6/21/2024 5:32:37 PM US Flexes New Legal Muscles to Ban Anti-virus Software By Gregory Helding The Biden Administration issued a first of its kind ban on all sales of Kaspersky antivirus software in the US. The authority for the ban...
5/14/2024 5:40:13 PM USTR Releases Sec. 301 Report and Recs By David Crass Today, the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) released the results of its Sec. 301tariff statutory review, detailing ongoing...
4/5/2024 6:02:16 PM Another Opportunity to Shape Government AI Acquisitions By Michael Best On Monday, April 1, 2024, the Department of the Air Force posted a request for information (RFI) for its Advanced Battle Management...
4/4/2024 1:56:26 PM OFCCP Issues VEVRAA 5.2% Benchmark and New Benchmark Resources By Farrah Rifelj All federal contractors with AAP obligations under VEVRAA and who do not calculate their own benchmark must take note of the OFCCP's new...
4/1/2024 4:08:37 PM Seize the Opportunity to Shape the Future of Federal AI Acquisitions By Michael Best While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for decades, the government is just beginning to implement some parameters for the...
3/29/2024 7:33:42 PM New OMB Policy Sets Guidelines for Managing Risks Associated with Federal Procurement of AI By Michael Best On Thursday, March 28, 2024, The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a new policy—Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk...
3/29/2024 12:34:41 PM Congress Reauthorizing Price-Anderson Act is Vote of Confidence for Nuclear By David Crass Last week's activity in Congress to adopt spending packages for the remainder of 2024 included the extension of the Price-Anderson Act to...
3/25/2024 8:21:46 PM DHS Plans to Enhance its AI Procurement Strategy in 2024 By Michael Best In its recently released 2024 AI Roadmap, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) discusses its commitment to the safe, secure, and...
11/29/2023 8:30:52 PM Michael Best Joins Defense Alliance to Focus on DoD/NDAA Priorities and SBIR/STTR Funding for Small Businesses By Lyle Gravatt On Thursday, November 30, principals from Michael Best’s Defense and National Security team will join the Defense Alliance of North...
6/21/2023 7:30:12 PM What to Expect this Year in Defense Debates By Lucia Alonzo Both the House and Senate Armed Services Committee this week will draft competing versions of the National Defense Authorization Act...