Last week, Congress passed both the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the American Relief Act, a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the federal government through March 14, 2025. Both bills faced a bumpy path to...more
On June 14, the House voted 217-199 to pass its version of the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (H.R. 8070), and the Senate Armed Services Committee voted 22-3 to advance their chamber’s version of...more
Welcome to Holland & Knight's monthly defense news update. We are excited to bring you the latest in defense policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments. Legislative Updates: - General Congressional...more
Welcome to Holland & Knight's monthly defense news update. We are excited to bring you the latest in defense policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments. ...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Both the House and Senate are in this week. The House is scheduled to vote on a bill that would enhance the benefits and workplace protections for Transportation...more
A number of industry trade associations submitted an August 26th letter to the Chairmen of the Senate and U.S. House of Representatives Committees on Armed Services along with the Ranking Members addressing the provisions in...more
On January 15, 2019, the Section 809 Panel released the third and final volume of its report to Congress recommending changes to the defense procurement system. The latest volume makes the Panel’s most sweeping...more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published each week when Congress is in session. HEADLINES - Furloughed federal employees are returning to work for at least three weeks after President Trump signed a...more
Los debates en Washington D.C. sobre gastos asociados con las impugnaciones a licitaciones relacionadas con la defense estimulan nuevas leyes que podrían reducir los intentos de la protesta. La Oficina de Fiscalización del...more
Debates in Washington over expenditures associated with military-related bid protests are fueling new legislation that could curtail protest efforts. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) handles bid protests filed by...more
By now, most government contractors and government contracts attorneys are aware that both the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) have proposed, as part of the Fiscal Year...more
On May 12, 2016, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (“SASC”) completed its markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for Fiscal Year 2017. Several of the SASC’s changes to the NDAA address the costs of...more
Last week, the House Armed Services Committee removed language from the draft Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act that would have delayed the finalization of rules proposed by the Department of Defense that...more