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The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul: What Government Contractors Need to Know

PilieroMazza PLLC on 5/7/2025

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

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

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 4/17/2025

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

Understanding the Implications of the Temporary Pause on Federal Financial Assistance

Husch Blackwell LLP on 1/28/2025

OMB Memorandum (M-25-13) advises federal agencies that they must temporarily pause all activities and disbursements of federal financial assistance that may be implicated by any of President Trump’s recent Executive Orders at...more

Cybersecurity in 2024: Ten Top Issues to Consider

Wiley Rein LLP on 1/3/2024

As we enter the New Year, Wiley has looked back at the top cyber issues for 2023 and what they mean for 2024. Last year, we saw the rollout of the National Cybersecurity Strategy—which outlined a new era of cyber oversight—as...more

The FAR Council’s Proposed Cybersecurity Overhaul: Lots Of Questions, But Only Some Answers

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 10/9/2023

In what can best be described as a tsunami of cybersecurity regulation, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council—consisting of the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National...more

Two New Cybersecurity Proposed Rules Mean Big Changes for Federal Contractors

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/5/2023

On October 3, 2023, the FAR Council released two long-awaited proposed rules for federal contractor cybersecurity stemming from the Biden Administration’s Cybersecurity Executive Order from May 2021 (Executive Order 14028)....more

Executive Order 14028 Update: OMB Clarifies Cybersecurity Guidance for Federal Contractors; Delays Secure Software Attestation...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/3/2023

On June 9, 2023, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Memorandum M-23-16, which delays implementation of a key secure software attestation requirement. The delay was necessary because the Cybersecurity...more

New FAR Clause Implements TikTok Ban for Federal Contractors

Venable LLP on 6/20/2023

The federal government's most recent TikTok ban is both simple and complex. The prohibition bans federal contractors from using or even installing the TikTok app on covered information technology (IT) devices....more

Do Business With the Federal Government? Here’s a 2022 Cybersecurity Recap: Part Three - Secure Software Development Attestation...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/24/2023

Yesterday we continued our series... with the Office of Management and Budget’s September 2022 memorandum requiring federal agencies to only use software from software producers that attest compliance with secure software...more

Mandatory Breach Notification Requirements For Government Contractors Are Almost Here

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/24/2021

President Biden’s newly released Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity represents a comprehensive approach to tackling cybersecurity threats in the U.S. and will likely result in new FAR and DFARS contract...more

President Biden Announces Sweeping New Cybersecurity Reforms

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/20/2021

The President’s new Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity includes wide-ranging measures intended to strengthen security standards for the federal government and federal government contractors in response to...more

Cybersecurity Executive Order Will Impact Government Contractors

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/20/2021

President Biden’s new Executive Order to improve cybersecurity involves a particular focus on federal government and contractor systems. President Biden’s Executive Order directs sweeping changes to cybersecurity...more

Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/19/2021

On May 12, 2021, the Biden Administration issued its much anticipated “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” Below are provisions we believe will be of most interest to contractors, as well as any company...more

President Biden's Executive Order to Improve Cybersecurity Issued

King & Spalding on 5/19/2021

On May 12, 2021, President Joe Biden issued a wide ranging Executive Order “On Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” which was in the works after the SolarWinds cyberattack and arrived soon after a ransomware attack on the...more

New Internet of Things Cybersecurity Bill Enacted

Perkins Coie on 12/10/2020

Internet of Things (IoT) devices have the potential to transform our home and work environment by integrating a growing range of “smart” wirelessly connected sensors into our daily lives. Recognizing the growing importance of...more

New Federal Law Alert: The Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 – IoT Security for Federal...

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/10/2020

There is a new federal IoT law, H.R. 1668, the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020, that recently passed the House and Senate and was signed by the President on December 4. ...more

Alert: New Privacy Training Requirements for Companies with Federal Government Contracts

Cooley LLP on 1/19/2017

Effective January 19, 2017, companies awarded federal government contracts will be required to ensure that their employees receive annual privacy training if those employees (1) handle personally identifiable information...more

U.S. Government Open Source Software: OMB’s Memorandum on Federal Source Code Policy Exposes IP Ownership Risk

McCarter & English, LLP on 12/5/2016

On August 8, 2016, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) promulgated an Open Source Software (“OSS”) policy via the Memorandum for the Heads of Departments and Agencies, M-16-21 (“Memorandum” or “M-16-21”). The...more

The OMB’s New Cybersecurity Guidance for Federal Contractors

Snell & Wilmer on 9/11/2015

Is Controlled Unclassified Information Out of Control? The OMB apparently thinks so. On August 11, 2015, the Obama administration, through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which is the largest office within the...more

DoD's New Cybersecurity and Cloud Standards and Reporting Requirements

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/31/2015

The Department of Defense (DoD) released interim rules implementing provisions of the 2013 and 2015 National Defense Authorization Acts. The rules, released on Aug. 26, 2015, are effective immediately and establish the...more

OMB Issues Guidance on Government Contractors’ Cybersecurity Systems

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/14/2015

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a draft guidance document on Aug. 11, 2015, titled “Improving Cybersecurity Protection in Federal Acquisitions” (the “OMB Guidance”). The OMB Guidance instructs agencies on...more

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