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GAO Report Reveals How Financial Institutions (And Their Regulators) Are Using AI

Curious about how financial institutions, their service providers, and their federal regulators are using and overseeing machine learning and other AI tools? A new GAO report published on May 19th (the “Report”) provides a...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

GAO report focuses on AI use in financial services

On May 19, the GAO published a report discussing the use and oversight of AI in financial services. The report highlighted the benefits of AI, such as improved efficiency, reduced costs, and enhanced customer experience,...more

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New GAO Decision Highlights Effective OCI Identification and Mitigation Practices

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Federal contractors need to be proactive about detecting and neutralizing or mitigating Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI). The FAR’s OCI provisions (currently found at FAR Subpart 9.5) promote the fairness and...more

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Artificial Intelligence/Generative AI's Environmental and Human Effects: April 22nd U.S. GAO Report

The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released on April 22nd a report titled: Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI's Environmental and Human Effects (“Report”). See GAO-25-107172....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

GAO Sustains Protest Over Agency’s Failure to Conduct Price Risk Analysis Under DFARS 252.204-7024

In the recent MicroTechnologies LLC and SMS Data Products Group, Inc. decisions, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained protests challenging the Agency’s failure to perform the required price risk analysis under...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

GAO’s Updated High-Risk List Still Includes EPA’s Process for Assessing and Controlling Toxic Chemicals

On February 25, 2025, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report entitled High-Risk Series: Heightened Attention Could Save Billions More and Improve Government Efficiency and Effectiveness,...more

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GAO Annual Report Reveals Most Commonly Successful Arguments in Bid Protests

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In its “GAO Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2024,” the Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed the most common reasons bid protests were sustained this past year, including: (1) unreasonable...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: The Price of Silence: GAO Dismisses Protest Because the Protester’s Key Personnel Were Unavailable

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On December 30, 2024, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) dismissed a protest by Orion Government Services, Inc. (Orion) after determining that Orion lacked standing to protest because one of its proposed key personnel...more

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GAO Recommends EPA’s New Chemicals Program Develop a Systematic Process to Manage and Assess Performance Better

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) publicly released a report entitled “New Chemicals Program: EPA Needs a Systematic Process to Better Manage and Assess Performance” on January 22, 2025. GAO states that it was...more

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Better Late Than Never: FAR Council Finally Addresses OCI Rules

On January 15, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council published a proposed rule overhauling the FAR’s Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) provisions. The proposed rule follows a December 2022 law that...more

Nossaman LLP

GAO’s 2024 Bid Protest Annual Report: Prevalent Reasons for Sustained Bid Protests and How to Avoid Them

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The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) fiscal year 2024 report on federal bid protests includes useful insights into federal procurement trends that can help state and local government agencies mitigate bid protest...more

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Critical Infrastructure Protection/EPA Urgently Needs a Strategy to Address Cybersecurity Risks to Water/Wastewater Systems: GAO...

Critical Infrastructure Protection/EPA Urgently Needs a Strategy to Address Cybersecurity Risks to Water/Wastewater Systems: GAO Issued Report - The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released on August...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

‘An Unknown Individual Walked In’: Protecting Against Telehealth Risks Includes Non-IT Threats

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and other government agencies aren’t just worried that providers understand—and mitigate—the privacy and security risks of telehealth. In fact, in 2022, the Government Accountability...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Looking Back and Moving Forward: MoCRA Regulatory Developments Ring in the New Year

A year has passed since Congress enacted the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA) and enhanced the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authority to regulate the cosmetics industry. Although MoCRA implementation...more

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Government Contracts Legal Round-Up | 2023 Issue 21

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Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Evolution of the Chinese Hacking Threat: Risks for Government and Industry

On May 24, 2023, Microsoft announced the detection of a direct threat to critical infrastructure organizations in Guam and elsewhere in the United States. The alert attributed observed malicious activity to a state-sponsored...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SBIR and STTR Programs Renewed with New Foreign Risk Due Diligence Measures and Pilot Programs

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On September 29, 2022, Congress passed the SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022, renewing the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

U.S. Government Pursues More Aggressive Action to Curb Espionage at Universities

The U.S. Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) thinks the FBI and other agencies are not doing enough to address the espionage threat on U.S. university campuses. It issued a report, “Enforcement Agencies Should Better...more

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Chemical Accident Prevention/EPA Should Ensure Regulated Facilities Consider Risks from Climate Change: U.S. Government...

The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a February 22 report titled: Chemical Accident Prevention: EPA Should Ensure Regulated Facilities Consider Risks from Climate Change (“Report”)...more

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The GAO Sustains Protest Based On Awardee’s Organizational Conflicts Of Interest—An Important Lesson For All Contractors

If a company has one or more Organizational Conflicts of Interest (“OCIs”), its ability to compete for (or perform) a government contract in a fair and equitable manner is inherently called into question. In the context of a...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

GAO Report Identifies Need for DOE to Address Risks to Electrical Distribution System

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently completed and published a study on electricity grid cybersecurity that concluded that the Department of Energy (DOE) needs to ensure its plans fully address...more

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OSHA Issues ‘Stronger’ Workplace Guidance on COVID-19

On January 29, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published new guidance on mitigating and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. In a press release announcing the new guidance,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Congressional and Government Investigations in 2021: What to Expect from the Biden-Harris Administration and How to Prepare

As savvy investigators in Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration prepare for new and expanded government investigations, it is time for potential targets to assess and address their vulnerabilities. Investigators in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Enforcement Risks and the CARES Act

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or the CARES Act, which was signed into law on March 27, 2020, provided for the establishment and expansion of a range of economic assistance programs designed to help...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2020 #3

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FBI Warns of Retaliatory Cyber-Attack from Iran - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a heightened likelihood of Iranian cyber-attacks following the escalation of tension between the U.S. and Iran. This...more

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