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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

White House Releases AI Action Plan: Key Legal and Strategic Takeaways for Industry

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- What is new: The Trump administration’s AI Action Plan reflects a striking shift in approach, with the federal government driving development, expansion and regulation, focusing on deregulation, permitting, procurement and...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Cybersecurity, AI, and EO 14306: What Government Contractors Must Do to Stay Compliant

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In June 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14306 (EO), titled “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144,” which amends and...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Trump Administration Releases AI Action Plan and Three Executive Orders: Key Implications for Business Strategy

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On July 23, 2025, the Trump administration debuted its long-awaited AI Action Plan (the Plan), identifying a range of policies to be implemented across the federal government to “usher in a new golden age of human...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

How the GSA’s Acquisition Overhaul Could Affect Small Business Contractors

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The General Services Administration (GSA) has released a series of legislative proposals that have been transmitted to Congress as part of the revision and rewrite of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. The intent of the...more

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AI Implications in Senate and House Committees’ Versions of FY 2026 NDAA, and the Pentagon Awards Four AI Contracts Up to $200...

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On July 9, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) voted 26-1 to advance the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 to the Senate floor. The Senate version of the NDAA includes a comprehensive...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Cybersecurity Regulation in Flux as Trump Administration Focuses on Evolving Foreign and Tech Threats

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The administration has signaled a potential softening of cyber regulation for domestic entities, with increasing focus on national security priorities and preparing for the future....more

Potomac Law Group, PLLC

Federal Procurement Overhaul - Rewriting the Federal Procurement System

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Within two weeks of inauguration, the Trump Administration began issuing an abundance of Executive Orders (“EO”), memoranda, and related documents addressing how the U.S Government purchases goods and services from industry....more

Woods Rogers

New Cybersecurity Executive Order Revises Specific Federal Policies While Retaining Core Security Principles

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On June 6, 2025, the Trump Administration issued a new Executive Order, Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144 (the EO) that contains...more

A&O Shearman

Trump White House issues executive order on cybersecurity

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While the Order preserves significant portions of President Biden’s most recent cyber executive order—including provisions aimed at securing the software supply chain, federal government systems, and federal...more

Wiley Rein LLP

President Trump’s Cyber Mandate: Analysis of Executive Order on Strengthening U.S. Cybersecurity

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President Trump issued a cybersecurity Executive Order, “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity” (Trump EO), along with a corresponding Fact Sheet on June 6, 2025. The Trump EO clears some of the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Trump Issues Executive Order on Cybersecurity Rolling Back Some Prior Policies and Introducing New Ones

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Last week, the Trump administration made its priorities clear for the nation’s cybersecurity posture in the form of the newly issued executive order entitled “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity...more

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

May 2025 Government Contracts Legal Update and Podcast

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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani presents the latest insights from our Government Contracts group, offering a comprehensive overview of recent significant decisions, regulatory changes, and essential updates for businesses...more

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The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul: What Government Contractors Need to Know

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On May 6, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) published draft revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) as part of a sweeping, phased update known as the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul...more

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Federal Contractors Take Note: What Trump’s Procurement Reforms Mean for You

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On April 15, President Trump issued two new executive orders that will have a direct impact on federal contractors: - Restoring Common Sense To Federal Procurement directs federal agencies to eliminate from the FAR any...more

Blank Rome LLP

A Roadmap for Terminations for Convenience in the DOGE-Era

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The Department of Government Efficiency’s (“DOGE”) scrutiny of federal contracts has resulted in a spike in notices of termination for convenience. Given DOGE’s broad mandate to reduce federal spending, we expect a sustained...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Court of Federal Claims Deems Itself "De Facto Forum" for Other Transaction Agreement Protests

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In a decision published on Feb. 24, 2025, Judge Armando Bonilla of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC or Court) weighed in on the ongoing debate about jurisdiction over protests of other transaction agreements (OTAs). The...more

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What U.S. Employers Need to Know about Upcoming DEI Executive Orders

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On the first day of President Trump’s second administration, he signed the Ending Racial and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing Executive Order. This order provides direction to eliminate any and all Diversity,...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

FCA Settlement Highlights Importance of Accurate Small Business Certifications in Government Contracting

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a $949,696.90 False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with GS Foods Group Inc. (GS Foods) for improperly bidding on contracts reserved for small businesses despite not qualifying...more

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Key Executive Orders Passed by President Trump and Their Implications for Government Contractors

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Since President Trump took office a little over ten days ago, he has issued a flurry of Executive Orders (EO) aiming to further his policy objectives and rescind certain policies set by the Biden Administration. Many of these...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Fourth Quarter 2024 Government Contracts Policy and Regulatory Review

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The fourth quarter of 2024 presented government contractors with significant changes, including annual spending bills, new rulemakings, agency announcements and a new federal administration following the election. We review...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The highly-anticipated US Executive Order on artificial intelligence: Setting the agenda for responsible AI innovation

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On October 30, 2023, the Biden Administration issued the groundbreaking Executive Order 14110 on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (Order), which sets in motion a comprehensive...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Time Runs Out on TikTok: New FAR Clause Bans TikTok on Federal Contractor Devices  

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The federal government recently issued an interim rule, effective immediately, prohibiting the presence or use of the TikTok application in the performance of a contract. This rule continues the government’s actions against...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Government Contract Trends as 2021 Winds Down

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It is hard to believe 2021 is in the back stretch. At the beginning of the year, we made predictions of what might come from the change in Administration in 2021. In this article, we take a look at what has happened in 2021...more

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What Cyber Landscape Awaits Government Contractors Following Biden’s Executive Order?

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On May 12, the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order (EO) setting in motion an ambitious plan to rapidly strengthen the cybersecurity posture of the Federal government and its contractors, service providers, and...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – May 2021 #2

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Protecting Your Company Against Revenue Clawbacks: Preference Actions (Part 3 of 3) - This is the final part of our three-part series on revenue clawbacks. The scenario: a customer or teaming partner goes bankrupt and then...more

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