International Development
Small Business Set-Asides in FY 2026: What the Data Signals for What Comes Next
GovCon Wire - The federal small business market is in a state of flux. With sweeping SBA recertification rules, increased scrutiny on the 8(a)...
Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act Proposes to Eliminate Preferences for 8(a) and WOSB Firms
PilieroMazza - On April 27, 2026, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) introduced companion bills called “Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting...
Counsel Commentary: GSA Rolls Out New Standard AI Clause
Rogers Joseph O'Donnell - In his monthly Contract Management magazine column, “GSA Rolls Out New Standard AI Clause,” Rogers Joseph O’Donnell, P.C. shareholder Stephen...
Fixed-Price Contracting Works. But Not If the Government Outsources Ambiguity
Uncommon Leadership - The new Executive Order is right to push the government to fixed-price contracting. Too many programs still reward activity over outcomes,...
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”...
Trump 2.0 and Business Immigration: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know Right Now
Robinson Immigration Law - Business immigration has quickly become a top priority for corporate counsel navigating global talent mobility, compliance risk, and workforce planning...
Virginia Expands Restrictions on Employee Non-Compete Agreements
Davis Wright Tremaine - Virginia employers must reassess their non-compete agreements to ensure they are enforceable against employees who are discharged without cause and...
United States Pledges Additional $1.8 Billion in Life-Saving Humanitarian Funding to OCHA’s Humanitarian Reset & Shares Powerful Results from the Trump Administration’s UN Humanitarian...
Today, building on the tremendous success of the Trump Administration’s landmark December 2025 “Humanitarian Reset” framework agreement between the United States and the United...
Health in a World of Crises and Impunity
239 million people need humanitarian assistance. Only 87 million will receive it. A landmark new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health–Lancet...
New MFAN Policy Commentary – Alignment is Not Subordination: Making Foreign Assistance Consolidation Work
In a new Policy Commentary, "Alignment is Not Subordination: Making Foreign Assistance Consolidation Work," Dennis Vega, President & CEO of Pact, an MFAN member,...
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