On March 2, 2023, the Biden administration released the 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy (the “Strategy”). The Strategy acknowledges that the United States “must [effect] fundamental shifts in how . . . [it] allocates...more
On December 27, 2022, President Biden signed the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act (P.L. 117-324 or the “Act”). The law aims to tighten regulations on potential organization conflicts...more
In November 2022, the U.S. government, acting through the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics & Space Administration, issued a proposed rule that would amend the Federal...more
12/9/2022
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Climate Change ,
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Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Orders ,
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Federal Contractors ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Risk Management ,
System For Award Management (SAM) ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
Over the past three plus years, the issue of foreign influence over U.S. government-sponsored research has been front and center for the research community. There have been numerous high-profile prosecutions of professors,...more
The U.S. Commerce Department has added China’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMS) and 11 of its affiliated research institutes to the Entity List, thereby prohibiting exports, reexports and in-country transfers of...more
President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 (EO 14042) requires covered federal contractor employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January 18, 2022, if they are not entitled to an accommodation due to disability or...more
11/29/2021
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On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, President Biden issued EO 14,028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” The EO sets out an ambitious schedule of reviews and rulemakings that portend significant changes in the...more