Reforming the Federal Contracts and Grants System
Federal Contractors Face Uncertainty as Multi-State Coalition Challenges Executive Order 14398’s Anti-DEI Contracting Provisions
Blank Rome - Federal contractors: take notice. A significant lawsuit recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland challenges Executive...
Venture Capital Transforms Defense Industry Competitiveness
Defense Tech and Acquisition - Something structural shifted in the defense industrial base over the last decade, and it didn’t wait for the acquisition...
New Restrictions on Defense Contractors Retaining Outside Consultants Set to Take Effect
Covington - In January 2025, Covington issued a client alert noting that the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2025 introduced...
Warp Speed Ahead: Agencies Move Quickly to Implement Anti-DEI Clause
Fox Rothschild - Contractors have begun receiving modifications to existing contracts implementing the new DEI clause mandated by Executive Order 14398 “Addressing DEI Discrimination...
Here Comes the Boom: SBA Proposes New 8(a) “Social Disadvantage” Test
McCarter & English - On June 11, 2026, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a much-anticipated proposed rule to overhaul the 8(a) Business Development...
Wargaming for Improved Acquisition: What Does It Take?
War on the Rocks - Wargaming can be used by the Department of Defense to deliver evidence-based acquisition policy reforms focused on mobilizing the...
Tribes and ANCs Are Not DEI: Key Takeaways from the 2026 NSBGCA Conference
Holland & Knight participated in the National Small Business Government Contractors Association (NSBGCA, formerly the National 8(a) Association) 2026 Alaska Regional Conference held June...
DEI Clause Challenge: What ANCs, Tribes, and NHOs Should Know
Schwabe - On June 4, 2026, a coalition of contractor and higher-education associations filed a motion for a preliminary injunction and a 5 U.S.C....
The Tail That Ate the Dog: How Bureaucracy Threatens National Security
RealClear Defense - In the lexicon of military doctrine, few concepts are as foundational as the "supported-supporting" relationship. It is a simple, elegant framework...
Dusting a Dirt Road: How The United States Can Break the Cycle of Failing Military Infrastructure
War on the Rocks - According to the Department of Defense’s reporting, the United States owns and operates more than 700,000 facilities across nearly...
The Death of the Business System
First Breakfast - Operation Epic Fury exposed something most people across the Department of War (DoW) already understand at some level, but rarely say...
Government Contracts DEI Restrictions Under EO 14398: What Contractors Need to Know
Haynes Boone - Federal agencies are rapidly implementing Executive Order 14398, Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors (March 26, 2026), which establishes sweeping new...
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