On February 21, 2025, the White House released a memorandum titled, “America First Investment Policy” (the Memorandum). The Memorandum describes how this Administration plans to address U.S. national security risks stemming...more
3/6/2025
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On January 15, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council issued a proposed rule that, if adopted, would uniformly define and protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) across the government. The proposed...more
On October 30, 2023, President Biden announced a sweeping new Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO). The EO signals an “all-hands-on-deck” approach, with...more
11/3/2023
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Reflective of the Government’s increasing focus on cybersecurity, on October 3, 2023, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council (FAR Council) released two new proposed rules that will have major impacts on federal...more
On September 29, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) CHIPS Program Office released a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for the construction, expansion, or modernization of facilities...more
In February 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) CHIPS Program Office published the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) under the CHIPS and Science Act. The original FOA was initially...more
On March 23, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (proposed rule) that sets forth the national security guardrails for funding under the CHIPS and Science...more
As described in our client alert earlier this month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s CHIPS Program Office published a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) directed towards funding the construction,...more
On February 28, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) CHIPS Program Office published the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) under the CHIPS and Science Act. This initial FOA is directed...more
Under the SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022 (the Act), signed into law last month, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs were extended through fiscal year 2025....more
11/4/2022
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On August 9, 2022, President Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (the CHIPS Act), a significant investment in industrial policy that offers, among other things, funding for the development of facilities to...more
Executive Order 11246 (the "Executive Order") and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) contract clause 52.222-26 (the "FAR Clause") long have imposed important employment-related requirements on government contractors and...more
Earlier this year, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published an interim final rule to address the security of the U.S. supply chain for information technology (the Rule). The Rule, which has now taken effect as of March...more
President Joe Biden was sworn into office on January 20, 2021. As with any incoming administration, new policies will be pursued while those of the previous administration are furthered, abandoned, or undone. The federal...more
3/1/2021
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On January 19, 2021, we saw the publication of both an interim final rule from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to address the security of the U.S. supply chain for information technology (the Rule)1 and a new...more
On May 21, 2020, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) published proposed rules (the Proposals) that fine-tune the recently implemented changes to the CFIUS rules. In particular, the Proposals...more
Changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) are forthcoming that will allow small businesses with government prime contracts and subcontracts to get paid on an accelerated basis, within 15 days of invoicing. Four...more
Introduction: A New National Security Review Process -
On April 4, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order creating the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications...more