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Jan 7, 2025 | 
nationaldefensemagazine.org | Susan B. Cassidy |Ashden Fein |Robert Huffman
On Nov. 15, the Defense Department published a proposed rule titled “Disclosure of Information Regarding Foreign Obligations” that when finalized would impose new disclosure obligations on a defense contractor that previously allowed either a “foreign government” or a “foreign person” to review the company’s computer code.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
nationaldefensemagazine.org | Ryan Burnette |Susan B. Cassidy |Robert Huffman
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, released a new guide on Aug.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
nationaldefensemagazine.org | Ryan Burnette |Susan B. Cassidy |Ashden Fein
The Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum on July 25 outlining several changes to the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. FedRAMP, as it is called, is a government-wide program that imposes security requirements on cloud service offerings that are being used by federal agencies. FedRAMP was originally established by the Office of Management and Budget through a Dec. 8, 2011, memorandum from the Federal Chief Information Officer.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Robert Huffman |Susan B. Cassidy |Ashden Fein |Ryan Burnette
This is part of an ongoing series of Covington blogs on implementation of Executive Order 14028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” issued by President Biden on May 12, 2021 (the “Cyber EO”). The first blog summarized the Cyber EO’s key provisions and timelines, and subsequent blogs described the actions taken by various government agencies to implement the Cyber EO from June 2021 through April 2024.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
nationaldefensemagazine.org | Susan B. Cassidy |Daniel Raddenbach |Peter Terenzio
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council in early May released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking describing the agency’s plan to implement Section 5949 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023. This notice gives the defense industry an early look at how the U.S. government may handle sourcing of semiconductors from certain Chinese sources.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Robert Huffman |Susan B. Cassidy |Ashden Fein |Ryan Burnette
This is the thirty-fourth in a series of Covington blogs on implementation of Executive Order 14028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” issued by President Biden on May 12, 2021 (the “Cyber EO”). The first blog summarized the Cyber EO’s key provisions and timelines, and the subsequent blogs describes described the actions taken by various government agencies to implement the Cyber EO from June 2021through January 2024.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Robert Huffman |Susan B. Cassidy |Ashden Fein |Michael Wagner
Ashden Fein advises clients on cybersecurity and national security matters, including crisis management and incident response, risk management and governance, government and internal investigations, and regulatory compliance.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Robert Huffman |Susan B. Cassidy |Ashden Fein |Michael Wagner
This is the thirty-second in a series of Covington blogs on implementation of Executive Order 14028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” issued by President Biden on May 12, 2021 (the “Cyber EO”). The first blog summarized the Cyber EO’s key provisions and timelines, and the subsequent blogs described the actions taken by various government agencies to implement the Cyber EO from June 2021 through November 2023.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
nationaldefensemagazine.org | Chanda Brown |Susan B. Cassidy |Robert Huffman
White House Reveals Better Contracting Initiative Echoing the Obama administration’s Better Buying Initiative, and as a next phase in the federal government’s enterprise approach to procurement, the Biden administration announced the Better Contracting Initiative — a four-pronged initiative designed to ensure the federal government gets better, and more consistent, terms and prices when purchasing commercial goods and services, while enhancing support for small and disadvantaged businesses....
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Robert Huffman |Susan B. Cassidy |Ashden Fein |Michael Wagner
On October 3, 2023, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council released two new proposed cybersecurity rules. The first of the two, covered in a separate blog, is titled “Cyber Threat and Incident Reporting and Information Sharing,” and adds new requirements to the cybersecurity incident reporting obligations of federal contractors.
