The Rise of OTAs in Defense Contracting: Opportunities, Risks, and What Contractors Need to Know
Podcast - Navigating the Updated SF-328 Form
Podcast - A Comparative Guide to Obtaining an FCL: DCSA vs. the Intelligence Community
Diversifying Your Contract Pipeline by Maximizing Opportunities through the DOD’s Mentor Protégé Program
A Comprehensive Overview of FOCI Mitigation
Podcast - Defense Dynamics: Navigating the Post-Election Landscape for the National Security Sector, Part 2
Mitigating FOCI Under Section 847
Episode 345 -- Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Resolve Fraud, FCPA, ITAR and False Claims Act Violations
Everyone Come to Play: Exploring FOCI Mitigation Instruments
Defense Dynamics: Navigating the Post-Election Landscape for the National Security Sector
Podcast - Navigating M&A Due Diligence: Safeguarding Security Clearances
Podcast - Change Condition Packages: Tips for Cleared Contractors
Podcast - Corporate Documents in the Context of Clearances
Navigating Personnel Security Clearances (PCLs)
Cybersecurity Insights: Updates on CMMC Implementation and CUI Identification
What Is an FCL and How Do I Obtain One?
Protecting Our Nation’s Data: Cybersecurity Compliance for Government Contractors
Intellectual Property In Department of Defense Contracting
The When, Where, Why and How of CMMC with Fernando Machado
Orders the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide for the use and jurisdiction by the Department of Defense over such Federal lands,...more
The Trump Administration on March 20, 2025, issued an executive order titled "Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement" (the EO), which will result in a major change in the landscape of...more
Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report: Small Business Contracting, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Needs Increased Contractor Oversight to Reduce Reporting Errors - On March 13, GAO released a...more
AT A GLANCE On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump invoked the National Emergencies Act (NEA), citing a national crisis at the southern US border....more
Date Issued: Jan. 20, 2025 This executive order declares a national emergency at the southern border of the U.S. due to the presence of threats, including cartels, criminal gangs, known terrorists, human traffickers,...more
Summary - Direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate actions to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to full capacity to provide additional...more
Date Issued: Jan. 20, 2025 This executive order clarifies the military's role in securing the U.S. borders against threats of invasion, unlawful forays by foreign nationals into the U.S. and other transnational criminal...more
Summary - This order abolishes every Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office within the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security with regard to the U.S. Coast Guard, respectively, including any...more
This Order directs the Secretary of Defense to order as many units of the Armed Forces as he determines appropriate, including the Ready Reserve and the National Guard, to support the activities of the Secretary of Homeland...more
The White House recently issued an executive order that restricts cross-border transfers of personal data from the United States to “countries of concern.” President Biden also urged Congress to pass comprehensive privacy...more
On October 30, 2023, the Biden administration issued its long-awaited artificial intelligence (AI) executive order (EO), which issues directives to over 20 federal agencies, with the deadline for implementation spanning...more
Executive Order Will Guide $52 Billion Chips Act Funding - A new executive order is creating an interagency steering council to assist in the disbursement of $52 billion in manufacturing subsidies and research funding from...more
Reports identify weaknesses and introduce plans to strengthen certain critical supply chains - On February 24, 2022, the Biden Administration released a Plan to Revitalize American Manufacturing and Secure Critical Supply...more
Critical minerals, which include rare earth minerals, are generally defined as minerals that are important to supply chains, but difficult to mine and ship due to scarcity, geopolitical issues, trade policy, or a combination...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - House Passes Stopgap Bill to Prevent Shutdown - The Hill reported that the House passed a stopgap measure to extend federal government funding until March 11, 2022, to prevent a shutdown next week...more
The Government Contracts and Global Trade Group is pleased to provide a summary of some of the key class deviations and other memoranda published by U.S. Government agencies implementing the federal contractor COVID-19...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Class Deviation Regarding Exceptions to the Limitations on Subcontracting Requirements for Small Business Concerns Under FAR Part 19 - The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council published a...more
Akin to the exasperations of the newly minted “homeschool teachers” the pandemic has created, the Biden administration’s recent Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (Order) is a mix of sound logic and utter...more
The Colonial Pipeline cyberattack prompted the issuance of a long-awaited executive order (EO) on improving U.S. cybersecurity. The EO mandates that, within six months, all federal agencies implement multi-factor...more
On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity following a series of highly publicized cybersecurity incidents during the first four months of his presidency, including the...more
On February 24, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14017, “Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains,” requiring a review of global supply chains that support key U.S. industries in an attempt to improve supply...more
On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (Order) directing a series of reviews of global supply chains - the latest government effort to create more resilient and secure supply chains for...more
Earlier this month, the FCC adopted a Report & Order (“R&O”) streamlining the application review process for transactions involving foreign investment or participation in U.S. telecommunications companies (commonly known as...more
Pillsbury’s International Trade team is tracking developing U.S. government measures with widespread implications for the tech, telecom and government contracting industries. The Trump administration has long focused on...more
On August 6, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States.” The far-reaching EO seeks to ensure the domestic...more