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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Megan Brown |Jon Burd |Tracye Winfrey Howard
WHAT: The FAR Council published a proposed rule to incorporate the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program into the acquisition process and, in doing so, seeks to more clearly define government and contractor roles and responsibilities for handling CUI wherever it resides. WHEN: The proposed rule was published on January 15, 2025.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Tracye Winfrey Howard
WHAT: The Federal Acquisition RegulatoryCouncil (FAR Council) announced this week that it is withdrawingtwo proposed rules. First, it withdrew a January 2024 proposed rulethat sought to prohibit government contractors from obtaining orconsidering past compensation information in employment decisionsand require contractors to disclose compensation information in jobadvertisements for work related to government contracts.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Tracye Winfrey Howard
WHAT: The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) announced this week that it is withdrawing two proposed rules. First, it withdrew a January 2024 proposed rule that sought to prohibit government contractors from obtaining or considering past compensation information in employment decisions and require contractors to disclose compensation information in job advertisements for work related to government contracts.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Tracye Winfrey Howard |Teresita Regelbrugge
WHAT: The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
issued a proposed rule to implement
Section 1655(a) and (c) of the National Defense Authorization Act
(NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232).
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Tracye Winfrey Howard |Teresita Regelbrugge
WHAT: The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued a proposed rule to implement Section 1655(a) and (c) of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232).
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Megan Brown |Jon Burd |Tracye Winfrey Howard
This alert was originally published on October 14, 2024, and last updated on October 22, 2024. WHAT: On October 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) published the final CMMC 2.0 Program rule.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Megan Brown |Tracye Winfrey Howard |Vaibhavi Patria
WHAT: On October 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) will publish the final CMMC 2.0 Program rule.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Tracye Winfrey Howard
Summary
As a result of a broader U.S. government effort to address
supply chain vulnerabilities, Congress passed a new law focused on
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contracting with certain entities
that operate under foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI). What was once a restriction primarily on companies performing on
classified DOD contracts will soon apply to contractors and
subcontractors performing on certain unclassified contracts, as
well as research and development (R&D).
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Tracye Winfrey Howard |Teresita Regelbrugge
Last week, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) published a proposed rule that would amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a statutory prohibition on DOD awarding contracts with NAICS codes beginning with 5416 – which includes certain management, scientific, and technical consulting services – to offerors that also perform consulting services for certain foreign entities related to the governments of China, Russia, and other countries of concern,...
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Tracye Winfrey Howard
SummaryAs a result of a broader U.S. government effort to address supply chain vulnerabilities, Congress passed a new law focused on U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contracting with certain entities that operate under foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI). What was once a restriction primarily on companies performing on classified DOD contracts will soon apply to contractors and subcontractors performing on certain unclassified contracts, as well as research and development (R&D).
