Government Contracts Navigator

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently issued an interim final rule (“IFR”) under the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) imposing licensing requirements for exports to all destinations worldwide of certain gate all-around field effect transistor (“GAAFET”) technology, quantum computing items, advanced semiconductor (..)

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Import and Trade Remedies

JANUARY 22, 2025

Before we dive into the export controls outlook, here is an overview of the current state of politics in Canada, which includes a discussion of the legislative powers that remain while Canadian Parliament is prorogued until March 24, 2025. Market Watch Unit In the 2024 federal budget , the Government of Canada proposed $10.5

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Spend Network

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

One often untapped growth source for export agencies is government procurement data. Integrating this data into your export strategy can provide a powerful blueprint for success, offering valuable insights into market trends, demand patterns, and opportunities for growth.

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GovCon & Trade

AUGUST 16, 2023

origin technologies and ammunition on behalf of the Russian government. Israeli citizen flouted foreign agent registration requirements and sought to broker weapons deals between Chinese companies and foreign governments. technology and disrupt the Russian economy. An indictment was unsealed alleging that a dual U.S.-Israeli

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GovCon & Trade

AUGUST 1, 2023

sanctions, export controls, and other national security laws. This is the second enforcement-related release issued jointly by these three agencies, which, in March 2023, published a Tri-Seal Compliance Note on Cracking Down on Third-Party Intermediaries Used to Evade Russia-Related Sanctions and Export Controls. In addition to U.S.

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 16, 2024

Department of State issued an interim rule Friday easing export restrictions for Australia and the United Kingdom to facilitate the trilateral AUKUS agreement, after determining the allied countries' export controls were comparable to those of the U.S.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Although geographically broad new prohibitions the U.S., and EU issued last week are somewhat underwhelming in their efforts to target third-country facilitators of Russia sanctions evasion, companies with exposure to noncompliant jurisdictions should pay close attention to their potential impacts, say attorneys at Shearman.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 24, 2024

A January report summarizing key actions and policy changes undertaken at the Office of Export Enforcement in 2023 is a valuable indicator of future government priorities and the factors companies should consider as they conduct export operations amid what may be a turbulent international trading environment in 2024, says Thaddeus McBride at Bass Berry. (..)

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 30, 2024

Department of State to resolve violations of export control rules, including sending controlled defense items and data to China, the agency announced Friday. has reached a $200 million settlement with the U.S.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 30, 2024

Department of State proposed a regulation Tuesday that would exempt Australia and the United Kingdom from export restrictions on sensitive technology as it faces mounting congressional pressure to support a defense partnership with them.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 26, 2024

Department of Commerce on Friday issued a rule restricting exports of firearms and ammunition to "high-risk" countries, a move it said is intended to avoid U.S. national security and foreign policy interests being undermined by misuse of those weapons.

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 7, 2024

Department of State to order the Export-Import Bank to stop helping fund projects they said are contributing to climate change. Environmental and animal rights groups on Wednesday asked the U.S.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 3, 2024

Defense companies and industry groups have urged the State Department to expand export licensing exemptions included in a proposed rule intended to help implement the AUKUS agreement or risk undermining the intent of the trilateral defense cooperation deal.

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Government Contracts Advisor

AUGUST 18, 2015

This September, our colleague Kevin Lombardo will present a series of discussions on Export Control Reform. On September 15 in […]

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Government Contracts

JULY 10, 2024

A Chinese-born engineer has pled guilty to two counts of filing a false tax return related to allegations that he and his wife omitted gross income from their tax returns between 2015 and 2019, after Texas federal prosecutors initially charged the couple with export violations and fraud.

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Holland & Knight: Government Contracts

AUGUST 28, 2024

State Department recently issued a new Interim Final Rule that will authorize exports of most ITAR-controlled items from the U.S. to the U.K. and Australia.

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SmallGovCon

JULY 12, 2024

This week’s round-up of federal government news, includes some cautionary tales on why defrauding the government is a very bad idea, the impact of the Boeing guilty plea on its federal contracts, and commentary on the Percipient.ai case and its effect on COFC jurisdiction. Have a great weekend!

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GovCon & Trade

MARCH 13, 2024

Also, a UK citizen was sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to export U.S.-origin origin goods to Iran, and a father-son duo was charged with facilitating the export of a variety of U.S.-origin government. origin equipment and technology to Iran. February also saw a flurry of enforcement actions involving China.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 5, 2024

Recently proposed export control regulations from the U.S. Department of Commerce are an opportunity for stakeholders to help pioneer compliance for the increasing reliance on the use of outsourced technology service providers, say attorneys at Benesch.

