Dual‑use startups often seek nondilutive funding through US government contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and “Other Transactions”. Such public funding can be a powerful growth catalyst, but it brings with it a...more
2/13/2026
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Contract Terms ,
Data Rights ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
DFARS ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Grants ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Patents ,
SBIRs ,
Software
On December 19, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), part of the US Department of Health and Human Services, released a request for information (RFI) seeking input from venture capital firms on how the FDA can better...more
1/12/2026
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Contract Terms ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Early Stage Companies ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Government Agencies ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Medical Devices ,
Public Contracts ,
Public Health ,
Request For Information ,
Research and Development ,
Venture Capital
The US government invests billions of dollars each year to fund research and development by US small businesses through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs....more
10/30/2025
/ Business Development ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Funding Opportunities ,
Government Agencies ,
Innovation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Research and Development ,
SBIRs ,
Small Business ,
STTR
On September 10, 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD) published the long-awaited final rule implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program into the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation...more
An executive order (EO) issued August 7, 2025, Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking, announced significant changes in the way federal grants are awarded and administered. The Trump administration’s bases for the...more
On April 21, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a new civil rights term and condition of award for NIH grants, cooperative agreements and other transaction awards. The new term states that recipients of...more
Three executive orders issued by President Donald Trump in mid-April combat what those orders describe as an unacceptably slow, expensive and bureaucratic process for federal government acquisition in the US, and direct...more
On March 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to consolidate much of their existing procurement responsibilities in the General Services Administration (GSA). The new order,...more
3/26/2025
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Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Government Agencies ,
OMB ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Small Business ,
Trump Administration
On February 26, 2025, the Trump administration released an executive order (EO) titled, “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Cost Efficiency Initiative,” which aims to transform the federal...more
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (“Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity”) to eliminate race- and sex-based “affirmative action” requirements for federal...more
On October 22, 2024, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced approval of 13 inaugural small business investment company (SBIC) licensees and so-called green light approved...more
On June 6, 2024, the US Small Business Administration (SBA) published a direct final rule that would eliminate self-certification of service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) status for purposes of agency...more
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The Small Business Administration has issued a proposed rule that, if finalized, would establish a federal governmentwide certification program for Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (VO SBCs) and...more
The US Government Accountability Office published a final rule effective May 1, 2018, implementing highly anticipated changes to its bid protest regulations. The two most significant regulatory amendments (a) implement GAO's...more
The window for Department of Defense (DoD) contractors to bring themselves into compliance with cybersecurity requirements is closing. Specifically, changes to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)...more
On April 18, 2017, the president issued an executive order announcing a policy of maximizing the federal government's procurement of goods, products and materials produced in the United States, as well as "rigorously"...more
Effective January 19, 2017, companies awarded federal government contracts will be required to ensure that their employees receive annual privacy training if those employees (1) handle personally identifiable information...more
The Small Business Administration ("SBA") recently issued a proposed rule to address statutory changes that would permit agency contracting officers to award sole-source contracts to women-owned small businesses ("WOSBs") and...more
Does your company sell medical devices to the U.S. Government, either directly or through a reseller or distributor? Are those devices or supplies manufactured at least partly in a country other than the U.S.? ...more
The US Government is the single largest purchaser of goods and services in the world, and its annual goal is to award 23% of its prime contract dollars to small businesses. For fiscal 2013, that amounted to nearly $84...more
1/29/2015
/ Affirmative Action ,
Equal Opportunities ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Funding ,
Government-Guaranteed Loans ,
Grants ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Regulatory Standards ,
SBA ,
SBIRs ,
Small Business