On April 23, 2025, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a public decision dismissing a reconsideration request filed by 4K Global-ACC JC, LLC. The decision is noteworthy because in rejecting the request for...more
On August 15, 2024, the Department of Defense (DoD) published a proposed rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to incorporate contractual requirements related to the Cybersecurity...more
On July 16, 2024, the Court of Federal Claims (“COFC” or “Court”) published an opinion, Independent Rough Terrain Center, LLC v. United States, exercising jurisdiction to consider a bid protest involving Other Transaction...more
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On May 15, 2024, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (the “Committee”) passed an amended version of the “Time to Choose Act of 2024” (the “Act”) on a bipartisan 10-1 vote. If enacted, the legislation...more
On May 2, 2024, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a class deviation to DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.
The deviation relates to contractors’ compliance with...more
On April 1, 2024, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a bid protest by TLS Joint Venture, LLC because the awardee’s registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) lapsed before the government awarded...more
A bipartisan bill introduced in the US Senate would mandate updates to federal procurement regulations and procedures for the acquisition of technology. S.4066, the Federal Improvement in Technology Procurement Act (FIT...more
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (“NDAA”), signed into law on December 26, 2023, contains a number of important changes to federal procurement law and policy....more
On December 26, 2023, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) published the long-awaited Proposed Final Rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) program. At a high level, the CMMC program is a mechanism by...more
On December 22, 2023, President Joe Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (“NDAA” or the “Act”). This year’s NDAA authorizes a total of $883.7 billion to address the most...more