Science, Computers & Technology, Privacy, Government Contracting

Client Alert: GSA Seeks Industry Comments on How Best to Incorporate Cybersecurity into Federal Procurement

by Mary Beth Bosco | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/22/2013

President Obama’s February 12, 2013 Executive Order (“EO”) titled, “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity,” defined the framework for improving the security of computer networks based on the designation of 16 areas...more

Government RFI on New Cybersecurity Measures for Federal Contracts

by Connie Bertram | Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 5/21/2013

Last week, the General Services Administration (“GSA”) issued a Request for Information (“RFI”) soliciting comments from federal contractors on the feasibility of incorporating cybersecurity standards into federal...more

NIST Holds First Workshop on Executive Order Cybersecurity Framework

by Michael Baader, Jamie Barnett, Dismas Locaria, Anthony Rosso, Sejal Shah, Jason Wool, Brian Zimmet | Venable LLP on 4/11/2013

On April 3, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a workshop at the Department of Commerce in which it offered a sneak preview of the Cybersecurity Framework required under the recently-issued...more

CMS Focuses on Fraud Associated with Increased Use of Electronic Health Records

by Tom Crane | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 3/22/2013

Acting CMS Administrator, Marilyn Tavenner, recently reaffirmed the agency’s concern that the increased use of electronic health records (“EHRs”) has contributed to increases in fraudulent billing practices by providers. At a...more

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND CYBERSECURITY CLIENT ALERT: Cybersecurity 101: Government Contractors

by Mary Beth Bosco, Norma Krayem | Patton Boggs LLP on 3/13/2013

If you are a contractor with the federal government, and if you are not already subject to regulations governing the security of your computer systems, you soon will be. On February 12, 2013, President Obama issued an...more

Business News Digest – March 2013

In this issue: - Executive Order Opens Consultative Processes to Draft Cybersecurity Framework for Critical Infrastructure - Maryland Cybersecurity-Related Legislative Developments - NIST Seeking...more

New FAR Rules Likely For "Critical Infrastructure" Contractors

by Eric Aaserud | Perkins Coie on 2/22/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order (the Order) intended to enhance the cybersecurity of the country's critical infrastructure. According to the Order, "[t]he cyber threat to critical...more

NIST Seeking Comments on Revised Standards for FISMA Compliance

by Michael Baader, Keir Bancroft, Jamie Barnett, Andrew Bigart, Amanda C. Blunt, Dismas Locaria, Anthony Rosso, Raymond Shepherd, Robert Smith, Jason Wool | Venable LLP on 2/22/2013

On February 6, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requested public comment on its latest revised draft of “Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations,”...more

Executive Order Opens Consultative Processes to Draft Cybersecurity Framework for Critical Infrastructure

by Venable LLP on 2/18/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order aimed at enhancing the security of U.S. critical infrastructure by establishing a voluntary program for the adoption of cybersecurity standards to protect...more

CYBERSECURITY CLIENT ALERT: White House Issues Long-Awaited Cybersecurity Executive Order, New Presidential Directives for...

by Mary Beth Bosco, Amy Davenport, Norma Krayem | Patton Boggs LLP on 2/14/2013

The White House issued a long-awaited Executive Order (EO) “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” which directs the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other agencies to quickly advance efforts to...more

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013—New Procurement Rules Coming

by Daniel S. Herzfeld | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/13/2013

In January, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (“NDAA”), which includes numerous new procurement policies directed at contractors and how they bid on and perform government...more

Obama Issues Long Awaited Cybersecurity Executive Order

by Christopher DeLacy, Joel Edward Roberson | Holland & Knight LLP on 2/13/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Barack Obama issued the long awaited cybersecurity Executive Order, which will establish national cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure. This cybersecurity Executive Order was...more

Congress Addresses Cybersecurity in National Defense Authorization Act by J.C. Boggs and Alexander K. Haas

by King & Spalding on 2/6/2013

Given the failure to enact comprehensive cybersecurity legislation last year, Congress included several targeted statutory provisions setting federal defense policy on a range of cybersecurity issues in the National Defense...more

Audits, Audits And More Audits: Life In The Healthcare Industry

by Michael Volkov on 1/13/2013

Healthcare suppliers and service providers live in a regulated world. They are constantly under audit scrutiny. Sometimes federal agencies (i.e private contractors) conduct the audits; other times state agencies conduct the...more

Access to Confidential Information in Failed Bid Not Allowed

by Dentons on 9/25/2012

A recent Order (MO-2786) of a Senior Adjudicator of the Office of the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner provides a useful guide for organizations wishing to protect confidential and financial information submitted...more

Broad new data security rule proposed for federal contractors

by Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 9/11/2012

A new rule proposed for federal government contractors will require that all federal contracts over $100,000 (including contracts for commercial items and those to small businesses) will have to include a clause requiring the...more

FISMA Extension: New Information Safeguarding Requirements Proposed for Government Contractors

by Venable LLP on 8/31/2012

Government contractors should take note of a newly proposed FAR rule that requires basic safeguards for government contractor information systems. Under the proposed rule, government contractor information systems that...more

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's First Interpretation of the 2008 Right-To-Know Law: Release of Third-Party Contractor/Vendor...

by Saul Ewing LLP on 7/9/2012

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued its first decision interpreting the new Right-to-Know Law, requiring a municipal stadium authority to produce bids in possession of its private management company, but setting forth a...more

Government Contractors Now Subject to Cybersecurity Regulations – And More are on the Way

by Patton Boggs LLP on 4/13/2012

Congress currently is considering various cybersecurity bills. While Congress debates cyber legislation, the executive agencies are adopting regulations governing how government contractors handle contract-related information...more

Who Do You Trust? Proposed Cybersecurity Bill Would Encourage Public-Private Cyber Threat Information Exchange by Providing Legal...

by Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 12/22/2011

“Who Do You Trust” was a 1950’s game show that required players to decide whether they could rely upon the information provided by their partners to win cash prizes of $25, $50 and $75. In today’s increasingly networked...more

Unauthorized Access of President Obama's Student Loan Data Ends in Computer Fraud Conviction

by Nick Akerman on 9/6/2011

The proof at trial was wholly circumstantial, but, as the court found, was sufficient for the jury to convict. As the court explained, “the government introduced evidence establishing that on August 27, 2008, Teague's...more

NIST Special Publication 800-53- Privacy Controls for Federal Agencies and Government Contractors

by Leiva Law, P.A. on 8/1/2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued proposed privacy controls for federal agencies and government contractors, with four main objectives in mind: 1. provide a structured set of privacy...more

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