The FAR Council is undertaking a systematic approach to revising the FARs. On August 15, 2025, it released its revisions to FAR Part 7, Acquisition Planning, FAR Part 24, Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information, and...more
9/9/2025
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Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
FOIA ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Government Agencies ,
Privacy Policy ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Small Business ,
Subcontractors ,
Subcontracts ,
Supply Chain
The FAR Council is undertaking a systematic approach to revising the FARs. On August 15, 2025, it released its revisions to FAR Part 28, Bonds and Insurance, FAR Part 30, Cost Accounting Standards Administration, and FAR Part...more
9/4/2025
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Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Competitive Bidding ,
Contract Lifecycle Management ,
Contract Terms ,
Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) ,
Defense Contracts ,
Engineering ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
Performance Bonds ,
Subcontractors
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council is undertaking a systematic approach to revising the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs). On July 24, 2025, revisions to FAR Part 35, Research and Development Contracting...more
The General Services Administration (GSA) has released a series of legislative proposals that have been transmitted to Congress as part of the revision and rewrite of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. The intent of the...more
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council is undertaking a systematic approach to revising the FARs. On Friday, June 27, 2025, a revision to FAR Part 6, Competition Requirements was issued....more
The FAR Council is undertaking a systematic approach to revising the FARs. On Friday, June 13, 2025, it released its revisions to FAR Part 18 – Emergency Acquisitions, FAR Part 39 – Acquisition of Information and...more
On Friday, June 13, 2025, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) held a Tribal Consultation in Anchorage, Alaska. The SBA’s stated purpose for the consultation was to solicit comments and testimony from Alaska Native...more
On May 22, 2025, the United States Supreme Court released its opinion in Kousisis v. United States. The Kousisis opinion resolved a split of the federal circuits by finding that proof of economic loss by the government is not...more
On September 23, 2024, in Mid-America Milling Company et. al. v. United States Department of Transportation, et. al., Case No. 3:23-cv-00072, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (the...more
5/29/2025
/ Constitutional Challenges ,
DBE Program ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Motion To Intervene ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Trump Administration
The FAR Council is undertaking a systematic approach to revising the FARs. It recently released its revisions to FAR Part 10, Market Research.
The GSA provided the following explanation of the changes to FAR Part...more
On April 9, 2025, the Center for Indian Country Development published an interesting report on the impact of contract consolidation/bundling by the federal government on Native-owned government contractors.
In Executive...more
On May 9, 2025, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published a notice that it will be holding a tribal consultation on June 13, 2025, at 9:30 am in Anchorage, to receive comments on the following:
1. How the 8(a)...more
The United States General Services Administration (“GSA”) has launched a “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul” webpage, at https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul (the “FAR Overhaul”), to provide guidance as federal agencies...more
On April 14, 2025, the United States Department of the Interior announced a series of Tribal Consultations. The purpose of the consultations is to address the new administration’s goal of “working to enhance government...more
On April 15, President Trump issued two new executive orders that will have a direct impact on federal contractors:
- Restoring Common Sense To Federal Procurement directs federal agencies to eliminate from the FAR any...more
4/17/2025
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Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
OMB ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Small Business ,
Trump Administration
The deadline to submit comments in response to the OMB’s solicitation is May 12, 2025.
On April 11 the Office of Management and Budget published a request that interested parties “identify rules to be rescinded and provide...more
4/15/2025
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Deregulation ,
Executive Orders ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Government Agencies ,
OMB ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Trump Administration
On January 15, the Department of Defense, GSA, and NASA published proposed rules that would implement the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act. The Act was enacted on December 27, 2022....more
3/10/2025
/ Conflicts of Interest ,
Contractors ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Government Agencies ,
NASA ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management
On January 31, the Trump Administration issued Executive Order 14912, titled “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation” (the “Regulatory EO”), the purpose of which is to “promote prudent financial management and alleviate...more
Federal government agencies propound small business contracting goals that guide other agencies with regard to how much of their contracting dollars should be awarded to small businesses. The SBA conducts an annual review and...more
On December 17, the U.S. Small Business Administration issued a final rule that made significant changes to the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program. The final rule generally adopts many of the changes that SBA...more
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court overruled the Chevron doctrine that had guided courts’ review of agency actions the past 40 years. The Chevron doctrine required courts to defer to a federal agency’s reasonable...more
7/11/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Ambiguous ,
Chevron Deference ,
Construction Industry ,
Corner Post Inc v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Real Estate Market ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Seventh Amendment ,
Statutory Interpretation
On June 28, the Supreme Court handed down Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned the prior Supreme Court precedent, articulated in Chevron v. Natural Resource Defense Council, Inc. and known as “the Chevron...more
7/10/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Administrative Proceedings ,
Chevron Deference ,
Corner Post Inc v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Kansas ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Texas
The decision to overrule Chevron will likely have impacts on government contracting. A vast array of government contracting regulations that control contracts, such as Davis-Bacon Act requirements, Service Contract Act...more
7/9/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron Deference ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SBA ,
SCOTUS ,
Service Contract Act ,
Statutory Interpretation
For forty years, the Chevron doctrine, established in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), has been a cornerstone of administrative law in the United States. Under the...more
7/9/2024
/ 8(a) Program ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
Alaska ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Corner Post Inc v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ,
Government Agencies ,
Indian Gaming Regulation Act ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Small Business ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Tribal Governments
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on ensuring the responsible procurement of artificial intelligence (AI) systems and services by federal agencies. This...more