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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – February 2025 #2

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Federal Judge Clarifies Scope of TRO Enjoining Federal Spending Freeze - As we recently outlined, on January 31, 2025, U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) that blocks the...more

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Holland & Knight Defense Situation Report: January 2025

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Welcome to Holland & Knight's monthly defense news update. We are pleased to bring you the latest in defense policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments. ...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Proposed rule on federal contractor salary information requests, comp information on job postings is withdrawn

On January 8th, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council withdrew a proposed rule that would have (1) prohibited federal government contractors and subcontractors from requesting or using compensation history in the hiring...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

The AI Executive Order: What’s Happened and What’s Coming Up… 

Last week, the White House issued an update on President Biden’s October 30, 2023 Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “AI EO” or “EO”). The update detailed...more

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DoD Issues Proposed Rule to Address Domestic Preferences for Defense Contracts

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On June 9, 2023, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) issued a proposed rule to address domestic preferences – the Buy American Act – in DoD procurements. The proposed rule follows updates to the Federal Acquisition Regulation...more

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New DFARS Rule Increases Buy American Act Content Thresholds for DOD Contracts

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The Department of Defense (DOD) has proposed an updated rule in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to increase Buy American Act content thresholds for federal government contractors under DOD...more

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Proposed Rule Requires Contractors to Disclose Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk

On November 14, 2022, the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) published a proposed rule that would amend the Federal Acquisition...more

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Proposed rule seeks to significantly strengthen U.S. Government “Buy American” requirements

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On 30 July 2021, the FAR Council published a proposed rule to significantly strengthen “Buy American” requirements applicable to goods sold to the U.S. Government. The proposed rule promotes the procurement of goods,...more

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Trump Administration Bars Investments by US Persons in Communist Chinese Military Companies

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In his last days, President Trump takes a swipe against companies identified by the Department of Defense (DoD) as Communist Chinese military companies by prohibiting US persons from investments. On November 12, 2020,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Significant Buy American Changes Are Coming Soon

The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council recently released a proposed rule to implement the requirements of the Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials Executive Order, which was signed by President...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Proposed Changes to the Buy American Act Regulations Implementing Trump Executive Orders

On September 14, 2020, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council published the long anticipated proposed rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order 13881,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Commerce Department Takes Steps To Thwart Use of Information and Communications Technology and Services Associated With Foreign...

On November 27, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a proposed rule that would establish a new and especially broad power for the U.S. government to review and potentially block or unwind transactions...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Government Contracts Regulatory and Legislative Update - December 2019

Our monthly edition of the “Government Contracts Regulatory and Legislative Update” offers a summary of and insight into the relevant industry developments that occurred during the previous month. Executive Orders - ...more

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