The federal contracting landscape has shifted—fast. On April 17, 2026, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council issued a sweeping class deviation to implement Executive Order 14398, immediately transforming policy into enforceable contract requirements. With new clauses, reporting obligations, and enforcement risks now in motion, contractors must act quickly to ensure compliance. Join T. Scott Kelly of Ogletree Deakins and Lynn Clements of Berkshire Associates on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 2 pm EST to learn more.
What This Means for You
This new guidance introduces FAR Clause 52.222-90 and mandates its inclusion in contracts over $15,000. It also accelerates implementation timelines, expands compliance obligations across subcontractors, and heightens enforcement risks—including contract termination, debarment, and False Claims Act liability.
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Why Attend?
This is not a future concern—it’s happening now! Agencies are beginning to incorporate these clauses, and contractors must be prepared to respond to audits and compliance requests immediately.
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Don’t wait until your contracts—or your organization—are at risk. Prepare now with expert guidance.
Lynn Clements, Esq., is the Senior Director of People Insights at Berkshire Associates, a division of Resolution Economics. The firm’s practice includes an interdisciplinary team of expert data scientists, labor economists, and Industrial/Organizational (I/O) psychologists who help organizations analyze and interpret workforce data to build compliant employment practices. Lynn has over 25 years of experience in the EEO and affirmative action space, including serving as the Acting Director of Policy at the OFCCP and as an attorney at EEOC in the Office of Legal Counsel and in Vice Chair Naomi Earp’s office.
Scott Kelly, Shareholder at Ogletree Deakins, is a nationally recognized leader in equal employment opportunity law, pay equity, and legally compliant diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, regularly advising and counseling employers on matters including employment discrimination, compliance programs, government contracting, affirmative action obligations, and workplace-related crises. His practice focuses on proactively advising clients in C-suite, senior leader, managerial, talent acquisition, and compensation executive roles in the financial services, media and entertainment, healthcare, higher education, retail, manufacturing, and technology industries—in addition to federal contractors and federal grant recipients.
Berkshire, a division of Resolution Economics, LLC, is a human resources and technology firm specializing in non-discrimination, pay equity, and workforce data analytics. With nearly 40 years of experience in the industry, Berkshire is among the most trusted names in the business.
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Berkshire Associates is a human resources compliance and workforce analytics consulting firm, specializing in federal and state EEO compliance and reporting, pay equity, test validation/development, human resource development and analytics, and implementation of artificial intelligence best practices. For more than 40 years, our consultants have helped employers turn workforce data into actionable decisions.
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