On April 10, 2026, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a $17 million civil False Claims Act (“FCA”) settlement with IBM Corporation. This is the first FCA settlement reached under
Continue Reading First DEI Settlement Under the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Targets Conduct Pre-Dating the Current AdministrationFederal Acquisition Regulation
What GSA’s New Draft AI Procurement Clause Could Mean for Your GSA Schedule Contract
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On March 6, 2026, the General Services Administration (“GSA”) published a draft contract clause, GSAR 552.239-7001, “Basic Safeguarding of Artificial Intelligence Systems,” that would establish binding requirements for contractors…
Continue Reading What GSA’s New Draft AI Procurement Clause Could Mean for Your GSA Schedule ContractWhat Federal Contractors and Grant Recipients Should Know About DOJ’s Unlawful Discrimination Guidance
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On July 29, 2025, US Attorney General Bondi issued a memorandum for all federal agencies titled “Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination” (the Memo). The Memo follows…
Continue Reading What Federal Contractors and Grant Recipients Should Know About DOJ’s Unlawful Discrimination GuidanceFAR 2.0 Update: Parts 6, 29, and 31 Released
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The Trump Administration, in collaboration with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council, has released further FAR sections as part of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO): FAR Parts 6, 29, and…
Continue Reading FAR 2.0 Update: Parts 6, 29, and 31 ReleasedUpdate: FAR 2.0 Parts 18, 39, and 43 Released
By Keeley McCarty, Jaeho Lee & Jacob Green on
The Trump Administration, through the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has revealed the next set of revised Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) sections as part of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO):…
Continue Reading Update: FAR 2.0 Parts 18, 39, and 43 ReleasedUpdate: Latest FAR 2.0 Revision Released
By Keeley McCarty, Jaeho Lee & Jacob Green on
On May 22, 2025, the Trump Administration unveiled the next installment of the revised Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) as part of the “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul” (RFO). The latest release set…
Continue Reading Update: Latest FAR 2.0 Revision ReleasedNew GAO Decision Highlights Effective OCI Identification and Mitigation Practices
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Federal contractors need to be proactive about detecting and neutralizing or mitigating Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI).
The FAR’s OCI provisions (currently found at FAR Subpart 9.5) promote the…
Continue Reading New GAO Decision Highlights Effective OCI Identification and Mitigation PracticesUpdate: FAR 2.0 Rollout Underway
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In what is sure to be an on-going series, we have the latest update regarding the FAR 2.0 rollout.
You can see my opening thoughts on the FAR 2.0 initiative…
Continue Reading Update: FAR 2.0 Rollout UnderwayThe Push Towards FAR 2.0 – Interpreting the Most Recent Trump Executive Orders
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The federal procurement landscape continues to shift and transform.
Two recent executive orders push the government contracting community further towards the plan for a comprehensive update of the Federal Acquisition…
Continue Reading The Push Towards FAR 2.0 – Interpreting the Most Recent Trump Executive OrdersAmid Uncertainty, Government Contractors Should Document, Notify, and Escalate Claims
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Government contractors working for the Department of Education (DE), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other agencies like the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Consumer Financial Protection…
Continue Reading Amid Uncertainty, Government Contractors Should Document, Notify, and Escalate Claims