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Government Contracts Advisor

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Shutdown or no shutdown, the first round of export control reforms took effect yesterday, October 15. The objective of the […]

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Government Contracts

APRIL 16, 2024

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on Tuesday said her agency hoped to complete the review of its liquefied natural gas export policy by year's end and pushed back on accusations that the current pause of export reviews is permanent.

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Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Prosecutors have asked a Texas federal judge for an 18- to 24-month prison sentence for a Chinese-born engineer who pled guilty to tax crimes after being charged with export violations and fraud in a case the defense claims began as an espionage investigation under the U.S. Department of Justice's now-disbanded "China Initiative."

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The criminal charges in the other two cases involve allegations that a Russian national illegally exported components for unmanned aerial vehicles to Russia and that another Russian national and a Massachusetts man smuggled laser welding machines to Russia. “As technology through illicit means.

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Government Contracts Advisor

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Today, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed military end use and end user licensing requirements on exports to […]

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The company is under Justice Department investigations for defective pricing, foreign bribery and violations of the Arms Export Control Act. Greg Williams, from the Project on Government Oversight, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss more. My next guest says these problems aren’t isolated to Raytheon.

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Government Contracts Navigator

AUGUST 17, 2023

House Republicans separately have proposed granting the … Continue reading "Proposed Bill Would Amend the Arms Export Control Act and Establish AUKUS Advisor and Task Force: 3 Highlights" The post Proposed Bill Would Amend the Arms Export Control Act and Establish AUKUS Advisor and Task Force: 3 Highlights appeared first on Government Contracts (..)

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. This report encouraged governments big and small to improve the “environment content” of their purchasing policies.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Federal agencies across the government have posted their plans to comply with an Office of Management and Budget memo on artificial intelligence governance, providing a window into what risk management and reporting practices will look like in the executive branch. 1 deadline.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A group of 16 federal lawmakers have urged the Pentagon to explain its process for reviewing proposed exports to Chinese drone manufacturer DJI Technology Co. citing concerns that U.S. technology is going into DJI drones being used by U.S. adversaries in Israel and Ukraine.

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Import and Trade Remedies

APRIL 23, 2024

On April 22, 2024, the Ministry of Economy published in the Federal Official Gazette an amendment to the Tariff Schedule of the General Import and Export Duties Law (“TIGIE” for its acronym in Spanish) increasing the duty rate applicable to 544 tariff items of the TIGIE.

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Spend Network

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In our previous article, " Export Strategy: Harnessing Government Procurement Data ", we explored how government procurement data can seamlessly integrate into export strategy. As advocates for their respective industries, trade associations are uniquely positioned to guide business growth opportunities.

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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

It’s not the program manager who you have actually doing the work on a government contract. And so if you don’t have a noncompete clause that somehow ties them to the company as a government contractor, you could get in a lot of hot water. Tom Temin: We’re speaking with Stephanie Kostro. PSC is one of four U.S.-based

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In stark contrast to fast-moving sanctions and export controls, we rarely see updates to the antiboycott regulations or enforcement strategies. government created antiboycott laws and regulations to counter the Arab League boycott of Israel and other unsanctioned foreign boycotts against countries considered friendly to the United States.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

A Chinese engineer initially accused of illegally exporting documents on military aircraft to China was given probation and fined for failing to report about $1.4 million in business income by a Texas federal court after the government dropped its export charges.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

“Over the course of several years, Raytheon employees bribed a high-level Qatari military official to obtain lucrative defense contracts and concealed the bribe payments by falsifying documents to the government, in violation of laws including those designed to protect our national security,” said U.S. Atesoglu is set to receive $4.2

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Import and Trade Remedies

DECEMBER 14, 2023

On 7 December 2023, the government announced a package of customs simplification measures to simplify export and import processes for traders. The government is likely to explore improving the scope of eligibility criteria, conditions of use, and timing requirements across the board or in respect of specific sectors.

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Select GCR

APRIL 21, 2023

Everyone has the opportunity to be successful in Government contracting. Government spending on a yearly basis is in the Billions and getting a piece of that spending is not an easy task. Here are 5 reasons businesses fail in Government contracting. #1 1 – Improperly registering their business with the Government.

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