The Government Contracts Quarterly Update is published by BakerHostetler’s Government Contracts Practice team to inform our clients and friends of the latest developments in federal government contracting.

Topics in the current issue include:

- DoD Issues Final Rule Expanding Contractor Duties Regarding Personally Identifiable Information

- New Anti-Human Trafficking Regulations Expand Contractors’ Compliance Obligations

- SBA Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rule on Small Business Subcontracting Limitations

- An Analysis of Fiscal Year 2014 GAO Bid Protest Statistics

- Contract Spotlight: Late Payment Interest

- Business Opportunities with BARDA—the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Process Revealed

- Practice Updates

- Legislative Updates

- Regulatory Updates

- Excerpt from DoD Issues Final Rule Expanding Contractor Duties Regarding Personally Identifiable Information:

On January 27, 2015, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) issued a final rule, 80 Fed. Reg. 4201, updating the DoD’s Privacy Program. The purpose of the DoD’s Privacy Program is to protect personally identifiable information (“PII”) collected, used, maintained, or disseminated by the DoD and its contractors. The final rule contains a broad definition of “DoD contractors,” which may apply to offerors, as well as prime DoD contractors.