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Nov
1
2022
Defense Contractors - Check Your Non-Disclosure Agreements for Compliance with DoD Rules Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
22
2012
Defense Contractors Look for Return on Investment with National Defense Authorization Act MapLight
Feb
19
2016
Defense Contractors Must Share (Even More) Information About Their IR&D Projects Before DoD Will Reimburse IR&D Costs Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
27
2017
Defense Contractors to Face New Cost Accounting Oversight with Creation of Defense Cost Accounting Standards Board Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
11
2012
Defense cuts widely supported: Young, old, Republicans, Democrats, men, women all say they favor whopping reductions in military spending. Center for Public Integrity
Mar
10
2022
Defense Department Takes Aim at Anticompetitive Mergers in Defense Industry MoginRubin
Feb
24
2015
Defense Department’s Budget Scrutinized This Week; Secretary Carter Travelled To Afghanistan And Spoke With U.K. Defense Minister Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
9
2015
Defense IG’s Criticism of DCMA Is Cold Comfort for Government Contractors Covington & Burling LLP
Feb
16
2017
Defense Industry Calls on Pentagon to Withdraw Proposed Changes to IR&D Rules Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
18
2014
Defense Industry Gave More Cash to Lawmakers Voting to Arm the Syrian Rebels Fighting ISIS MapLight
Aug
17
2014
Defense Industry-Backed Lawmakers Voted to Continue Police Militarization Program MapLight
Mar
31
2023
Defense Innovation Unit Air Force Solicitation: Opportunities for Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Project Sponsors McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
21
2014
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy Issues Solicitation for New, Large-Scale Renewable Energy Generation Project Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
10
2014
Defense Production Act Amended and Extended Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
29
2020
Defense Production Act: Presidential Directive to GM What Does it Mean for Industry? Wiggin and Dana LLP
Apr
5
2020
Defense Production Act: President’s April 2, 2020 Memorandum on Ventilator Supply Chains Wiggin and Dana LLP
Nov
7
2011
Defense Security Service Security Rating Matrix Update Armstrong Teasdale
Feb
9
2024
Déjà Vu for Federal Contractors with Salary History Ban? Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Dec
6
2016
Déjà Vu: Continuing Resolution Raises Potential Pitfalls for Contractors Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
6
2012
Democratic Platform Offers Hints at how Obama Would Handle Defense in Second Term Center for Public Integrity
Aug
17
2018
Democratic Senators Urge Mulvaney to Reconsider MLA Supervision Policy Change Ballard Spahr LLP
Sep
30
2020
Denied DBE Certification? Why it Could Be Better to Reapply Than Appeal Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky
May
8
2020
Department of Commerce Announces State Allocations of CARES Act Assistance for Coastal and Marine Fishery Participants Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
28
2023
Department of Commerce Issues Final Determinations on Circumvention Inquiries of Solar Cells and Modules Produced in China Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
30
2023
Department of Commerce Outlines Space Commerce Strategy Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
30
2015
Department of Defense Contract To Overhaul Electronic Health Records System Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
19
2014
Department of Defense Contractors Agree to Pay the U.S. Government $5.5 Million for Allegedly Supplying the Military with Low-Grade Batteries for Humvee Gun Turrets Used in Iraq; Minnesota Whistleblower to Receive $990,000 Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Feb
8
2017
Department of Defense Further Clarifies Its Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Cybersecurity Requirements Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
3
2022
Department of Defense Invests in Artificial Intelligence Robinson & Cole LLP
Sep
3
2015
Department of Defense IR&D Projects May Not Be So “Independent” For Long Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
18
2017
Department of Defense Issues Additional MLA Rule Interpretive Guidance; SCRA Foreclosure Protections Extended Ballard Spahr LLP
May
28
2015
Department of Defense Moves Forward with Stricter Sourcing Requirements for Photovoltaic Devices Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
4
2016
Department of Defense Provides Government Contractors Grace Period for Compliance with Key Cybersecurity Requirements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
10
2019
Department of Defense Subcontractors: Cybersecurity Compliance is Top Priority Robinson & Cole LLP
Feb
15
2024
Department of Defense Updates Section 1260H Chinese Military Companies List Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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