The Rise of OTAs in Defense Contracting: Opportunities, Risks, and What Contractors Need to Know
CHPS Podcast Episode 5: The Future of Federal Procurement
2024-2025 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
SBA’s Final Rule Is Here: Key Takeaways on Updates to HUBZone Program, Other Small Business Programs, and Various Small Business Matters
Mitigating FOCI Under Section 847
Navigating Bid Protest Choices at GAO and COFC
Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
New Wave of Pay Transparency Requirements Affects Employers and Federal Contractors
Recent Bid Protest Decisions Reshape Strategies for Future Government Contractor Success
DE Under 3: FAR Council's Latest Proposed Rule & OFCCP's 10 New FAQs on Compensation History
Excitement, Turbulence & Confusion: The Top 10 Employment Law Issues That Affected Federal Contractors in 2023
Successor Government Contractor Hiring Obligations Change: DOL’s Long Awaited Nondisplacement Rule
DE Under 3: FAR Council Submitted for OMB Approval Proposed Rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting”
DE Under 3: FAR Council Issued Final Rule Requiring Unionized Workforces on Large Federal Construction Projects
Intellectual Property In Department of Defense Contracting
Podcast - Navigating the TikTok Ban: Implications for Government Contractors
[Podcast] TikTok off the Clock: Navigating the TikTok Ban on Devices for Government Contractors
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On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, the Department of Defense (“DoD”), General Services Administration, and NASA issued a final rule increasing certain acquisition-related thresholds. Effective October 1, 2025, the increased...more
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council issued a final rule adjusting numerous acquisition-related thresholds for inflation as required under 41 U.S.C. § 1908....more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Final Rule: NASA Mentor-Protégé Program - NASA is finalizing amendments to the NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to reflect...more
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council recently published a final rule to implement a policy that provides for accelerated payments to small business prime contractors and small business subcontractors. This...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Biden Signs PRICE Act to Reform Federal Procurement and Help Small Business Contractors, March 9, 2022, Cy Alba President Biden recently signed the PRICE Act (Promoting Rigorous and Innovative Cost...more
Other Transaction (OT) authority and related agreements (OTAs) continue to be all the rage. And why shouldn’t they be? OTAs—particularly those advertised by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for cutting edge prototype and...more
The Department of Defense (DoD), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently proposed a series of noteworthy amendments to the Federal Acquisition...more
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - New Vaccine Mandate Guidance Issued for Federal Contractors: 5 Things You Need to Know - On September 24, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (Task Force) issued much-anticipated guidance...more
The Small Business Administration (SBA) updated its Historically Underutilized Business (HUBZone) program in a final rule issued on November 26, 2019, at 84 FR 65,222. The Department of Defense, General Services...more
SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS & ADVISORY SERVICES - General Services Administration - According to Law360, GSA is seeking up to $20 billion worth of information technology services from disadvantaged small businesses and has...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS LAW - This Project Is Behind Schedule - What Is a Contractor to Do? - Construction projects rarely, if ever, go precisely as planned. One of the most common issues government contractors face is...more
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), (collectively, the Agencies) just issued a Proposed Rule that addresses...more
COMMENTS SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION’S PROPOSED RULE ON THE HUBZONE PROGRAM, RIN 3245-AG38 - On December 27, 2018, PilieroMazza submitted comments to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - A former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Facility Chief pleaded guilty to receiving illegal gratuities. Steven Eric Kremer, a former Chief of the Range and Mission Management...more
CAPITOL HILL - Vets First? An Examination of VA’s Resources for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses - On June 7, 2018, the House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight, and Regulations...more
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Amendments Related to Sources of Electronic Parts - The Department of Defense (DoD) is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition...more
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, AND NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION - Clarification of Requirement for Justifications for 8(a) Sole Source Contracts - The Department of Defense...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Evaluating Reasonableness of Price for Commercial Items - The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a proposed rule on August 3, 2015 to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Federal Acquisition Regulation: Simplified Acquisition Threshold for Overseas Acquisitions - The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and NASA have issued a proposed rule to...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - DoD, GSA, and NASA Issue Final Rule to Amend FAR: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition Related Thresholds - The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - DoD Issues Semiannual Regulatory Agenda - The Department of Defense (DoD) published the semiannual agenda of regulatory documents, including those that are procurement-related, for public...more
DOD, GSA, and NASA have proposed a number of changes to the FAR to implement changes made by the Small Business Administration in 2013 regarding small business subcontracting goals and plans. While the proposed FAR changes...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - DoD, GSA, and NASA Issue Small Entity Compliance Guide - The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - DoD Issues Department of Defense Instruction 5000.02 Operation of the Defense Acquisition System - The Department of Defense (DoD) issued a new version of the acquisitions corps’ guide...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - DoD, GSA, and NASA Issue Proposed Rule to Amend FAR Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations – Representations and Notifications - ...more