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Federal Procurement Overhaul - Rewriting the Federal Procurement System

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

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OFCCP Proposes Changes to Complaint Forms

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The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is proposing changes to the forms used to file complaints of employment discrimination by federal contractors and subcontractors. The proposed changes would remove...more

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OFCCP Proposes Changes to Employment Discrimination Complaint Forms

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is slated to publish, on July 7, 2025, an information collection request seeking comments relating to complaints involving employment...more

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OFCCP Takes Additional Steps to Unravel Key Affirmative Action Programs: A 5-Step Plan for Federal Contractors

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Federal contractors should stay tuned as the Trump administration continues to make big changes impacting contract compliance. Just yesterday, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published proposed...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Changes Clause Survives First Round of FAR Overhaul

In good news for government contractors, the initial redraft of Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”), part 43-Contract Modifications released on June 12, 2025, did not eliminate the contract clauses that address the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOD Proposed Rule Will Expand FOCI Requirements to Non-Classified Defense Contracts

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U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractors with foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI) soon will face new requirements. Though cleared DOD contractors have long been bound by FOCI obligations, the new rule will...more

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Proposed Regulation on Controlled Unclassified Information Standardizes Process for CUI Identification and Handling Across Federal...

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued its long awaited proposed rule on Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) on January 15, 2025. The proposed rule establishes a common form to be used by all federal...more

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Better Late Than Never: FAR Council Finally Addresses OCI Rules

On January 15, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council published a proposed rule overhauling the FAR’s Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) provisions. The proposed rule follows a December 2022 law that...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – January 2025 #3

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SBA Update: New Rule Makes Major Changes to Eligibility and Certification Requirements for HUBZone Program - As PilieroMazza noted on December 17, 2024, the Small Business Administration (SBA or the Agency) published a...more

Wiley Rein LLP

FAR Council Proposes Wholesale Revamp of Organizational Conflict of Interest Rules

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WHAT: On January 15, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued a proposed rule to implement the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act (Pub. L. No. 117-324). The...more

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They Did It. They Really Did It! The Arrival of the FAR CUI Proposed Rule

After years of anticipation, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council has announced the arrival of its proposed rule to enhance the safeguarding of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in federal contracts (the...more

MoFo Employment Law Commentary (ELC)

FAR Council Withdraws “Pay Equity and Transparency” Proposed Rule

On January 8, 2025, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council withdrew a proposed rule that would have banned federal contractors and subcontractors from seeking or...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Proposed rule on federal contractor salary information requests, comp information on job postings is withdrawn

On January 8th, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council withdrew a proposed rule that would have (1) prohibited federal government contractors and subcontractors from requesting or using compensation history in the hiring...more

A&O Shearman

DoD Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements go into effect

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On December 16, 2024, the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 program from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will go into effect. CMMC 2.0 aims to improve cybersecurity standards within the defense...more

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The DoD’s CMMC Rule Is Out: What Comes Next?

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On October 15, 2024, the Department of Defense (DoD) published the final rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program that not only finalizes the long-anticipated CMMC Rule but also foreshadows what...more

Paul Hastings LLP

U.S. Department of Defense Set to Implement Its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program With Publication of New Rule

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On October 15, 2024, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) published the final version of its rule implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) Program under Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

SBA Proposed Rule’s Potential Adverse Impacts on Small Business IT Value-Added Resellers

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In August, SBA proposed new rules on a wide range of topics. Some of the proposed rules, like the significant changes to the recertification rules that we blogged about, have been getting most of the headlines so far. The...more

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CMMC Barrels Closer to Implementation with Latest Proposed Rule Establishing DFARS Contract Clauses

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Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is coming — and now appears to be coming faster than many defense contractors believed. In the latest signal of CMMC’s forward momentum, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued...more

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CMMC and DFARS 252.204-7021—Is the Sequel Better than the Original?

Sequels are rarely better than the films that precede them, and yet, sometimes a story is just too compelling to be limited to just one film. At the tail end of a summer full of Hollywood sequels, the Department of Defense...more

Wiley Rein LLP

SBA Proposes Significant Changes to Multiple Programs and Policies

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WHAT: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a proposed rule that’s directed principally at amending its regulations governing the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program, but also proposes...more

Holland & Knight LLP

The Pentagon's CMMC Program Takes a Big Step Forward

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The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued the proposed Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) rules that will implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. These rules, which...more

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DOD’s CMMC 2.0 Program Takes Step Forward with Release of Contract Rule Proposal

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The United States Department of Defense (DoD) took another big step on the path to instituting its highly anticipated Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 program (CMMC 2.0). Once finalized, CMMC 2.0 will establish...more

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FAR Council Proposes Rule Requiring Contractors to Identify Subcontractors and Report Subcontractors’ Executive Compensation...

On May 24, 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) Council published a Notice and request for comments for 9000-0177, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-tier Subcontract Awards. If approved, the new FAR...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Prepare to (Semi)Conduct Your Due Diligence! Proposed Rule to Prohibit Certain Semiconductor Products and Services

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Whether you’re aware or not, semiconductors are part of a vast variety of electronics. Semiconductors appear in items ranging from smartphones to pacemakers. The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued an...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

CMMC 2.0 and FOCI Assessments: Preparing for What Lies Ahead

Defense contractors and subcontractors that handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and do not have robust information-security system controls in place better get their house in order now if they want to do business...more

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