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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – January 2025 #3

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SBA Update: New Rule Makes Major Changes to Eligibility and Certification Requirements for HUBZone Program - As PilieroMazza noted on December 17, 2024, the Small Business Administration (SBA or the Agency) published a...more

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The CMMC 2.0 Program Has Arrived!

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On October 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published a Final Rule implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 Program....more

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Final Rule on Affiliate Past Performance

The Department of Defense finally issued its rule to implement Section 865 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2024 (Pub. L. 118-31). The act required the DoD to issue a regulation by July 2024...more

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DoD Announces Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 Final Rule (Finally!)

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After numerous fits and starts, on October 14, the Department of Defense (DoD) published a final rule implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. Borne from documented deficiencies in the...more

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CMMC 2.0: Department of Defense Publishes Final Rule to Establish its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 Program

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After years in the making, on October 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published its final rule to establish the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program, amending Title 32 of the Code of...more

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The Department of Defense Issues Final Rule Establishing CMMC 2.0

Less than 10 months after the issuance of its proposed rule, DoD has issued this final rule establishing the CMMC program. DoD’s issuance of the final rule demonstrates the government’s continued commitment to...more

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Department of Defense Finalizes Rule Adding New Cybersecurity Requirements for Defense Contractors and Subcontractors

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The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has published a Final Rule to implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, which establishes minimum cybersecurity requirements for nearly all DOD contracts....more

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DOD Finalizes CMMC 2.0 Program Final Rule

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On Tuesday, October 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (“DOD”) issued its final rule for its much anticipated Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) program. The CMMC program will eventually require one of...more

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15 Key Takeaways from the Final CMMC Program Rule Issued by DOD

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The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has long questioned whether contractors and their supply chains have been fully compliant with existing cybersecurity requirements aimed at protecting Controlled Unclassified Information...more

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Countdown to Compliance: DoD Finalizes the CMMC Program Rule

On October 15, 2024, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) published the final version of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) rule in Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations (the “Final Rule”). (Reminder,...more

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DOD Releases Final Rule Prohibiting the Acquisition of Certain Magnets from Nonaligned Foreign Nations

China dominates the rare earth industry, accounting for approximately 60 percent of rare earth metal mining and approximately 90 percent of rare earth metal processing in 2023. In order to combat this near-monopoly and to...more

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Final Rule Expands Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Program Eligibility Criteria

On March 12, the Department of Defense (DOD) promulgated a final rule that expands the eligibility criteria for the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity Program, a voluntary initiative aimed at bolstering the DIB’s...more

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Many More Defense Contractors Now Eligible for DoD Cyberthreat Info-Sharing Program

On March 12, 2024, the Department of Defense (DoD) finalized a rule to open its Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity (CS) Program to all defense contractors who own or operate an unclassified information system that...more

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Domestic Preference Development: New DFARS Buy American Act Requirements

In 2024 the White House continues to place an emphasis on the U.S. Government’s longstanding domestic purchase preferences. The latest update implementing the domestic purchase preference is the Department of Defense’s Final...more

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What DOD’s Final DFARS Rule Means for Defense Contractors, American Manufacturing, and Protecting the Nation’s Supply Chain

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On February 15, 2024, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Executive Order (EO) 14005, Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of...more

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DoD Publishes Final Rule Implementing Executive Order 14005

The rule conforms applicable DFARS clauses to the final FAR rule that was published on March 7, 2022. Contractors must comply with increasing U.S. and qualifying country content thresholds for manufactured end products—65...more

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US DoD Proposes Final Rule for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)

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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

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New Year, (Potentially) New Definition for “Subcontract”

In addition to prohibiting the flow-down of non-mandatory FAR/DFARS clauses (which we talk about here), the Department of Defense (“DOD”) Final Rule in connection with the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement...more

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Federal Drive with Tom Temin Interviews PilieroMazza’s Kevin Barnett on DOD Rule Updating SPRS Assessment Process for Federal...

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The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requiring Contracting Officers to use Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) assessments when...more

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DOD Issues Final Rule Regarding Use of SPRS Assessments in Procurement

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WHAT: The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule that requires contracting officers to consider Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) risk assessments when evaluating contractors’ proposals and quotes and when...more

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DoD Issues Final Rule on Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

Summary: On October 28, 2022, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement by prohibiting the award of any DoD contract to entities that require their...more

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DoD’s Final Rule on Enhanced Post-Award Debriefings Provides Offerors Clarity on Automatic Stay Deadlines and Access to Agency’s...

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The Department of Defense (“DoD”) recently issued its final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) to provide offerors enhanced post-award debriefing rights. DoD has provided these...more

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The Impact of DOD’s Enhanced Debriefings Rule on Bid Protest Timeliness

On March 18, 2022, the Department of Defense (“DOD”) issued its long-awaited Final Rule implementing Section 818 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (“NDAA FY 2018”), and formally codifying defense...more

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DOD Adds Enhanced Post-Award Debriefing To The DFARS

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule to add the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act’s enhanced post-award debriefing rights to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement...more

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DOD Finalizes Enhanced Post-Award Debriefings Rule

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The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule on March 18, 2022, that amends the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to require "enhanced" post-award debriefings in certain DOD procurements....more

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