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On March 15, 2024, the Bipartisan Senate Artificial Intelligence Working Group (the "AI Working Group")—led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Todd...more
A group of four bipartisan senators known as the Bipartisan Senate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Working Group (Working Group) on May 15, 2024, released "Driving U.S. Innovation in Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for...more
Good Afternoon! This is Akin’s biweekly policy newsletter on space policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major space headlines and forthcoming space-related events and hearings...more
GSA’s OASIS Unrestricted Contract Now Runs Until March 2025, GovConWire - The General Service Administration added six months to the initial period of performance for the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services...more
SBA to Require Individually-Owned 8(a) Firms to Support Social Disadvantage Prior to 8(a) Award Approval - As PilieroMazza recently reported, on July 19, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee...more
A new Biden administration Executive Order proposes to enforce more rigorously U.S. manufacturing requirements attendant to federally funded inventions. While the aim of the Executive Order is to support domestic...more
Debt Ceiling and Spending Deal: H.R. 3746 – Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 - The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, signed by President Biden on June 3, 2023, increases the federal debt limit, establishes new...more
In December 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on federal research and development (R&D) spending focused on emerging technologies to further economic growth and national security. The U.S. federal...more
Under the SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022 (the Act), signed into law last month, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs were extended through fiscal year 2025....more
Infusing billions of dollars into the U.S. semiconductor industry and appropriating billions more for scientific research and development, what is now colloquially referred to as the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 was signed...more
The Act includes significant funding to ensure long-term U.S. competitiveness in the advanced nuclear sector. Investment in existing and new university nuclear infrastructure will support next-generation nuclear...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House is in recess this week, though the Senate is in session with an expected busy agenda this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is currently leading a...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week, and they are gearing up for a busy calendar crunch ahead of their August recess, which begins on July 29 and August...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. The House plans to vote on bills related to the postal service, foreign affairs, and sexual assault and...more
The Government Contracts and Global Trade Group is pleased to provide a summary of some of the key class deviations and other memoranda published by U.S. Government agencies implementing the federal contractor COVID-19...more
Requests Comments From Industry On A Number Of Key Aspects Of The Proposal - On July 30, 2021, pursuant to Executive Order (“E.O.”) 14005, “Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers,” the...more
There is a new space race developing, with higher stakes and more ambitious goals than just going back to Earth orbit or the Moon. The U.S. has developed a sizable technological lead in rockets and satellite technology,...more
Summary of the EO - On January 12, 2021, former President Trump issued an EO on Promoting Small Modular Reactors for National Defense and Space Exploration. The EO directs the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of...more
Is it science fiction to consider living on the moon or traveling to Mars in only a few months? Maybe not. The US government is promoting technologies to place nuclear reactors in space to power human existence on the moon...more
Department of Education Report Warns that Academic Institutions Are Failing to Meet Compliance Obligations in Fight Against Foreign Influence Last month the Department of Education (“DOE” or “Department”) released an...more
While GAO does not make any recommendations in its report, it provides a useful overview of the federal government’s implementation of Section 3610. Agencies made relatively little use of their Section 3610 authority...more
The U.S. Government spends billions annually on procuring goods and services, frequently using streamlined methods. As one of the largest owners and lessees of real property in the country, the U.S. Government may be an...more
CLIENT ALERT: CMMC Is Coming: Are You Ready? PilieroMazza previously blogged regarding the draft releases of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) guidelines in anticipation of its final release. The...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Impeachment Schedule. The House is in recess this week but will continue to hear testimony from a number of witnesses related to the impeachment probe....more
On Wednesday Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) hosted a meeting on the Hill about how to enhance the development of nuclear energy by finding its “SpaceX” moment. The meeting relates to NIA’s new publication, In Seach of a...more