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Recipients of Federal Financial Assistance Can Look to the New DEI Clause to Prepare for Potential Increased Scrutiny of Their Own Awards
McCarter & English - Given the slew of Executive Orders (EOs) last year focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and roiling the funding...
Briefing Papers – Competitive Negotiation Under The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul
Vernon Edwards - One of the most interesting results of the “revolutionary” overhaul of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)1 was the decision to delete...
Other Transaction Authority Agreements: Practical Guidance for Government Contractors
Bradley - Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements have become one of the most important — and most misunderstood — vehicles for doing business with...
The Government Is Evaluating Bids with LLMs. The First Sustained Bid Protest Will Probably Be Due to the Agency’s Failure to Document the Award...
Studies show "reasoning" and "thinking" traces do not necessarily relate to the final output. In other words, they are likely insufficient to stand in...
From Paper Reform to Practice: How Agencies Are Actually Implementing the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul
Covington - Over one year ago, on May 2, 2025, the FAR Council took the first concrete step in the administration’s “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul”...
Is This the End of Cost-Type Contracting? What Federal Contractors Should Know About a New Executive Order Making Fixed-Price Contracts the “Default”
Blank Rome - On April 30, 2026, President Trump signed another executive order that may significantly impact how the government buys goods and services....
OMB Continues Push for Commercial Products and Services
Koprince McCall Pottroff - In Spring 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14271, titled “Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions for Federal Contracts,” which informed agencies...
The FAR Is Part of the C.F.R.!
FedLift - Government contractors sometimes refer to “the FAR” and “the C.F.R.” as though they are two different things. In fact, the FAR and...
What the FAR Overhaul Means for Federal Contractors – An Interview with Jim Nagle from the AGC Annual Convention – March 2026
Smith Currie Oles - At the 2026 Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Annual Convention, John Chambers, Director of AGC’s Federal, Heavy and Utility...
FAR Overhaul Eliminates Veteran-Owned Subcontractor Self-Certification
FedLift - In a change that has flown under the radar of some government contractors, the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul has eliminated the ability of...
The GSA AI Clause Clock Is About to Start: What Schedule Holders Must Do Before Refresh 32 Drops
Bradley - The market has spent six weeks debating whether GSA’s proposed AI clause — GSAR 552.239-7001 — is good policy. That debate is...
Agencies Must Defend Decisions for Not Buying Commercial Items
Federal News Network - For perhaps the first time since the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act became law in 1994, the Office of Management and...
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