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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Trump’s New Cybersecurity Executive Order: What Contractors Need to Know

On June 6, 2025, the Trump Administration released a new Executive Order (“EO”) on cybersecurity, Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order...more

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FAR Reform Now Underway

The current administration’s efforts to reform the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) are now officially underway. On April 15, 2025, in an Executive Order titled Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement (EO or...more

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Crossing Administrations: The Focus on Federal Cybersecurity Continues

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Federal contractors, including defense contractors, should prepare for the emergence of new requirements in the coming months that are designed to strengthen software supply chain security, impose more stringent cybersecurity...more

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Project Labor Agreements No Longer Mandated for Large Federal Construction Contracts

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On January 21, in MVL, Inc., et al. v. United States, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC) struck down a 2022 Executive Order (EO), as well as the implementing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), signed by then-President...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Biden’s Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements Violates CICA

In a recent decision, the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) ruled on bid protests filed by 12 construction companies challenging the implementation of a February 4, 2022, Executive Order 14063 that mandated the use of project...more

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SHARE IT Act Requires Agencies to Share Custom-Developed Source Code Throughout the Government

On December 23, 2024, President Biden signed the Source Code Harmonization and Reuse in Information Technology Act (“SHARE IT Act” or “the Act”), which provides a formal mechanism for federal agencies to store and share...more

Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone

More Funding Brings More Bureaucracy to Federal Projects

On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (Public Law 117-58).  The IIJA includes the Build America, Buy America Act which declares that “none of the funds made...more

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Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider - March 2023

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Each month, Venable's Government Contracts Group publishes a summary of recent legal developments of interest to the government contractor community. ...more

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Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider - February 2023

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In January, the OMB implemented the following new policies designed to strengthen the federal contracting system. On January 10, 2023, the OMB issued a memorandum on the subject of Strengthening Support for Federal...more

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Labor & Employment E-Note - November 2021

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Resources - Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Updates Guidance for Federal Contractors - On November 10, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force updated its Guidance for Federal Contractors (“Guidance”). As...more

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Task Force Guidance Mandates Employees Of Federal Contractors Receive The COVID-19 Vaccine

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On September 24, 2021, President Biden’s Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued guidance for federal contractors and subcontractors regarding mandatory COVID-19 workplace safety protocols (“Guidance”). ...more

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FAR Council Issues Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors Clause

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On September 27, 2021 Burr & Forman published COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Federal Contractors, noting that the Federal Acquisition Regulations Council was to develop a mandatory Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) clause...more

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And … They’re Off! Contractors Race to Comply Now that the COVID-19 Vaccination Deviations Have Arrived

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Well, that was quick. In four memos dated September 30 and October 1, contractors learned the terms of the contract provisions implementing the COVID-19 vaccine and masking requirements mandated by President Biden’s...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

FAR Class Deviations Being Issued to Implement Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal...

On September 30, 2021, the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council (CAAC) issued a formal Class Deviation from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), to implement rollout of the President’s Executive Order 14042, Ensuring...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Federal Contractors Face Dec. 8 Vaccination Deadline

Federal contractors covered by President Biden’s recent Executive Order 14042 must ensure that covered employees are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 no later than December 8, 2021, subject to applicable exceptions, pursuant to...more

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FAR Council Issues Contractor Vaccination Contract Clause and Guidance

As previously reported, the Biden Administration issued Executive Order 14042 (“the Order”) last month.  The Order requires, in part, that the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (“the FAR Council”) amend the Federal...more

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