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OIRA Completes its Review of the DFARS CMMC Proposed Rule: Is Your Company CMMC Certified, or Will It be Excluded from Future...

Husch Blackwell LLP on 9/2/2025

Key point: CMMC took another step towards reality, with OIRA clearing for publication the DFARS proposed rule that will add CMMC requirements as a condition of award for new contracts. What happened: On August 25, 2025, the...more

Not an April Fools Joke – FAR Part 40 Final Rule Has Been Published

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/30/2024

On April 1, 2024, the FAR Council published a new Final Rule that establishes FAR Part 40 – but without any new provisions of substance. This Final Rule becomes effective on May 1, 2024. Subsequently, the FAR Council...more

CISA Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Will Significantly Impact Government Contractors, Suppliers, and Service...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/9/2024

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) recently released its new Proposed Rule pursuant to the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (“CIRCIA”), which was published in the...more

Updated Timeline for CMMC Implementation

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/30/2022

Anyone who has been closely following the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program knows the effort has experienced a fair number of complications and delays...more

President Biden Issues Executive Order to Overhaul Cyber and Software Supply Chain Security and Expand Incident Reporting for...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/24/2021

Key Points - 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

Department of Energy Identifies “Foreign Adversaries” and Seeks Industry Input Regarding Implementation of Bulk-Power System...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/13/2020

- On July 8, 2020, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a Request for Information (RFI) concerning Executive Order 13920, “Securing the United States Bulk-Power System” (the “E.O.”). The E.O. authorizes the DOE to block...more

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