Regulations, Compliance, & Enforcement
False Claims, Cyber Risk & Trade Compliance: What New Enforcement Landscape Means for Contractors
GW Law - DOJ recovered $6.8 billion under the False Claims Act in fiscal year 2025 — the highest single-year total in the statute’s...
Executive Order – Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud
President Trump has issued an executive order to combat fraud in federal benefits programs. The order establishes a Task Force to Eliminate. While the...
General Services Administration Proposes New DEI Certification for Federal Financial Assistance Recipients
Cooley - The General Services Administration (GSA) recently proposed revisions to the Financial Assistance General Representations and Certifications within the System for Award Management...
Increase of Monetary Thresholds and Other Matters Related to Cost Accounting Standards Program Requirements
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (the Board), is publishing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to elicit public comments on proposed...
Executive Order Flags Enforcement Risk for “Made in USA” Claims
Davis Wright Tremaine - On March 13, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled "Ensuring Truthful Advertising of Products Claiming to be Made in...
GAO Evaluation of CMMC Program and Important Information for Defense Contractors
Koprince McCall Pottroff - Back in October and November 2025, as the Department of Defense put the finishing touches on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model...
BIS Fines Navy Contractor for Illegally Sharing Controlled Military Specifications With Chinese Manufacturer
Volkov - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has imposed a $374,474 civil penalty against California-based satellite technology supplier...
Navigating the Recent Ban on Foreign Ownership for SBA Loans
PilieroMazza - Earlier this month, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) banned foreign nationals, non‑citizens, and lawful permanent residents whose principal residence was outside...
Executive Order Increases Scrutiny on Buy American Act and Made in America Products
Holland & Knight - The White House recently announced an executive order (EO) targeting deceptive misrepresentations of "Made in America" products and similar country-of-origin...
Vendor AI Risk Is the New Third-Party Risk Frontier: From Contracts to Compliance Evidence
Compliance Podcast Network - For years, compliance professionals have understood a basic truth about third-party risk: your company can outsource a function, but it...
DCMA Selects Craig Morgan to Lead Contracts Directorate
ExecutiveGov - The Defense Contract Management Agency has appointed Craig Morgan, most recently its chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, as executive director of...
Some DHS Contractors Told White House Officials They Were Asked to Pay Corey Lewandowski
NBC News - Some companies complained to the Trump administration that Lewandowski has stood to personally profit from the DHS contracting process. Lewandowski denies...
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