By Jeniffer Roberts and Katherine Veeder ( June 17, 2019, 4:56 PM EDT) -- Companies that do business with U.S. federal, state and local government entities are no strangers to the plethora of obligations imposed on them by law, policy and contract on a variety of topics ranging from rules related to protecting workers to those protecting the environment. As U.S. government contractors expand beyond doing business with the federal government to contracting with state and local government entities, they are facing an interesting — and intensifying — predicament: How to develop a comprehensive yet straightforward compliance program that facilitates compliance with varying laws in varying jurisdictions. Below we provide some examples of conflicting regulatory requirements and share some best practices for a user-friendly compliance program targeted at complying with different requirements imposed by and among federal, state and local government entities....