The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on June 6, 2024, published a Final Rule (the Rule) to eliminate self-certification for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) whose federal government contracts...more
Note: This is the second article in our series on capturing industrial base funding from the U.S. Department of Defense In our last post, we discussed the Defense Production Act (DPA) and Technology Investment Agreement...more
3/22/2024
/ Competitive Bidding ,
Contract Terms ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Defense Production Act ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
DFARS ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Research and Development ,
Statutory Requirements ,
Technology ,
Technology Sector
With ever-increasing threats from the Chinese Communist Party, recently exposed vulnerabilities in the United States' supply chain and decades of outsourcing that has left the defense and industrial base vulnerable, there is...more
3/6/2024
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Biden Administration ,
CARES Act ,
China ,
Defense Contracts ,
Defense Production Act ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Executive Compensation ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
Manufacturers ,
Outsourcing ,
Research and Development ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
Ukraine
This is the first edition of Holland & Knight's Federal Real Estate Leasing Year in Review. For years, our GSA Leasing & Federal Real Estate Team has worked with LexisNexis to provide updated versions of the Federal...more
12/21/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
Board of Contract Appeals ,
Commercial Leases ,
Compliance ,
Contract Negotiations ,
Contract Terms ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Land ,
Fixed Price Contracts ,
GAO ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Green Buildings ,
Landlords ,
Lessor ,
Price Inflation ,
Property Improvements ,
Rent ,
Risk Allocation ,
TikTok
In this episode of "Regulatory Phishing," government contracts and cybersecurity attorney Eric Crusius is joined by Jeremy Burkhart, an associate in Holland & Knight's Government Contracts Group. Mr. Crusius and Mr. Burkhart...more
Effective June 2, 2023, all federal contracts and solicitations are required to include a new Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause: FAR 52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application. This clause implements...more
Holland & Knight previously noted an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum prohibiting the use of TikTok on information technology used by federal agencies and contractors. (See Holland & Knight's previous blog...more
6/29/2023
/ Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Employees ,
Information Technology ,
Interim Rule ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Devices ,
OMB ,
Public Agencies ,
TikTok
Earlier this month, bipartisan legislation was introduced in the U.S. Congress that would allow the U.S. to regulate and even ban the app TikTok. Although the proposed legislation has dominated the news coverage, a recent...more
3/29/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
CFIUS ,
Compliance ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Deadlines ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FBI ,
Federal Contractors ,
Information Technology ,
OFCCP ,
OMB ,
Proposed Legislation ,
TikTok
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued new guidance in January 2023 (GAO Guidance) on filing and handling classified bid protests. The new procedures can be viewed on the GAO website and contain clear guidance...more
A number of developments in 2022 will impact federal leasing: The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) has issued a landmark decision on what constitutes a reimbursable real estate tax, the White House has issued...more
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued its annual Bid Protest Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2022 on Nov. 1, 2022. The annual report is a requirement of the Competition in Contracting Act and an...more
To what extent does a completed or imminent corporate transaction affect a government contractor's ability to compete for award of an opportunity in its pipeline? What steps can a contractor take to prevent a contemplated...more
U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker of the Southern District of Georgia on Dec. 7, 2021, issued a preliminary injunction, halting the government's enforcement of the federal contractor vaccine mandate on all federal...more
U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove of the Eastern District of Kentucky on Nov. 30, 2021, issued a preliminary injunction, halting the government's enforcement of the federal contractor vaccine mandate on federal...more
12/2/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Scope of Authority ,
Subcontractors ,
Tenth Amendment ,
Vaccinations