Affirmative Action Programs
Through the Looking Glass: Shifting DEI Standards Expose Contractors to False Claims Act RiskUPDATE: New Executive Order and Accompanying OFCCP FAQs Demand Federal Contractors and Grantees Scrutinize All Diversity Workforce TrainingNew Executive Order Demands Federal Contractors and Grantees Scrutinize All Diversity Workforce Training
Audits
The “Prestige”: DoD Unveils NIST SP 800-171 Revision 3, Organizationally Defined ParametersSparring with CPARS: Some Tips on Avoiding and Curing Bad Past Performance Evaluations That Can Haunt and Jeopardize a Government Contractor’s Business for YearsYour Biggest Cybersecurity Threat: Failing to Plan
BAA
Rigging the Game? Antitrust Risks in the Public Contracting ArenaMaking Hay of the Interplay Between the TAA and BAA—COFC Sustains Protest Against the VA’s Improper Sourcing of a Critical Pharmaceutical(No Longer) Building a Mystery—Biden Administration Issues Long-Awaited Guidance Implementing BABA Requirements for Infrastructure Projects
Buy America
Good Tidings: OMB Wishes Contractors a Happy Holidays with Updated Guidance on Implementation of Build America, Buy America RequirementsBack to School: Time to Study the OMB Final Rule Implementing BABA(No Longer) Building a Mystery—Biden Administration Issues Long-Awaited Guidance Implementing BABA Requirements for Infrastructure Projects
Buy American
(No Longer) Building a Mystery—Biden Administration Issues Long-Awaited Guidance Implementing BABA Requirements for Infrastructure ProjectsWith Just a Little Ado: Significant Buy American Changes Are Coming Before HalloweenEnhanced Buy American Requirements Coming Soon; Proposed Rule Foretells Big Changes
Buy American Act
Making Hay of the Interplay Between the TAA and BAA—COFC Sustains Protest Against the VA’s Improper Sourcing of a Critical PharmaceuticalGood Tidings: OMB Wishes Contractors a Happy Holidays with Updated Guidance on Implementation of Build America, Buy America Requirements(No Longer) Building a Mystery—Biden Administration Issues Long-Awaited Guidance Implementing BABA Requirements for Infrastructure Projects
Claims
A Federal Contractor’s Survival Guide to Executive Actions and DOGE-Related Impacts: Part 2—Suspensions and Stop-Work Orders, Contract Modifications, Tariffs, and Other ConsiderationsA Federal Contractor's Survival Guide To Executive Actions And DOGE-Related Impacts: Part 1—Unpaid Invoices And Terminations For ConvenienceA Contractor’s Guide to Successfully Navigating Non-Payment, Suspensions/Stop-Work Orders, Terminations for Convenience, Tariff-Related Impacts, and Other Issues Arising from Recent Executive Orders and DOGE Initiatives
Claims and Contract Disputes
A Federal Contractor's Survival Guide To Executive Actions And DOGE-Related Impacts: Part 1—Unpaid Invoices And Terminations For ConvenienceWisconsin Bell: Testing the Elasticity of False Claims Act’s ScopeWhen the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease: Recent CBCA Decision Regarding Improper Default Terminations Provides a Teachable Moment for Every Contractor
Compliance
Feature Comment: CMMC Crosses The Finish Line—But Defense Contractors’ Race Ain’t OverMaking Hay of the Interplay Between the TAA and BAA—COFC Sustains Protest Against the VA’s Improper Sourcing of a Critical PharmaceuticalNew “Unlawful Discrimination” Guidance from DOJ Underscores Risks to Federal Grant Recipients
Contract Changes
New EO Demands Agencies Conduct Review of All Covered Contracts and Grants, Terminate or Modify To Reduce Spending, and Set Up System To Track and Justify All Future PaymentsOffice Closures and Limited Access: Federal Contractor Considerations When Weathering Potential Political UnrestUpdate on the COVID-19 Federal Contractor’s Guide – The Office of Management and Budget Issues Critical Guidance Regarding Federal Contract Performance
Contract Disputes Act
