The FAR Council is undertaking a systematic approach to revising the FARs. On Friday, June 13, 2025, it released its revisions to FAR Part 18 – Emergency Acquisitions, FAR Part 39 – Acquisition of Information and...more
On Friday, June 13, 2025, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) held a Tribal Consultation in Anchorage, Alaska. The SBA’s stated purpose for the consultation was to solicit comments and testimony from Alaska Native...more
The FAR Council is undertaking a systematic approach to revising the FARs. It recently released its revisions to FAR Part 10, Market Research.
The GSA provided the following explanation of the changes to FAR Part...more
On April 15, President Trump issued two new executive orders that will have a direct impact on federal contractors:
- Restoring Common Sense To Federal Procurement directs federal agencies to eliminate from the FAR any...more
4/17/2025
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On March 14, President Trump issued a new Executive Order titled “Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.” In this order, the President rescinded eighteen prior Executive Orders or presidential...more
On January 15, the Department of Defense, GSA, and NASA published proposed rules that would implement the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act. The Act was enacted on December 27, 2022....more
3/10/2025
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Risk Management
On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it currently does not intend to enforce any penalties or fines associated with any current reporting deadlines under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) or the...more
On December 17, the U.S. Small Business Administration issued a final rule that made significant changes to the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program. The final rule generally adopted many of the changes SBA...more
1/30/2025
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Last week, six organizations who represent Disadvantaged Business Enterprises moved to intervene in Mid-America Milling Company, LLC, et al. v. United States Department of Transportation, Case No. 3:23-cv-0072-GFVT-EBA. In...more
On December 17, the U.S. Small Business Administration issued a final rule that made significant changes to the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program. The final rule generally adopts many of the changes that SBA...more
On December 19, the Small Business Administration published proposed amendments to 13 CFR § 125.3 that would affect small business subcontracting. Their goal is to accelerate payments to small business subcontractors and...more
On November 29, the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration published a proposed rule that would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to adjust...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), which affects many small and medium-sized businesses across the United States, went into effect on January 1, 2024. For entities subject to the CTA, reports including information about...more
On December 16, the U.S. Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program (CMMC) final rule (the “CMMC Program Rule”) will become effective, to codify the CMMC requirements and assessment processes....more
11/19/2024
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The Department of Defense finally issued its rule to implement Section 865 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2024 (Pub. L. 118-31). The act required the DoD to issue a regulation by July 2024...more
As we have previously discussed, businesses that contract with the U.S. government must maintain System of Award Management registration to be eligible for contract awards. We have also discussed the requirement that SAM...more
Comments are due by October 7, 2024.
On Friday, August 23, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would significantly change the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program and other small...more
On Friday, August 23, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would make significant changes to the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program, as well as modifications to other small business...more
8/26/2024
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A Federal District Court in Texas struck down portions of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) revisions to the Davis-Bacon Act Regulations, effectively reducing the scope of work that will be subject to Davis-Bacon Act wages....more
6/27/2024
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Wage and Hour
On Friday, March 29, the U.S. Department of Treasury published new FAQs that address the eligible uses of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds by Tribal Governments.
The American Rescue Plan Act provided $350 billion to...more
The final regulations are effective on May 10, 2024.
Last week, the Department of the Treasury issued final regulations that address the Elective Pay program (also called direct pay), predominantly under Internal Revenue...more
3/19/2024
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What Does it Mean for Your Business?
This article updates and provides new information and guidance and replaces our original article dated August 3, 2023.
On January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”...more
This is an advisory update of key responsibilities for contractors under a proposed new Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rule that standardizes cybersecurity requirements for a Federal Information System (FIS). The...more
This article updates and provides new information and guidance and replaces our original article dated August 3, 2023.
On January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act” or the “CTA”) will take effect. This...more
10/27/2023
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On April 27th, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published a final rule making changes to the regulations governing the 8(a) program. This final rule is SBA’s implementation of the proposed rules issued by the...more
8/2/2023
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Small Business ,
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