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FAR Council Issues Proposed OCI FAR Rule
SJ Steptoe LLP More In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and professional staff across the US, Europe and Asia.
Webinar: Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Academy Virtual Summit
Tomorrow (July 22), please join Steptoe’s Fred Geldon along with Katie Arrington, CISO for the DoD Acquisition Department and other key leaders at the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Academy Virtual Summit. The summit will explore how prime contractors and subcontractors can get ready for CMMC assessment, as well as the international and legal aspects of the CMMC initiative. Click here to read more and RSVP.
CMMC in the Age of COVID-19
While attention is necessarily focused on the nation’s response to COVID-19, defense contractors should not put aside the need to prepare to meet DoD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements. In fact, early this month the CMMC Accreditation Body announced on its website it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with DoD related to implementing CMMC, and is working to make more information about the agreement public.
How Government Contractors And Compliance Officers Can Navigate Unique Rules And Risks
Fred Geldon discusses how establishing a credible compliance program can help contractors and compliance professionals to manage risks specific to government contracting. Read Part 1 here. Special compliance requirements apply when doing business with the government. Many practices or activities that are legal and acceptable in the commercial marketplace are not legal or acceptable in the federal government marketplace.
How Government Contractors and Compliance Officers Can Navigate Unique Rules and Risks
Fred Geldon discusses how establishing a credible compliance program can help contractors and compliance professionals to manage risks specific to government contracting. Read Part 1 here. Special compliance requirements apply when doing business with the government. Many practices or activities that are legal and acceptable in the commercial marketplace are not legal or acceptable in the federal government marketplace.
Special Compliance Requirements for Government Contractors
Federal contracting can be lucrative and rewarding – when done correctly. Steptoe & Johnson’s Fred Geldon outlines the various requirements contractors face in the government marketplace. Doing business with the government is different. The federal government makes rules to protect the public interest and the public treasury, waiving enough of its “sovereign immunity” so that contractors will elect to do business with it.
Amazon HQ2 - How does it compare to a Government RFP?
Amazon’s competition for its second headquarters, known as HQ2, has garnered great interest and attention. The request for proposals (RFP) solicited responses from metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), which can be a “state/province, county, city and the relevant localities therein,” and generated 238 proposals. Clearly, there is great interest in HQ2 and we have not seen anything like this before. Now the fun begins.
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