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Years in the Making, Suspended in a Day: DoD/W Halts CMMC Phase II but Keeps Baseline Cybersecurity Obligations

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By Michael E. Barnicle, Hilary Cairnie
| JD Supra
DoD suspended CMMC Phase II on July 13, 2026, halting the November 10, 2026, deadline and all related implementation milestones pending a comprehensive reform review by a newly established CMMC Reform Task Force. CMMC Level 2 (C3PAO) and Level 3 (DIBCAC) third-party assessment requirements are suspended, and active solicitations and contracts must be amended to remove those designations during the suspension period.
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Years in the Making, Suspended in a Day: DoD/W Halts CMMC Phase II but Keeps Baseline Cybersecurity Obligations

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By Michael E. Barnicle, Hilary Cairnie, Peter Jeydel
| Troutman Pepper Podcasts
DoD suspended CMMC Phase II on July 13, 2026, halting the November 10, 2026, deadline and all related implementation milestones pending a comprehensive reform review by a newly established CMMC Reform Task Force. CMMC Level 2 (C3PAO) and Level 3 (DIBCAC) third-party assessment requirements are suspended, and active solicitations and contracts must be amended to remove those designations during the suspension period.
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Department of Energy Announces Funding Process for Domestic Rare Earth Element Supply Chains | JD Supra

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By Daniel Anziska, Michael E. Barnicle, Hilary Cairnie
| JD Supra
On December 1, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) publicly announced its decision to allocate up to $134 million in new funding to enhance domestic supply chains for rare earth elements (REEs). REEs are 17 elements identified in the periodic table (lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, and lutetium).
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