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Defense Department
April 2021
Biden Directs Broad Review of Supply Chains
By Trisha Anderson , Susan B. Cassidy and Samantha L. ClarkPresident Joe Biden on Feb. 24 signed a far-reaching “Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains.” -
February 2021
Expect More False Claims Act Cybersecurity Cases
By Susan Cassidy , Peter Hutt II and Michael WagnerIn the federal contracting community, it has long been predicted that the government’s increased cybersecurity requirements will eventually lead to a corresponding increase in False Claims Act litigation involving cybersecurity compliance. -
January 2021
Procurement Collusion Strike Force Gets a Boost
By Ross Demain , Mike Pierce and Michael WagnerJust over a year after launching the Procurement Collusion Strike Force, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division announced new measures to further its pursuit of antitrust and related schemes in government procurement, grant and program funding. These changes expand the strike force’s enforcement capacity and signal the department’s enduring — and intensifying — commitment to its mission. -
Government Contracting Insights
December 2020
Parsing the Meaning of Performance Risk Scores
By Ryan Burnette , Susan Cassidy and Darby RourickOn Sept. 29, the Defense Department released an interim rule on addressing its increased requirements for assessing whether contractors are compliant with the 110 security controls in National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-171. Contractors could be affected by how the Pentagon uses the assessment scores to evaluate supplier performance risks. -
October 2020
Defense Contractors Could Fall Under Trump ‘Divisive Concepts’ Executive Order
By Lindsay Burke , Jennifer Plitsch and Carolyn RashbyOn Sept. 22, President Donald Trump issued the “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” establishing requirements aimed at “promoting unity in the federal workforce,” by prohibiting workplace training on “divisive concepts,” including “race or sex stereotyping” and “race or sex scapegoating” as newly-defined in the order. -
October 2020
Showdown Looms on Cost Accounting Standards
By Peter Hutt II and Peter TerenzioThe Federal Circuit’s decision in The Boeing Company v. United States clears the way for resolution of Boeing’s substantive challenge to a controversial Federal Acquisition Regulation provision that can give the government windfall recoveries in Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) matters. -
September 2020
Regulators Issue Huawei, ZTE Interim Rule
By Ryan Burnette , Susan Cassidy and Samantha L. Clark -
June 2020
Guidance for CARES Act Implementation
By Scott Freling , Peter Terenzio and Michael WagnerOn May 18, the Defense Department released a draft of its much-anticipated guidance implementing Section 3610 of the CARES Act, which authorizes the government to reimburse qualifying contractors for the costs of providing certain paid leave to employees as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. -
June 2020
Key Ruling Issued on Privilege Waivers
By Kevin T. Barnett and Michael Wagner -
May 2020
Key Ruling Issued on Privilege Waivers
By Kevin T. Barnett and Michael Wagner
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