The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to permit the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to terminate hundreds of grants related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives worth approximately $800 million. The...more
This is the part of a series discussing state-level bid protests in the DMV.
Protest procedures in Maryland are less centralized than D.C. but more centralized than Virginia....more
In the Commonwealth of Virginia, decentralization is the rule. Virginia state law generally vests procurement authority in the individual agency or locality, where a protest can move very quickly from submission to the...more
This is part one of a three-part series discussing state-level bid protests in the DMV.
For a contractor who just expended significant time and money to bid on a DMV state-level government contract, only to watch the...more
6/27/2025
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Contract Terms ,
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Judicial Review ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
State and Local Government ,
State Contractors ,
State Contracts
Almost a year to the day after the Build America Buy America Act (BABA) became law, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has published its “Final Guidance for Grants and Agreements” intended to implement BABA’s...more
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently issued a proposed amendment to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) that tightens “Buy American” thresholds for DoD procurements....more
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Proposed Rule and Notification of Proposed Guidance to federal agencies earlier this year regarding the implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act...more
4/12/2023
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Buy America ,
Construction Industry ,
Federal Contractors ,
Infrastructure ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Made in the USA ,
Manufacturers ,
OMB ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Projects
The challenge posed to Department of Defense (DOD) contractors of complying with ever-shifting cybersecurity regulations and guidance continues unabated. On July 26, 2022, the Cyber Accreditation Body (Cyber AB) published a...more