Regulations, Compliance, & Enforcement
The Most Important Phrase in GSA’s Revised AI Clause Has No Definition
LawFare - For decades, federal data-rights disputes have centered on files—what must be delivered; who may use, reproduce, or disclose them; and what happens...
SBA Swiftly Finalizes New Rule on 8(a) Social Disadvantage
GovCon Intelligence - The SBA will publish a new social disadvantage standard for 8(a) program applications tomorrow, just four weeks after the agency received...
EEO Reporting: Should Employers Continue to Collect Employee Demographic Data?
Baker Donelson - For the last 60 years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has required covered employers to submit demographic data for employees....
DSCA Expands FMF Eligibility for Direct Commercial Contracts
Covington - Earlier this year, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (“DSCA”) issued updated policy guidance implementing a significant expansion of the universe of countries...
Palantir Demands GSA Kill Draft AI Rule That Most of Industry Just Wants Fixed
GovConFeed - Palantir Technologies has asked the General Services Administration to withdraw a draft rule governing how contractors must safeguard data inside large language...
The Next Buy American Compliance Battleground: Product Characterization for Technology Manufacturers
Centre Law & Consulting - There are plenty of risks with Buy American Act compliance, but the biggest risk is hidden – that a...
Embedding E-Verify into Federal Funding: Where Immigration and Grant Compliance Converge
Seyfarth - On May 29, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a proposed rule that would significantly expand E-Verify obligations for employers...
Defense Department Publishes Guidance Page Concerning Restrictions on Defense Contractors Retaining Outside Consultants
Covington - The Department of Defense has now published a two-page guidance document titled “PROJECT CLEAR Contractor Lobbying Evaluation for Adversarial Relationships,” and a...
FCC Opens Comment Period on Barring Import of Covered Drones Under NDAA Section 1709
GovConFeed - The Federal Communications Commission has opened a formal comment period on a proposal to bar the continued importation and sale of certain...
Updated 2026 – 2027 Service Contract Act Health and Welfare Rates Have Yet to Be Officially Announced
Abrahams Wolf-Rodda - One of the linchpins of the Service Contract Act (“SCA”) is the annual updating of the health and welfare (“H&W”) levels...
US Employers Should Prepare Now for Increased Form I-9 Enforcement
Morgan Lewis - Advance planning is increasingly important as the US administration considers expanding worksite enforcement and administrative inspections. Recent comments by White House...
Department of Defense Issues Regulations Implementing the FY25 NDAA Defense Contractor Prohibition
Akin - A provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25 NDAA) prohibits the award of defense contracts to companies...
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