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
12/11/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bid Protests ,
Biden Administration ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
DFARS ,
EEO-1 ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Filing Deadlines ,
GAO ,
Machine Learning ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Technology Sector
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
8/23/2023
/ Bid Protests ,
Biden Administration ,
Bids ,
China ,
Court of Federal Claims ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Investment ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology
Notable Updates -
Biden Administration Ends Contractor COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate -
On May 9, 2023, President Biden issued an executive order revoking his prior executive orders requiring vaccination of federal employees (EO...more
Claims Cases Aries Construction Corp. v. United States, No.22-166C (February 21, 2023)
- Court of Federal Claims Judge Schwartz issued an opinion discussing the relationship between the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) claim...more
4/17/2023
/ Appeals ,
Bid Protests ,
Biden Administration ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Disputes Act ,
Contractors ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
GAO ,
Inflation Adjustments ,
Penalties ,
Suspensions & Debarments
Preventing Organizational Conflict of Interest Federal Acquisition Act, P.L. No 117-324 (January 3, 2023) The FAR 9.5 OCI provisions have been out-of-step with practice for well over a decade. Government and private...more
1/10/2023
/ Bid Protests ,
Biden Administration ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Corporate Monitoring ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Solicitation
The Biden Administration just issued a proposal to reinstitute the nondisplacement rule, which requires services contracts that succeed contracts for the same or similar services—as well as solicitations for such contracts—to...more