The U.S. government has issued a long-awaited rule implementing legislation to prevent federal agencies from contracting with entities that use telecommunications equipment or services produced or provided by Huawei...more
7/15/2020
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Compliance ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Huawei ,
Interim Rule ,
New Legislation ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Public Comment ,
Subcontractors ,
Supply Chain ,
Telecommunications ,
ZTE
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and several federal agencies have issued guidance implementing a provision in the CARES Act that allows government contractors to be reimbursed for paid leave to employees and...more
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued guidance on March 20, 2020, to the heads of executive departments and agencies regarding contract performance issues associated with COVID-19. That guidance, in the form of a...more
Due to rising concerns about the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus, President Trump signed an executive order on March 18, 2020, invoking his authority under the Defense Production Act (DPA). The order designates...more
What is a thing? On February 10, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit gave us a new answer to this old philosophical question. In the case of pharmaceuticals, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...more
Effective October 1, 2019, a new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) amends the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to limit the use of lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA)...more
10/2/2019
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Cybersecurity ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
DFARS ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
Final Rules ,
GAO ,
LPTA ,
Source Selection Authority (SSA)
In an interim rule published on August 13, 2019, the U.S. government revised the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to prohibit federal agencies from acquiring telecommunications equipment or services produced or provided...more
8/15/2019
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Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Huawei ,
Interim Rule ,
NDAA ,
New Rules ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications ,
US Trade Policies
The Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a proposed rule on December 4, 2018, to implement, among other things, certain provisions of the National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA) of 2016 and 2017. The proposed rule,...more
1/24/2019
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HUBZone ,
Independent Contractors ,
NAICS ,
NDAA ,
SBA ,
SDVOSB ,
Set-Aside Contracts ,
Small Business ,
Subcontractors ,
Trump Administration ,
WOSB
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) proposed to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) on December 4, 2018, to limit the use of lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) procurements.
The...more
12/21/2018
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Defense Aquistion Regulations ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
DFARS ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
LPTA ,
NDAA ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Service Contracts ,
Source Selection Authority (SSA)