When the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease: Recent CBCA Decision Regarding Improper Default Terminations Provides a Teachable Moment for Every ContractorMcCarter Partners Franklin Turner and Alex Major Presented on “Effectively Prosecuting Contract Claims Against the Government” at NHOA Business SummitGovernment Contractors Can Learn From Yogi Berra: Failure to Follow Correct Claim Submission Procedures Results in Jurisdictional Doom
DCAA
2020 False Claims Act Recoveries Were Down by One-Third in 2020. . . and That’s Bad News for Federal ContractorsCybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Version .6: Another Step on the Department of Defense’s Long and Winding Cybersecurity RoadLet Me Clear My Throat: DCAA Course Corrects on “Expressly Unallowable” Costs
Department of Government Efficiency
A Federal Contractor’s Survival Guide to Executive Actions and DOGE-Related Impacts: Part 2—Suspensions and Stop-Work Orders, Contract Modifications, Tariffs, and Other ConsiderationsA Federal Contractor's Survival Guide To Executive Actions And DOGE-Related Impacts: Part 1—Unpaid Invoices And Terminations For Convenience
DOGE
A Federal Contractor’s Survival Guide to Executive Actions and DOGE-Related Impacts: Part 2—Suspensions and Stop-Work Orders, Contract Modifications, Tariffs, and Other ConsiderationsA Federal Contractor's Survival Guide To Executive Actions And DOGE-Related Impacts: Part 1—Unpaid Invoices And Terminations For Convenience
Domestic Preference Rules
(No Longer) Building a Mystery—Biden Administration Issues Long-Awaited Guidance Implementing BABA Requirements for Infrastructure ProjectsUpdate on the COVID-19 Federal Contractor’s Guide – The Office of Management and Budget Issues Critical Guidance Regarding Federal Contract PerformanceCOVID-19 Federal Contractor’s Guide – Some Quick Points for Surviving and Thriving in This Unprecedented Environment
Equal Employment Opportunity
Through the Looking Glass: Shifting DEI Standards Expose Contractors to False Claims Act RiskDepartment of Labor Issues New Guidance on the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Employment Decision-MakingUPDATE: New Executive Order and Accompanying OFCCP FAQs Demand Federal Contractors and Grantees Scrutinize All Diversity Workforce Training
Executive Order
A Federal Contractor's Survival Guide To Executive Actions And DOGE-Related Impacts: Part 1—Unpaid Invoices And Terminations For ConvenienceNew EO Demands Agencies Conduct Review of All Covered Contracts and Grants, Terminate or Modify To Reduce Spending, and Set Up System To Track and Justify All Future Payments
Executive Orders
Building the Cyber Fortress: New Cybersecurity Executive Order Targets Quantum, AI, and Supply Chain SecurityThrough the Looking Glass: Shifting DEI Standards Expose Contractors to False Claims Act RiskA Federal Contractor’s Survival Guide to Executive Actions and DOGE-Related Impacts: Part 2—Suspensions and Stop-Work Orders, Contract Modifications, Tariffs, and Other Considerations
M&A
New DOJ Strike Force Targets Collusion in Federal Contract AwardsIntegrating Cybersecurity Into M&A Compliance Reviews: Avoiding Hidden Cyber Risks in the Acquisition of Government ContractorsThe Sword of Damocles Hangs Over Miller Act Sureties and Brokers: Scollick Case Stayed Sixty Days for Mediation, but Outcome Remains Uncertain
Modifications
A Federal Contractor’s Survival Guide to Executive Actions and DOGE-Related Impacts: Part 2—Suspensions and Stop-Work Orders, Contract Modifications, Tariffs, and Other ConsiderationsA Contractor’s Guide to Successfully Navigating Non-Payment, Suspensions/Stop-Work Orders, Terminations for Convenience, Tariff-Related Impacts, and Other Issues Arising from Recent Executive Orders and DOGE Initiatives
NDAA
Bueller ... Bueller ...Bueller: The FAR Council’s Day(s) Off Come to an End with the Long Awaited Implementation of the SBA’s 2016 Revisions to the Limitations on Subcontracting Rule – The Government ContractorHere to Remind You of the Key Provisions of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act – You Oughta Know!The FAR Council’s Second Interim Rule Implementing NDAA Section 889(a)(1)(B): And the Hits Keep Coming!
