On March 9, 2021, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Hon. Elaine D. Kaplan, Chief Judge, issued an Amended General Order outlining the Procedures for Filing, Service, and Management of Highly Sensitive Documents (HSDs). The Amended Order, which is effective immediately, applies to any document that contains information that involves matters of national security, foreign...
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GAO Decides on Runway Extension Act
By: Anthony J. Marchese, Esq. and Andrew Campbell As we noted in our previous blog, the SBA responded to the 2018 Runway Extension Act by asserting that until it promulgates a rule to reflect the new five-year gross receipts size standard, the three-year standard remains the law of the land. Of course, SBA has yet...
Proposed Changes to SBA’s HUBZone Program
By Taimur Rabbani and Andrew Campbell SBA HUBZone Program Since 1997, the Small Business Administration’s Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program has spurred economic development in non-metropolitan, underdeveloped and impoverished areas by providing federal contracting assistance to small businesses located in these areas. The HUBZone program, unlike other federal contracting assistance programs like SBA’s 8(a)...
Executive Partner Pamela Bethel will be honored as a Black History Hero
O’Riordan Bethel is proud to announce that our Executive Partner, Pamela Bethel, is to be honored as a “Black History Hero” as a part of Maryland Live! Casino’s Black History Month Celebration 2016. Throughout her career, Ms. Bethel has served her community as an attorney in both the public and private sectors. Ms. Bethel served...
Harold Charles of CEEPCO Receives 2014 Award From SBA
We are delighted to say that one of our clients, Harold Charles of CEEPCO, was selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s D.C.-area office as the Small Business Person of the Year for Maryland. Here is the release announcing this honor. SBA’s Washington, DC District Office Selects CEEPCO President Harold Charles as Small Business Person of...
Athena Construction Group Awarded Contract by Washington Headquarters Services
The firm would like to congratulate Athena Construction Group for being one of five construction companies being awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for design-build or design-bid-build general building construction for various locations by Washington Headquarters Services, which is under the Department of Defense. The five companies will have the opportunity to bid on each individual...
O’Riordan Receives Award From Organization of Women Business Leaders
We are delighted to announce that our partner Carol L. O’Riordan has been selected to receive the President’s Award of the Women Presidents’ Educational Organization – DC (WPEO-DC). The WPWEO is a regional partner organization of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s leading advocate of women-owned businesses. The WBENC is a coalition...
CEEPCO Featured in Black Enterprise Magazine
We are thrilled to see this article, which highlights the special work that our client CEEPCO and its CEO, Harold Charles, are doing in Haiti. Click here to see a larger view of the article.
Pamela J. Bethel Inducted to Hall of Fame
O’Riordan Bethel is proud to announce that Executive Partner Pamela J. Bethel was inducted to the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame for her achievements in the field of Government/Law. The ceremony was held in Atlanta on September 26. She joins the ranks of such notable inductees as Thurgood Marshall the first African-American Supreme...