environment that is conducive to building a defense and technological industrial base. In Munich, President Ursula von der Leyen committed to appointing a European Commissioner for Defence, if she is reselected later this year by the European Council and European Parliament.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Michele Pearce |Stephanie Barna |Daniel Feldman |Lasse Luecke |Bart M.J. Szewczyk
This year’s Munich Security Conference reemphasized the need for Europe to invest in greater defense capabilities and foster a regulatory environment that is conducive to building a defense and technological industrial base. In Munich, President Ursula von der Leyen committed to appointing a European Commissioner for Defence, if she is reselected later this year by the European Council and European Parliament.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Stephanie Barna |Alexander B. Hastings |Michele Pearce |Daniel Raddenbach
Stephanie Barna draws on over three decades of U.S. military and government service to provide advisory and advocacy support and counseling to clients facing policy and political challenges in the aerospace and defense sectors. Prior to joining the firm, Stephanie was a senior leader on Capitol Hill and in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Stephanie Barna |Alexander B. Hastings |Michele Pearce |Daniel Raddenbach
This post continues our ongoing coverage of the FY 2024 NDAA. The FY 2024 NDAA includes numerous supply chain and stockpile management provisions aimed at addressing a host of perceived vulnerabilities and weaknesses in Department of Defense (“DoD”) supply chain networks used to secure goods and services for our national defense.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Michele Pearce |Stephanie Barna |Bart M.J. Szewczyk |Pauline Agius
Stephanie Barna draws on over three decades of U.S. military and government service to provide advisory and advocacy support and counseling to clients facing policy and political challenges in the aerospace and defense sectors. Prior to joining the firm, Stephanie was a senior leader on Capitol Hill and in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Michele Pearce |Stephanie Barna |Bart M.J. Szewczyk |Pauline Agius
On December 14, 2023, the U.S. Congress the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2024 (NDAA), authorizing $886 billion in defense spending. Amid its numerous provisions, there is the concept of the “national technology and industrial base,” which now includes the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand and could potentially serve as the basis for wider industrial cooperation with European and other global partners.
