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Podcast - Navigating the Updated SF-328 Form

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/8/2025

In the 22nd episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances," host Marina O'Brien is joined by Washington, D.C., International Trade attorney Andrew McAllister to help break down the Defense Counterintelligence...more

New FAR Provision and Pending Supreme Court Case Highlight Lack of Clear Rules on Communications Between Government and Industry...

Venable LLP on 1/5/2023

Several years after initially proposing the rule and receiving feedback from federal contractors and a prominent government contracting scholar, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council recently released a final rule...more

Myth-Busting: New Final FAR Rules Says You Can Speak with Agency Personnel During a Procurement, Or Can You?

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters on 12/6/2022

On December 1, 2022, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (comprised of both the civilian and military acquisition regulatory councils) issued the final FAR rule on “Effective Communication between Government and...more

New Small Business Tools from the National Defense Authorization Act

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 7/29/2022

New Past Performance Regulations from the SBA: Section 868 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Public Law 116–283, required the Small Business Administration (the SBA) to develop regulations that...more

DOD Finalizes "Enhanced Debriefing" Rule for Federal Procurements

K&L Gates LLP on 3/23/2022

A new regulation outlines U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractors' rights to an "enhanced debriefing" in certain procurements. On 18 March 2022, the DOD published a final rule to implement Section 818 of the National...more

Huawei Rule Part 2: You “Use,” You Lose (Government Contracts)

ArentFox Schiff on 8/14/2020

The new regulations prohibit government agencies from entering into, extending, or renewing a contract with contractors if they use any equipment, system, or service that uses certain Chinese telecommunications equipment or...more

2019 NDAA Analysis: A Harder Look at Major Defense Acquisitions

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/26/2019

This is the sixth blog post in a series analyzing the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as signed into law on Aug. 13, 2018. Stay tuned for more blog posts covering additional topics in the near future from...more

New Opportunities for Women-Owned Small Businesses

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/18/2015

The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued a finale rule, on September 14, 2015, implementing Section 825 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to allow the federal government to issue sole...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

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