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The National Defense Authorization Act is a United States federal statute enacted each year to specify the budget and expenditures of the Department of Defense. The NDAA identifies which agencies are responsible for national defense, provides funding for those agencies and includes instructions on proper use of the funds. less -

DOD Proposed Rule Will Expand FOCI Requirements to Non-Classified Defense Contracts

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/24/2025

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractors with foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI) soon will face new requirements. Though cleared DOD contractors have long been bound by FOCI obligations, the new rule will...more

DOD Proposes Regulatory Changes To Streamline Cost Or Pricing Data Requirements

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/15/2024

On September 26, 2024, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued a proposed rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement sections of the National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA) for...more

Recent Changes for Contractors to Consider - SBA Small Business Credit Rules, CMMC Updates, CTA Reporting, FLSA Overtime...

Womble Bond Dickinson on 1/29/2024

Aerospace, defense, and security businesses are subject to a myriad of regulations and operational requirements that are constantly changing. These include things like SBA rules for credit for small businesses and...more

Silicon Valley Meets Washington, D.C.: DOD's CSO Authority Is Here to Stay

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/18/2023

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has finalized a proposed rule authorizing the acquisition of commercial products and services using general solicitation competitive procedures known as a "commercial solutions opening"...more

Time is Running Out to Seek Inflation Relief For DoD Contracts under Section 822 of the FY2023 NDAA

Womble Bond Dickinson on 7/11/2023

The FY2023 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (FY2023 NDAA) included several important provisions for government contractors. We described several of those important FY2023 NDAA provisions in a presentation...more

Aerospace & Defense Insights: Key Provisions of the FY 2023 NDAA for Government Contractors

Hogan Lovells on 5/1/2023

Through Aerospace & Defense Insights, we share with you the top legal and political issues affecting the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry. Our A&D industry team monitors the latest developments to help our clients stay in...more

The Top 10 Compliance Challenges for 2020

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/2/2020

Attorneys Eric Crusius, Amy Fuentes, Kelsey Hayes and Vijaya Surampudi co-authored an article describing the major issues they expect government contracting professionals to face in the coming year. For example, the...more

DoD’s Squeeze of Chinese Telecom Equipment Continues

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/31/2020

At the end of 2019, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) took another step to limit the potential cyber risks posed by telecommunications equipment manufactured by Chinese companies (and potentially Russian ones too). We...more

DoD Implements Statutory Restrictions on LPTA Evaluations

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 10/10/2019

As we noted in a blog post in December 2016, “LPTA Out, Fixed Price Contracts In,” the Department of Defense (DoD) has been moving to restrict the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation methodology, which...more

Is It Time for Commercial Companies to Give DOD a Second Look?

Perkins Coie on 6/25/2018

In the last decade or so, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has been, in the words of the Section 809 Panel, an “unattractive customer to large and small firms with innovative, state-of-the-art solutions.” Among other...more

DoD Proposes Cost Allowability Rule for Correcting Counterfeit Electronic Parts

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/26/2016

The Department of Defense (“DoD”) recently proposed to make specified costs allowable that are associated with discovering and correcting counterfeit or suspect counterfeit electronic parts. DoD’s proposed rule would amend...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - August 2015 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on 8/31/2015

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - DOD Issues Interim Rule to Amend DFARS: Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services (DFARS Case 2013-D018)- The Department of Defense (DOD) issued an interim rule to amend...more

Defense Department Issues Interim Rule Requiring Contractor and Subcontractor Reporting of Cyber Incidents

King & Spalding on 8/28/2015

On August 26, 2015, the Department of Defense (DoD) published a long-awaited Interim Rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to require “rapid” reporting of “cyber incidents” that result in...more

DoD Addresses Cybersecurity Preparedness, Incident Reporting, and Cloud Computing Acquisitions with new DFARS interim rule

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/27/2015

Announced and effective today, August 26, 2015, DoD has issued an interim rule that significantly expands existing DFARS provisions and clauses requiring contractors and subcontractors to report cyber incidents. The interim...more

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