On August 13, 2018, President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2019. While the annual NDAAs are tracked, analyzed, and picked apart with great care by the federal contracting community,...more
1/31/2020
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Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Federal Contractors ,
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Technology ,
TRICARE ,
ZTE
At the end of 2019, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) took another step to limit the potential cyber risks posed by telecommunications equipment manufactured by Chinese companies (and potentially Russian ones too). We...more
1/31/2020
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Cybersecurity ,
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Interim Rule ,
NDAA ,
System For Award Management (SAM) ,
Telecommunications ,
ZTE
“Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 prohibits the Federal Government from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, ‘any...more
1/16/2020
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US Trade Policies
As you probably know, we have been following very closely developments relating to Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which prohibits executive agencies from purchasing restricted products and...more
An Analysis of NDAA Section 846’s Online Marketplace Provisions -
There has been a lot of speculation about the future of commercial items purchasing within the federal Government since Representative Mac Thornberry...more
In the words of Taylor Swift, “This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.” While I suspect Ms. Swift was not writing about Section 801 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 when she tweeted this...more