Kelsey L. Hayes

2 months ago | jdsupra.com | Eric S. Crusius |Kelsey L. Hayes |Christian Nagel

Earlier this year, the FAR Council issued a proposed rule to implement the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program as it relates to federal contracts.1 The proposed rule is "just one element of a larger strategy to improve the Government's efforts to identify, deter, protect against, detect, and respond to increasingly sophisticated criminals and adversaries targeting Federal information and information systems."2 As proposed, the rule will apply to all contracts at or below the...

2 months ago | jdsupra.com | Kelsey L. Hayes |Megan Mocho

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) has published statistics on False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments for fiscal year (FY) 2024, a year in which the Department saw the highest number of qui tam actions filed in a single year (979 lawsuits). Government-initiated enforcement dropped slightly from the prior fiscal year high, but there remains an overall upward trajectory.

Oct 5, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Eric S. Crusius |Kelsey L. Hayes

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council on Oct. 3, 2023, issued two proposed rules to partially implement President Biden's Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity.1 The first proposed rule imposes security incident reporting requirements on federal contractors, whereas the second aims to standardize cybersecurity contractual requirements for unclassified federal information systems.

Aug 23, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Hillary Freund |Kelsey L. Hayes |Gregory Koger

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Aug. 21, 2023, that it was extending its moratorium on the application of the "bona fide office" requirements for construction contracts under its 8(a) Business Development Program. The moratorium will now remain in effect until Sept. 30, 2024.

Aug 18, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Hillary Freund |Kelsey L. Hayes

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has finalized a proposed rule authorizing the acquisition of commercial products and services using general solicitation competitive procedures known as a "commercial solutions opening" (CSO).