The Rise of OTAs in Defense Contracting: Opportunities, Risks, and What Contractors Need to Know
Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
PilieroMazza Annual Review: Lessons from 2023 Contract Claims and Appeals Decisions Affect Approach to 2024 Cases
Recent Bid Protest Decisions Reshape Strategies for Future Government Contractor Success
Podcast Series: Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting: So You Want to be a Government Contractor? What Commercial Businesses Need to Know
Buy American: What Government Contractors Need to Know
Bidding for Major Contracts? Compliance Requirements You Should Prepare for Now
2021 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
2022 NDAA: Important Considerations for Government Contractors
Bid Protest: LPTAs - Are They Still Okay? - Webinar
Podcast: Discussing Government Procurement with Karen Walker and Tiffany Roddenberry
Biden Administration: The First 100 Days and Key Developments to Watch
Past Performance: How to Use Yours, Benefit from Others’, and Defend It from Attacks
Missteps in the Bid Protest Process: War Stories from the Trenches
Roadmap to Joint Venture Agreements: Legal and Accounting Considerations
Navigating Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act
Common Issues in Government Procurement and Contracting with John Edwards and William Stowe
SBA’s Final Rule on Mentor-Protégé Programs: Key Changes for Government Contractors
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Part II – Doing Business With the Commonwealth of Virginia
Key Takeaways: FAR Part 8 has been revised as part of the FAR Council’s ongoing “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul,” with agencies implementing changes now via class deviations, with formal rulemaking to follow....more
As small business provisions disappear from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) (perhaps to be relocated or perhaps to be permanently deleted) and reports of the use of a “Deregulation Tool” at the Small Business...more
As of August 28, 2025, the project to overhaul the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) has finished FAR Parts 1, 4-6, 8-12, 18, 26, 28-31, 33-36, 38-40, 43, 46, 48-51, and various sections of Parts 2 and 52. One can review...more
Key point: CMMC took another step towards reality, with OIRA clearing for publication the DFARS proposed rule that will add CMMC requirements as a condition of award for new contracts. What happened: On August 25, 2025, the...more
On August 22, 2025, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking under which the SBA proposes to increase revenue-based size standards for 263 industries (the “Proposed Rule”). ...more
On August 22, 2025, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a proposed rule to increase its monetary based small business size standards for 263 industries (259 receipts-based and four assets-based). The SBA also...more
Key Takeaways: The “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul” (RFO) represents the first major update to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) in four decades, intended to modernize the regulation by simplifying its language and...more
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
We continue our discussion of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) recent final rule on various small business programs. Today, we focus on revisions to the regulations governing size protests and requests for formal...more
Being a small business can have its advantages. Federal procurement rules provide that certain contracting opportunities may be set-aside for small business competition. Small businesses also may be exempt from certain...more
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. Regulations - The FAR...more
Re: Proposed New OMB Circular A-xxx - Dear Ms. Dillon: We are writing to submit comments on the above-referenced proposed Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) Circular, issued on October 7, 2016, 81 Fed. Reg....more