From The DOL: ‘The Wage and Hour Division issued All Agency Memorandum 227, which sets the Service Contract Act Health and Welfare Fringe Benefit rate at $4.48 per hour effective July 11, 2018. The AAM also sets an SCA Health and Welfare Fringe Benefit rate of $4.18 per hour for work to which EO 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors, applies.’  https://www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts/sca.htm

Federal IT contractors aren’t using an email security tool that’s now mandated for agencies.

Out of 50 top government information technology contractors, 49 aren’t completely securing their email systems against spoofing and phishing attacks, according to a study released Wednesday.

Read  Joseph Marks’s article on NextGov’s website here.

Listen to our webinar on strategies to reduce healthcare costs for government contractors and service providers per the WSJ and CNBC

Everyone, it seems, is concerned about cybersecurity, and with good reason. Each week seems to bring a new round of headlines, making it clear that identity theft and criminal cyber activity have become persistent features of our lives.

With trillions of dollars in assets to safeguard, the retirement services industry is now intensely focused on the issue of cybersecurity.

Read Mike Goode’s full article on 401k Specialist’s site here.