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Antiboycott Update for Government Contractors and More

Government Contracts & Investigations

BIS intends the enhancement to further strengthen antiboycott enforcement efforts, hold responsible parties accountable, and diminish participation by U.S. In the notice, BIS directs contractors to review the antiboycott regulations to heed any applicable prohibitions on their companies and their federal government contracts.

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How should software producers be held accountable for shoddy cybersecurity products?

Federal News Network

Raising the cybersecurity resilience of commercial cybersecurity products is an important outcome, but the issue is whether government intervention to change longstanding industry contracting practices is the right approach. It is a prime example of the use of acquisition policy to drive a specific societal objective.