I read all the news, so you don’t have to. Let’s start with tariffs and why it matters to federal government contractors. Russian and Indian Tariffs The U.S. Senate passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, which authorizes the President to impose up to 100% tariffs on the top five buyers […]
... I read all the news, so you don’t have to. Let’s start with tariffs and why it matters to federal government contractors. Russian and Indian Tariffs The U.S. Senate passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of...
There are plenty of risks with Buy American Act compliance, but the biggest risk is hidden – that a company started with the wrong legal framework. A perfectly documented domestic-content analysis provides little protection if the product should have been...
For years the U.S. has restricted exports of the most advanced AI chips. The goal is simple: keep the computing power behind frontier AI away from strategic rivals. It is one of the most consequential policies in modern trade law,...
If your company is one of the many that relies on CPARS reports and past performance ratings to win federal work, a recent GAO decision is worth five minutes of your time. It doesn’t involve a dramatic scandal or an...
Partially in response to reports on federal benefit and healthcare fraud, the current administration established a White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, led by the Vice President. One area of particular concern to the government is home health care...
In India, if you are exporting items for civilian or commercial use, you may be subject to export controls if the item has dual-use applications. A dual-use item is any hardware, software, or technology with both civilian uses and potential...
On June 12, 2026, the U.S. government invoked national-security export authorities to order Anthropic to suspend all access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, for every foreign national, anywhere, including the company’s own employees. Anthropic complied within hours,...
The distinction between price realism and price reasonableness continues to trip up even sophisticated protesters. GAO’s recent decision in B-424336 reinforces a familiar, but often misunderstood, rule: in order to challenge an agency’s failure to conduct a price realism analysis,...
There is a quiet way to discourage people from challenging the government, and it is not to forbid the challenge. It is to attach a price to it. Section 875 of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, signed...
GSA launched its OneGov initiative to consolidate government purchasing, especially of software. In addition, GSA intended to build more direct engagement with OEMs and begin reducing the need for resellers. GSA claims savings of more than $1.1 billion in OneGov’s...
