Podcast - FOCI Mitigation: SSAs, SCAs and Proxy Agreements
Podcast - Discussing a DOJ Lawsuit Under the Civil-Fraud Initiative
Defense Dynamics: Navigating the Post-Election Landscape for the National Security Sector
DE Talk | If It’s Not in Writing, It Never Happened: Applicant Tracking & Recordkeeping Strategies to Ensure OFCCP Compliance
Podcast - Cybersecurity Roundup: Analyzing New and Proposed Rules for Contractors
Understanding FOCI Mitigation
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 28: Construction Compliance with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group
False Claims Act Insights - If Everything Matters, Nothing Does: Parsing Materiality in FCA Disputes
Build America Buy America What is it? How to qualify.
Podcast - Navigating M&A Due Diligence: Safeguarding Security Clearances
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 26: Compensation Compliance with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group
DE Under 3: Court Held That Workday Was an “Agent” to Employers Licensing its AI Applicant Screening Tools
An In-Depth Overview of the DCSA
Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
DE Under 3: Retirement of “Chevron Doctrine” Exposed Vulnerability of OFCCP’s Overreaching Interpretations of Some of its Rules
Legal Alert | Reign It In: Federal Court Enjoins DOL's Expansion of Davis-Bacon Coverage
Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 3: Claims and Investigations
DE Under 3: OFCCP Must Shut Down its Administrative Court Prosecutions as a Result of SCOTUS’ SEC Jury Trial Case Decision
Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 1: Gov. Contracts and Cybersecurity
DE Under 3: OFCCP’s New Revisions & Additions to its Construction Contractor Compliance Audit Tools
The U.S. and the U.K. are focused on common national security risks, including preventing foreign access to key emerging technologies, the integrity of the defense supply chain, protection of critical infrastructure, and...more
U.S. Attorney Nikolas P. Kerest recently highlighted the severity of fraud by government contractors and subcontractors, emphasizing the importance of upholding the integrity of government procurement programs. These remarks...more
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
Government contractors providing software across the federal government’s supply chain will be required later this year to comply with a new Secure Software Design Framework (SSDF). The SSDF requires software vendors to...more
Ongoing geopolitical developments such as Russia’s war in Ukraine and tensions between China and Taiwan have continued to fuel higher US military spending. The demand for military weapons is the strongest it has been in...more
Chinese semiconductors are ubiquitous within the United States and its private- and public-sector supply chains. To contend with the attendant national security and economic risks (whether real or perceived), Congress...more
President Joe Biden signed into law the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (2023 NDAA or Defense Bill) on Dec. 23, 2022. The Defense Bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on...more
Stay on top of the complexities in aerospace, defense, and government compliance - Few industries are as heavily regulated as aerospace, defense, and government contracting, and few also have such a large investment in...more
Join the only leading event for defense, aerospace, and other government contractors & industry experts working in procurement, government compliance, cost pricing, and audit this June in Arlington, VA....more
Explore ways to strengthen your compliance program and better mitigate potential risks - Few industries are as heavily regulated as defense and government contracting, and few also have such a large investment in...more
The Canadian Institute’s 11th Annual Forum on U.S. Export & Re-Export Compliance for Canadian Operations will take place in Toronto on January 25–27! IN-PERSON and LIVESTREAM options available. Over the last decade, this...more
The Department of Defense (DOD) recently announced several changes to its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The program applies to those who serve as contractors and suppliers to the DOD. As described in our...more
The playing field for anticorruption never stops changing, with new laws and new risks constantly arising. To help sort things out, and to gain his insight into other compliance challenges, we sat down with Gary Kalman,...more
People like to say that cybersecurity threats are constantly evolving. So perhaps it’s fitting that cybersecurity compliance is undergoing a significant evolution of its own this year, too. That evolution is the arrival of...more
[author: Matt Kelly] In September 2020 the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled the fifth version of its cybersecurity standard formally known as SP 800-53, “Security and Privacy Controls for...more
During his first few days in office, President Biden signed numerous executive orders kick-starting the implementation of key features of his campaign platform. Federal contractors may feel overwhelmed by this flurry of...more
From the comfort of your own home office, join us at ACI's virtual Annual Advanced Forum on DCAA & DCMA Cost, Pricing, Compliance & Audits taking place on August 25-26, 2020 which addresses the latest developments on business...more
The U.S. government has issued a long-awaited rule implementing legislation to prevent federal agencies from contracting with entities that use telecommunications equipment or services produced or provided by Huawei...more
Attorneys Eric Crusius, Amy Fuentes, Kelsey Hayes and Vijaya Surampudi co-authored an article describing the major issues they expect government contracting professionals to face in the coming year. For example, the...more
“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
Companies are increasingly being required to disclose how they assess and respond to the risks of human trafficking in their product supply chains. Statutes like the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act and the U.K....more
On January 29, the U.S. Government released a final rule establishing new anti-human trafficking requirements for U.S. government contractors. The rule amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) and seeks to strengthen...more
On January 29, 2015, the U.S. Government released a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”). The final rule reflects changes to proposed amendments originally released in September 2013. The...more