News & Analysis as of May 25, 2025

Department of Defense (DOD)

+ Follow

Follow this channel for advisories on one of the biggest threats to businesses today. Read a morning brief of fresh guidance and commentary by leading lawyers on security, privacy, risk... more +

Follow this channel for advisories on one of the biggest threats to businesses today. Read a morning brief of fresh guidance and commentary by leading lawyers on security, privacy, risk management, global regulations, data protection, leaks, hacking, cyber insurance, compliance, HIPAA, and every other aspect of cybersecurity of import to corporate readers right now. less -

Biden’s Final Cybersecurity Order Proposes Significant Changes, All to Be Implemented by the Incoming Administration

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 1/20/2025

Citing the threats posed by foreign adversaries and criminal organizations, and seeking enhanced accountability for companies that provide software and cloud services to the federal government, the Biden administration has...more

The Pentagon's CMMC Program Takes a Big Step Forward

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/22/2024

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued the proposed Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) rules that will implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. These rules, which...more

FedRAMP Rewritten: OMB Publishes Guidance with FedRAMP’s Updated Vision, Scope and Governance Structure

BakerHostetler on 8/13/2024

To dramatically scale up the Modernizing the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) marketplace, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has completely rewritten FedRAMP’s vision, scope and governance...more

Recent Changes for Contractors to Consider - SBA Small Business Credit Rules, CMMC Updates, CTA Reporting, FLSA Overtime...

Womble Bond Dickinson on 1/29/2024

Aerospace, defense, and security businesses are subject to a myriad of regulations and operational requirements that are constantly changing. These include things like SBA rules for credit for small businesses and...more

Heading into 2024, Federal AI Activity Ramps Up After AI Executive Order

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/22/2023

2023 has been a big year for AI with the landmark Executive Order for Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (EO) adding to the already busy and dynamic AI landscape. Issued less than two months ago, the EO has...more

The FAR Council’s Proposed Cybersecurity Overhaul: Lots Of Questions, But Only Some Answers

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 10/9/2023

In what can best be described as a tsunami of cybersecurity regulation, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council—consisting of the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National...more

Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider - February 2023

Venable LLP on 2/9/2023

In January, the OMB implemented the following new policies designed to strengthen the federal contracting system. On January 10, 2023, the OMB issued a memorandum on the subject of Strengthening Support for Federal...more

Administration and Congressional Update on Artificial Intelligence in the U.S.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/30/2021

President Biden’s Discretionary Budget Request: Fiscal Year 2022 - On April 9, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) submitted President Biden’s discretionary funding request (the “Request”) to Congress for...more

DoD Cyber: A Conversation with Melissa Vice, COO for DoD’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program

Wiley Rein LLP on 2/18/2021

In this episode of Wiley Connected, Megan Brown talks with Melissa Vice, the Chief Operations Officer for DoD’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) about trends and DoD cyber, including a new Pilot Program for the Defense...more

August Cybersecurity Update: Congress Finishes Up NDAA and Continues Work on Cybersecurity Bills

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 8/12/2019

As August recess gets underway for the House and the Senate, ML Strategies has prepared a summary of the status of this summer’s key cybersecurity issues. ML Strategies will continue to track these and other cybersecurity...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - May 2019 #4

PilieroMazza PLLC on 6/3/2019

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS LAW - Department of Defense – The DoD extended the comment period on a proposed rule that would amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement sections of the National Defense...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - March 2019 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 3/11/2019

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs about the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO)...more

Window on Washington - This Week in the Nation's Capital - Vol. 1, Issue 24

Clark Hill PLC on 9/5/2017

Hurricane Harvey Could be the Most Expensive Natural Disaster in US History: Republican House members from Texas and Louisiana are pressing congressional leaders and top Trump administration officials for immediate federal...more

Window on Washington - This Week in the Nation's Capital - Vol. 1, Issue 23

Clark Hill PLC on 8/28/2017

CBO Confirms Size of Breach of Defense Cap for FY18 Bills: The House FY18 Omnibus Appropriations Bill scheduled to be taken up in September would bust the Defense cap by $72 billion. This would cause the Office of Management...more

DoD's New Cybersecurity and Cloud Standards and Reporting Requirements

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/31/2015

The Department of Defense (DoD) released interim rules implementing provisions of the 2013 and 2015 National Defense Authorization Acts. The rules, released on Aug. 26, 2015, are effective immediately and establish the...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - August 2015 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 8/17/2015

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - DOD Issues Report Entitled Defense Contracts: DOD’s Request for Information from Contractors to Assess Prices - The Department of Defense (DOD) has issued a report entitled Defense Contracts:...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - May 2015

PilieroMazza PLLC on 5/4/2015

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - SBA Issues Proposed Rule to Amend Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a proposed rule to amend its...more

17 Results

View per page

Page: of 1

Cybersecurity › Office of Management and Budget › Department of Defense (DOD)

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"