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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released new guidance in the push to consolidate federal procurement activities. The guidance, which expands on Executive Order 14240, aims to reduce waste and duplication by...more
On July 18, 2025, the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Memorandum M-25-31. The Memorandum provides additional guidance on the consolidation of federal procurement activities pursuant to the...more
A D.C. federal judge granted the North America’s Building Trades Union and Construction Trades Council’s request to enjoin the recent memoranda exempting certain construction projects from Executive Order (EO) 14063. North...more
In his final days in office, President Biden signed an ambitious executive order to improve the federal government's approach to cybersecurity. Executive Order 14114 ("Executive Order"), issued January 16, 2025, titled...more
This is the first edition of Holland & Knight's Federal Real Estate Leasing Year in Review. For years, our GSA Leasing & Federal Real Estate Team has worked with LexisNexis to provide updated versions of the Federal...more
Department of Defense (DOD) Final Rule: Inapplicability of Certain Laws and Regulations to Commercial Items - DOD issues this Final Rule to amend the DFARS to address the inapplicability of certain laws and regulations to...more
Protecting Our Nation’s Data, Part 1: Cybersecurity Standardization Requirements for Unclassified Federal Information Systems - New standardized cybersecurity compliance requirements are inbound. In early October 2023, the...more
Department of Defense (DOD) Notice and Request for Comments: Negotiation of a Reciprocal Defense Procurement (RDP) Agreement with the Republic of India - On October 10, 2023, DOD issued a notice that, on behalf of the...more
Each month, Venable's Government Contracts Group publishes a summary of recent legal developments of interest to the government contractor community. President Signs Fiscal Responsibility Act Suspending Debt Ceiling: The...more
Debt Ceiling and Spending Deal: H.R. 3746 – Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 - The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, signed by President Biden on June 3, 2023, increases the federal debt limit, establishes new...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - GAO Confirms Agency Must Consider Experience of Each Partner in a Small Business Joint Venture - Earlier this year, the Government Accountability Office (GAO)—in AttainX, Inc., B-421216,...more
LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION - The FCA at the Supreme Court, Part 2 of 4: Addressing the Standard for Knowingly Submitting a False Claim - The False Claims Act (FCA) is seeing quite a bit of action at the Supreme...more
As part of his administration's all-of-government response to climate concerns, on December 8, 2021 President Biden issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14057, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal...more
The Biden Administration released its Fall 2022 regulatory agenda (Regulatory Agenda) on Jan. 4, 2023. In it, the administration outlined regulations aimed at cybersecurity requirements for government contractors, the...more
Preventing Organizational Conflict of Interest Federal Acquisition Act, P.L. No 117-324 (January 3, 2023) The FAR 9.5 OCI provisions have been out-of-step with practice for well over a decade. Government and private...more
On November 14, 2022, the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) published a proposed rule that would amend the Federal Acquisition...more
Action Required: Federal Contractor Data at Risk of Public Disclosure - On August 19, 2022, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs published a public notice to contractors about a Freedom...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - GSA Seeks Feedback on Potential Changes to Polaris Joint Ventures - On May 13, 2022, the General Services Administration (GSA) published draft proposed changes to the Polaris Government-Wide...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - OHA Confirms M&A-Related Recertification Won’t Impact Contractors’ Eligibility Under Pre-Existing Contracts - For small businesses, navigating the recertification rules promulgated by the Small...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
The U.S. Department of Defense, General Services Administration and NASA, on March 7, 2022, published a final rule revising the Buy American Act (BAA) requirements applicable to federal procurements. The final rule is the...more
October 25, 2022 Effective Date Provides A “Grace Period” To Affected Industries To Come Into Compliance With Stricter Non-Iron/Non-Steel Domestic Content Standards In Federal Procurement - On March 7, 2022, the Department...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued the final rule implementing President Joe Biden's Executive Order, "Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors," imposing a $15 minimum wage for a wide swath of...more
President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order on Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs through Federal Sustainability on Dec. 8, 2021, emphasizing the federal government's role and initiative "[a]s the single largest...more
U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker of the Southern District of Georgia on Dec. 7, 2021, issued a preliminary injunction, halting the government's enforcement of the vaccine mandate on all federal landlords and their...more