On July 23, 2025, President Trump released his Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan, with the aim of ushering in an era of American dominance in the rapidly emerging technology. The AI Action Plan delivers on a promise...more
7/30/2025
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Cybersecurity ,
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OSTP ,
Regulatory Reform ,
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Supply Chain ,
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U.S. Commerce Department
Last week, the Trump administration made its priorities clear for the nation’s cybersecurity posture in the form of the newly issued executive order entitled “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity...more
6/13/2025
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Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Security ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
FedRAMP ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
Government Agencies ,
Internet of Things ,
National Security ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Trump Administration
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued its long awaited proposed rule on Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) on January 15, 2025. The proposed rule establishes a common form to be used by all federal...more
1/24/2025
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Cybersecurity ,
Defense Contracts ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
DFARS ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
NIST ,
Proposed Rules ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Subcontractors ,
Subcontracts
Citing the threats posed by foreign adversaries and criminal organizations, and seeking enhanced accountability for companies that provide software and cloud services to the federal government, the Biden administration has...more
1/20/2025
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Biden Administration ,
Cloud Computing ,
Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Security ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
FedRAMP ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
NIST ,
OMB ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Risk Management ,
Software ,
Supply Chain ,
Trump Administration
On May 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) issued an important class deviation that provides necessary relief for contractors endeavoring to comply with ever-changing cybersecurity requirements. The deviation...more
The U.S. Department of Defense released a special holiday treat for government contractors and subcontractors last week in the form of long-promised proposed regulations for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification...more
1/3/2024
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Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
DFARS ,
Federal Contractors ,
Internet of Things ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Subcontractors
Presented as part of its effort to lower what it views as excessive prices for prescription drugs, the Biden administration on December 7, 2023, announced the release of a proposed framework to expand the use of government...more
12/19/2023
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Drug Pricing ,
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March-in-Rights ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
NIST ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Research and Development
The Biden administration issued a widely anticipated executive order on artificial intelligence (“AI”) earlier this week. The Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence...more
11/6/2023
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
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Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
IaaS ,
National Security ,
NIST ,
Office of Science ,
OMB ,
Risk Management ,
Secretary of Commerce ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology ,
Technology Sector ,
Transparency
Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more
10/11/2023
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Causation ,
Cybersecurity ,
Denial of Certiorari ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
DFARS ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Failure to Monitor ,
False Billing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Subsidies ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicare ,
NIST ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Remuneration ,
Risk Management ,
SCOTUS ,
State Grants ,
TRICARE ,
Whistleblowers
In what can best be described as a tsunami of cybersecurity regulation, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council—consisting of the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National...more
10/9/2023
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Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Information Technology ,
Internet of Things ,
NASA ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
NIST ,
OMB ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
Risk Management ,
Subcontractors
A new Biden administration Executive Order proposes to enforce more rigorously U.S. manufacturing requirements attendant to federally funded inventions. While the aim of the Executive Order is to support domestic...more
8/7/2023
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Biotechnology ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Domestic Policy ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
Joe Biden ,
Manufacturers ,
NASA ,
NIST ,
Research and Development
On May 10, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) released an Initial Public Draft of Revision 3 to NIST Special Publication (“SP”) 800-171, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in...more
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently published a draft version of a Secure Software Development Attestation Common Form. The draft Common Form is...more
Infusing billions of dollars into the U.S. semiconductor industry and appropriating billions more for scientific research and development, what is now colloquially referred to as the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 was signed...more
8/30/2022
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Executive Orders ,
Life Sciences ,
NASA ,
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Supply Chain ,
Tax Credits ,
US Department of State
Effective May 1, 2018, newly issued federal government contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements will be subject to revised regulations implementing the Bayh-Dole Act, the federal statute governing title and license...more
As the December 31 deadline for implementation of the NIST special publication 800-171 requirements called for by DFARS 252.204-7012 (“the DFARS cyber clause”) quickly approaches, most DoD prime contractors have taken steps...more