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President Orders Sweeping FAR Revisions

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On April 15, 2025, President Trump issued a highly anticipated Executive Order (EO) calling for the abrupt and drastic reduction of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The EO gives the Office of Federal Procurement...more

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What’s New – FAR Council Publishes Proposed Rules Concerning CUI and OCIs

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On January 15, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) proposed two significant rule changes that could reshape compliance obligations for government contractors: one establishing standardized...more

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How SBA's Proposed Size, Status Recertifications Rule Could Impact Small Business M&A

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Aug. 23, 2024, issued a Proposed Rule that significantly changes the effect of recertifications of size and socioeconomic status under set-aside contracts following a merger or...more

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Federal Contractors Would Need to Display Salary Ranges Under Proposed Pay Transparency Rule: Here’s What You Need to Know

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The Biden administration recently announced new pay transparency measures intending to reduce wage gaps based on gender and race. The White House unveiled these new efforts on January 29, which marked the 15th anniversary of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Two New Cybersecurity Proposed Rules Mean Big Changes for Federal Contractors

On October 3, 2023, the FAR Council released two long-awaited proposed rules for federal contractor cybersecurity stemming from the Biden Administration’s Cybersecurity Executive Order from May 2021 (Executive Order 14028)....more

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An Upcoming Proposal Will Impact Federal Acquisition of Real Estate - But How?

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As part of his administration's all-of-government response to climate concerns, on December 8, 2021 President Biden issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14057, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal...more

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SBA Requests Comments on Potential Change in Size Standard for Resellers

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On April 26, 2022, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a proposed rule regarding its small business size standards for federal contractors in manufacturing and other industries with employee-based size...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Changes Coming to DOD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification under CMMC 2.0

On November 17, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) previewing significant changes to its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.1 The...more

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[Webinar] Consideration of Climate Change Risks in Government Acquisitions: What You Need to Know - November 9th, 12:00 pm - 1:00...

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The FAR Council recently published a request for comment seeking public input on how it should consider climate change in government purchasing decisions. The sweeping request applies to providers of both goods and services...more

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Proposed Buy American Act Amendments – Public Comment Period Ends September 28, 2021

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A Proposed Rule amending the Buy American Act (“BAA”) of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (“FAR”), designed to benefit U.S. manufacturers, proposes to immediately increase the threshold needed to be considered a “domestic...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Another (Minor) Step in the Evolution of Section 889(a)(1)(B) Obligations

In the latest development relating to the implementation of Section 889 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2019, a second interim rule was issued on August 27, 2020. We previously reported on the Federal...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Section 889(a)(1)(B): Five Things to Know About the Interim Rule and a Roadmap for Compliance

- Akin Gump is hosting a Webinar tomorrow, August 6, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. (EST) to discuss Section 889, the implementing regulations, and the grant and loan restrictions also effective August 13, 2020. - On July 14, 2020,...more

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Compliance Burdens Grow With Rule Barring Government Contractors’ Use of Telecommunications Equipment or Services From Certain...

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The U.S. government has issued a long-awaited rule implementing legislation to prevent federal agencies from contracting with entities that use telecommunications equipment or services produced or provided by Huawei...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter- January 2020 #4

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PilieroMazza Prepares Draft Comments to SBA Proposed Rule - Comments to the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) proposed rule are due on February 7th. In its role as advocate to small businesses operating in the...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Managing Your Supply Chain Just Got Trickier: Interim FAR Rule Prohibiting Contracting for Telecommunications and Video...

Continuing threats to the supply chain pose increasing risks to our national security. The new interim Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rule published on August 13, 2019, seeks to address certain of these threats by...more

King & Spalding

President Issues Executive Order Directing Revision Of Federal Acquisition Regulations To Strengthen Buy American Provisions,...

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On July 15, 2019, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (the “Council”) to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulations (“FAR”) to change the definition of foreign goods...more

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Agencies Release Interim Final Rule Implementing First Phase of 2019 NDAA Section 889

• On August 7, the DOD, GSA, and NASA released a prepublication version of an Interim Final Rule implementing paragraph (a)(1)(A) of § 889 of the 2019 NDAA. The rule is effective next Tuesday, August 13, 2019. • Among its...more

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DoD, GSA and NASA Issue Proposed Rule Addressing Credit for Lower-Tier Small Business Subcontracting

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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), (collectively, the Agencies) just issued a Proposed Rule that addresses...more

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DOD Proposed Rule Limits the Use of LPTA

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The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) proposed to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) on December 4, 2018, to limit the use of lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) procurements. The...more

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DoD Issues a Limitations on Subcontracting Class Deviation; FAR Revisions Proposed

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More than five years after Congress directed the Executive Branch to change the way small business contract performance requirements are calculated, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Federal Acquisition Regulation...more

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New Proposed Regulations Limit the Use of LPTA

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The overuse of the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection process (see FAR 15.101-2(a)) has drawn criticism from both industry and government over the last few years. While LPTA offers a streamlined...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Agencies Seek Public Comment On Extension Of ICR On Biobased Procurements Data

On December 4, 2017, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) issued in the Federal Register a notice of request for public...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Agencies Request Public Comment On Collection Of Biobased Procurements Data

On August 28, 2017, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) issued in the Federal Register a notice of request for public...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - July 2017 #3

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - “Proposed Information Collection Request; Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-4212.” Federal Register, July 18, 2017. Retrieved from federalregister.gov. The Veterans'...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - August 2015 #2

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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

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