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DoE Nuclear Sites Still Resolving Subcontractor Reimbursement for COVID-19 Costs

Monday, May 18th, 2020

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DoE Nuclear Sites Still Resolving Subcontractor Reimbursement for COVID-19 Costs

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Three weeks after the Department of Energy authorized operators of nuclear-weapon sites to bill the government for expenses associated with COVID-19 prevention, most of those prime contractors are still working on trickling down relief to subcontractors. One of the primes’ main mechanisms for recouping such expenses is to bill the government in accordance with Section 3610 of the CARES Act: the COVID-19 relief package signed into law in March that allows contractors to seek reimbursement for keeping employees in a…

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