NHO
Surviving And Thriving In The Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Program: Maximizing Opportunities For NHOs, ANCs, and TribesDFARS Final Rule Establishes Goal of 15-Day Accelerated Payments for Small Business ContractorsMcCarter Partners Franklin Turner and Alex Major Presented on “Effectively Prosecuting Contract Claims Against the Government” at NHOA Business Summit
Other Transaction Agreements
Here to Remind You of the Key Provisions of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act – You Oughta Know!Update on the COVID-19 Federal Contractor’s Guide – The Office of Management and Budget Issues Critical Guidance Regarding Federal Contract PerformanceCOVID-19 Federal Contractor’s Guide – Some Quick Points for Surviving and Thriving in This Unprecedented Environment
Request for Equitable Adjustment
A Contractor’s Guide to Successfully Navigating Non-Payment, Suspensions/Stop-Work Orders, Terminations for Convenience, Tariff-Related Impacts, and Other Issues Arising from Recent Executive Orders and DOGE InitiativesTariffs, Leprechauns, and Contract Gold: Navigating the Hidden Costs of Trade PoliciesPay Me What You Owe Me, Don't Act Like You Forgot!
Small Business
Making Hay of the Interplay Between the TAA and BAA—COFC Sustains Protest Against the VA’s Improper Sourcing of a Critical PharmaceuticalSurviving And Thriving In The Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Program: Maximizing Opportunities For NHOs, ANCs, and TribesDoD Mentor-Protégé Program Solidified under Proposed Rule
Small Business Administration
Making Hay of the Interplay Between the TAA and BAA—COFC Sustains Protest Against the VA’s Improper Sourcing of a Critical PharmaceuticalSurviving And Thriving In The Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Program: Maximizing Opportunities For NHOs, ANCs, and TribesThe Continuing Saga of 8(a) Social Disadvantage Eligibility
Subcontracts
Building the Cyber Fortress: New Cybersecurity Executive Order Targets Quantum, AI, and Supply Chain SecurityA Contractor’s Guide to Successfully Navigating Non-Payment, Suspensions/Stop-Work Orders, Terminations for Convenience, Tariff-Related Impacts, and Other Issues Arising from Recent Executive Orders and DOGE InitiativesAntitrust Corporate Compliance Programs: Late 2024 Changes Mean Companies Should Revisit Their Programs Early in 2025
Supply Chain
Making Hay of the Interplay Between the TAA and BAA—COFC Sustains Protest Against the VA’s Improper Sourcing of a Critical PharmaceuticalThe Need for Speed: DoD’s “Software Fast Track” Targets Bureaucracy at Mach 2Supply Chain Checkup: FAR Council Announces New Rulemaking Focused on Prohibiting Certain Semiconductor Acquisitions
Suspensions
A Federal Contractor’s Survival Guide to Executive Actions and DOGE-Related Impacts: Part 2—Suspensions and Stop-Work Orders, Contract Modifications, Tariffs, and Other ConsiderationsA Contractor’s Guide to Successfully Navigating Non-Payment, Suspensions/Stop-Work Orders, Terminations for Convenience, Tariff-Related Impacts, and Other Issues Arising from Recent Executive Orders and DOGE InitiativesNew EO Demands Agencies Conduct Review of All Covered Contracts and Grants, Terminate or Modify To Reduce Spending, and Set Up System To Track and Justify All Future Payments
Tariffs
A Federal Contractor’s Survival Guide to Executive Actions and DOGE-Related Impacts: Part 2—Suspensions and Stop-Work Orders, Contract Modifications, Tariffs, and Other ConsiderationsA Contractor’s Guide to Successfully Navigating Non-Payment, Suspensions/Stop-Work Orders, Terminations for Convenience, Tariff-Related Impacts, and Other Issues Arising from Recent Executive Orders and DOGE InitiativesTariffs, Leprechauns, and Contract Gold: Navigating the Hidden Costs of Trade Policies
Teaming Agreements
Antitrust Corporate Compliance Programs: Late 2024 Changes Mean Companies Should Revisit Their Programs Early in 2025Surviving And Thriving In The Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Program: Maximizing Opportunities For NHOs, ANCs, and TribesDOJ’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force: Widening Its Stride on Its Third Anniversary
Terminations
A Federal Contractor's Survival Guide To Executive Actions And DOGE-Related Impacts: Part 1—Unpaid Invoices And Terminations For ConvenienceA Contractor’s Guide to Successfully Navigating Non-Payment, Suspensions/Stop-Work Orders, Terminations for Convenience, Tariff-Related Impacts, and Other Issues Arising from Recent Executive Orders and DOGE InitiativesNew EO Demands Agencies Conduct Review of All Covered Contracts and Grants, Terminate or Modify To Reduce Spending, and Set Up System To Track and Justify All Future Payments