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Executive Order 14240 Shifts Information Technology Purchasing to GSA

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President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14240 (Mar. 20, 2025) provides for the General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator to assume responsibility for all Government-wide contracts for the acquisition of information...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Promoting Competition in the American Economy: Analysis

On Friday, July 9, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (“Order”) entitled “Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” The Order outlines 72 actions by 12 federal agencies aimed at promoting competition...more

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Pennsylvania Promulgates New Small and Diverse Business Program for IT Services

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Pennsylvania has required construction contractors to utilize minority and women businesses in state-funded construction since 1987. Within a short period of time, a parallel program was adopted for service contracting, where...more

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Does Cellular 5G Equal 5x the Fraud and Misconduct Risk?

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Increased cellular speed through mobile devices offer increased opportunity for fraudsters to circumvent corporate IT controls by using shadow IT platforms to infiltrate proprietary and confidential data at scale, wreak havoc...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Covering the Basics: CISA Announces Cybersecurity Essentials for Small Businesses

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In line with recent actions taken across the government to enhance the resilience of the nation’s cybersecurity apparatus, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently released a set of best practices for...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - March 2019 #3

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - The Congressional Research Service issued a report providing an overview of small business contracting. The report describes the various federal programs, requirements, procurement officers, and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

More Opportunities On the Horizon for Small Businesses Seeking to Sell Cloud Computing to the Government

Each year, the Government purchases more and more cloud computing from contractors. But while many small businesses can provide cloud computing, the current rules associated with small business set-aside contracts prevent...more

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SBA Seeks Information on Proposed Subcontractor Past Performance Pilot Program

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Past performance information is a key indicator of an offeror’s ability to successfully perform a contract and is required to be considered by agencies when making most types of contract awards. Many small businesses,...more

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Gavel to Gavel: Preventing data breaches

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The risk data breaches and cyberattacks pose to small businesses cannot be overstated. Roughly half experienced a breach within the past year at an average cost of $665,000 and immeasurable lost revenue. Worse yet,...more

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Amendment To Japan’s Omnibus Data Protection Law Mean New Compliance Requirements For U.S. Multinational Employers With Operations...

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Effective May 30, 2017, Japan amended its omnibus data protection law, the Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”), to add new compliance requirements that will have an immediate impact on many U.S. multinational...more

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DoD's New Cybersecurity and Cloud Standards and Reporting Requirements

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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

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