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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 -

Executive Orders Issued to Overhaul FAR, Direct Procurement of Commercial Products and Services

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/21/2025

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on federal procurement titled "Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement" on April 15, 2025 (the April 15 EO), directing that the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) be...more

Congress Addresses Supply Chain Domestication in Defense Authorization Legislation

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/24/2020

[co-authors: Alex Monié, Policy Advisor and Gabriel Harrison, Public Policy Specialist] The annual “must-pass” defense authorization legislation contains provisions to address supply chain domestication in light of the...more

Window On Washington - Vol. 4, Issue 7

Clark Hill PLC on 2/18/2020

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Recess. Both the House and Senate are in recess this week....more

Government Contracts Regulatory and Legislative Update - December 2019

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/5/2019

Our monthly edition of the “Government Contracts Regulatory and Legislative Update” offers a summary of and insight into the relevant industry developments that occurred during the previous month. Executive Orders - ...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - October 2019 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 10/9/2019

FALSE CLAIMS ACT / GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS LAW - Buyer Beware: More Stringent Standards for Government Contractors Under the Buy American Act on the Horizon - President Trump has made “buy American and hire American” a...more

The FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act: What Government Contractors Should Watch For

Perkins Coie on 7/17/2019

Congress is moving closer toward passage of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Although key differences remain between the House and Senate versions of the bill, the legislation is ultimately...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - May 2019

PilieroMazza PLLC on 5/13/2019

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - The Department of Defense issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement section 2804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year...more

Proposed Changes to Small Business Rules That All Government Contractors Need to Know

Perkins Coie on 1/24/2019

The Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a proposed rule on December 4, 2018, to implement, among other things, certain provisions of the National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA) of 2016 and 2017. The proposed rule,...more

SBA’s Busy Year End Yields Lots of Potential Changes for Small Businesses in 2019

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 1/11/2019

December of 2018 brought many potential changes to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) regulations that impact small businesses. First, on December 4, 2018, the SBA issued a lengthy proposed rule implementing...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - December 2018 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on 12/17/2018

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

President Trump Signs FY 2019 NDAA

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 8/15/2018

President Donald Trump signed the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which authorizes a top-line budget of $717 billion and includes significant provisions for government contractors. DoD is required to...more

Big Changes on the Horizon for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)

Bracewell LLP on 8/7/2018

Last week, the Senate followed the House of Representatives in passing the John McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (the “NDAA”), which President Trump is expected to sign into law very soon. The...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

Weekly Update Newsletter - November 2017 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 11/21/2017

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - “Mid-Sized Businesses: Too Big to be Small and Too Small to be Big” House Small Business Committee Press Release, November 14, 2017. Retrieved from smallbusiness.house.gov The House Committee on...more

Analysis of the Current Draft 2018 NDAA

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/14/2017

This is the first blog post in a series of blogs analyzing the current draft of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as agreed-to by House and Senate negotiators on November 8, 2017. Stay tuned for additional...more

Five Risk Management Tips to Prepare for the Road Ahead

Blank Rome LLP on 10/3/2017

We are nine months into a new administration marked by continued uncertainty regarding the legal, regulatory, and budgetary environments for government contractors. Although contractors have benefitted from a precipitous drop...more

Washington, D.C. Update – December 2016

Baker Donelson on 12/28/2016

With the last-minute passage of a Continuing Resolution (CR) to stave off a government shutdown, the 114th Congress has come to an end. When Congress returns in January, it will be faced with a number of immediate challenges,...more

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