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The National Defense Authorization Act is a United States federal statute enacted each year to specify the budget and expenditures of the Department of Defense. The NDAA identifies which agencies are responsible for national defense, provides funding for those agencies and includes instructions on proper use of the funds. less -

CMMC 2.0 and FOCI Assessments: Preparing for What Lies Ahead

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 7/18/2024

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

Important NDAA Provisions for Contractors and Their Supply Chains

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/19/2023

On December 14, 2023, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (NDAA), following the Senate’s passage a few days earlier. The President is expected to sign the NDAA into...more

Snitches Don't Get Stitches: New Rule Requires Supply Chain Disclosures

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/7/2023

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FARC) issued a new final interim rule requiring contractors to review their supply chain to ensure no companies, products or services they are providing the federal government or...more

Thinking Outside the Box: Last Call for Input Regarding DoD's Evaluation and Valuation of IP

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/26/2021

Late last year in the Holland & Knight blog post, "DOD's New IP Rules May Impact Contractors' Rights in Computer Software and Technical Data," the firm reported on new intellectual property (IP) rules proposed by the U.S....more

Biden Administration Carries Forward Trump Era Executive Order Scrutinizing Imports And Sales Of Certain Communications Technology...

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/2/2021

On March 22, 2021, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) interim final rule to implement provisions of Executive Order 13873 on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) Supply Chain became...more

Initial Thoughts On The 2021 NDAA’s Procurement Provisions

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 12/15/2020

Both houses of Congress now have voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021. Although the threat of a presidential veto still hangs over the NDAA, we highlight below a few of the...more

Slow and Steady Doesn’t Always Win The (Acquisition) Race: The CODER Act Aims To Transform DoD Software Acquisition

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts... on 9/25/2019

As the frequency and sophistication of existential threats to national security over the past decade have drastically increased, the United States’ reliance on software to identify threats, rapidly share information, and...more

US Department of Commerce Solicits Comments Regarding Emerging Technologies That Are Essential to US National Security

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/20/2018

On November 19, 2018, the Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (BIS) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) soliciting comments on the criteria to be used to identify emerging...more

Six Recent Government Supply Chain Risk and Cybersecurity Initiatives

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 8/22/2018

• DoD and other government agencies will scrutinize contractors’ supply chain security plans and programs from proposal submission to contract closeout. • The 2019 NDAA as approved by Congress and DHS initiatives highlight...more

New Year’s Resolutions: Top 5 Consequential Changes in the 2018 NDAA

Blank Rome LLP on 12/22/2017

The National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for Fiscal Year 2018 was signed into law on December 12, 2017, and authorizes a topline national defense budget of $700 billion. While the 2018 NDAA makes a number of changes to...more

National Defense Authorization Act FY 2018: Directions In Federal Software Acquisitions

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts... on 12/19/2017

On December 12, 2017, President Trump signed the $700 billion 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) into law. Following negotiations between the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, the NDAA includes new...more

2018 NDAA Analysis: Intellectual Property Provisions

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/12/2017

This is the seventh blog post in a series analyzing the current draft of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as agreed to by House and Senate negotiators on November 8, 2017. Stay tuned for more blog posts...more

The Sisyphean Labor of the DAR Council: Segregation and Reintegration Data Rights

PilieroMazza PLLC on 9/5/2017

Having just presented on data rights issues to a number of government contracting officers and procurement professionals, as well as private sector contract management personnel, during the 2017 National Contract Management...more

Inside DOD's Reasonable Approach To Data Rights Rule

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/7/2016

On June 16, 2016, the U.S. Department of Defense issued a proposed rule to implement Section 815 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. Industry and practitioners alike have awaited this proposal...more

New Law Expands Scope of Iran Sanctions In New Ways

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/15/2013

As the new year brings in a new term for the Obama Administration, the pace of Iran sanctions shows no sign of slowing. As we reported in October and November, Washington’s commitment to denying Iran the ability to advance...more

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