Government Contracts Legal Forum

MAY 9, 2024

Both prohibitions will apply to all procurements, including commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items, and purchases below the micro-purchase threshold: Section 5949(a)(1)(A) ( Part A ) prohibits agencies from acquiring electronic products or services that include covered semiconductor products or services.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This principle could be applied to the current generation of models, or applied when certain capability thresholds were met. This would create certain ‘gates’ that a model had to pass through before it could be deployed.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 25, 2024

While the threshold for reporting under CISA’s rule is higher than, for example, under the Department of Defense’s (“DoD’s”) cyber incident reporting rule (which requires reporting of incidents involving activities that “may have” occurred), this is a welcome acknowledgement of the practicalities of cyber incident detection and response.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The new FAR clauses implementing these changes will apply to all contracts, including contracts below the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracts or orders for commercial products or services (including commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) items), and orders under indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracting vehicles.

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Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The rule applies to contracts below the simplified acquisition threshold, and to commercial products, including commercial off the shelf (COTS) items, and commercial services. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration. comply with all of the minimum elements” established by the U.S.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Updates to relevant terms and definitions – The proposed rule includes new definitions for “IoT devices,” “Operational Technology,” “Telecommunications Equipment,” “Telecommunications Services,” and “Security incident” to be included in FAR 2.101. Notably absent from those FAR provisions is a definition for these terms.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Updates to relevant terms and definitions – The proposed rule includes new definitions for “IoT devices,” “Operational Technology,” “Telecommunications Equipment,” “Telecommunications Services,” and “Security incident” to be included in FAR 2.101. Notably absent from those FAR provisions is a definition for these terms.

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

75] Looking at the FRED data , it shows a little more variability, but nonetheless affirms ~20% of GDP as a threshold that appears difficult to surpass. [76] 74] Hauser observed that, since WWII, regardless of the tax rates, Federal tax receipts have generally hovered around 19.5% of GDP (call it 20% for the sake of simplicity). [75]

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In 2019, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) published the first edition of Framing Software Component Transparency: Establishing a Common Software Bill of Materials (SBOM). Developing practices to ensure the security of the software supply chain has been a focus of the Executive Branch for a number of years.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Updates to relevant terms and definitions – The proposed rule includes new definitions for “IoT devices,” “Operational Technology,” “Telecommunications Equipment,” “Telecommunications Services,” and “Security incident” to be included in FAR 2.101. Notably absent from those FAR provisions is a definition for these terms.

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