The US Supreme Court on June 28 overruled longstanding precedent and expanded the ability of government contractors to challenge agency interpretations and applications of certain statutes. In Loper Bright Enterprises v....more
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US President Joseph Biden recently signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 into law. Implications for government contractors range from new restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions certifications to...more
The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) and request for comments in the Federal Register proposing a comprehensive revision of the Department of Energy Acquisition...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a recent $4 million settlement of False Claims Act (FCA) allegations regarding a contractor’s failure to meet certain cybersecurity requirements, noting that its Civil Cyber-Fraud...more
The Biden-Harris administration’s amendments to the domestic preference requirements in Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 25 become effective on October 25. The new requirements will increase the domestic content threshold...more
The Department of Defense issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to require bidders on defense contracts to disclose when work will be performed in the People’s Republic of...more
The US House of Representatives recently passed HR 7694, the Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022, which aims to amend the Small Business Act to require the federal government to consider prior...more