COFC Reminds Army to Sufficiently Document its Technical Evaluation to Allow Judicial Review

Posted on February 11, 2026
Article by: Nicholas Perry, Associate In a recent decision, Eleit Technology, Inc. v. United States & LogiCore Corp., No. 25-850 (January 9, 2026),the Court of Federal Claims enjoined an Army Aviation and Missile Command (“Army”) blanket purchase agreement order after finding that the Army’s technical evaluation failed to provide the level of explanation required...
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OFAC Launches New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Portal

Posted on February 10, 2026
On February 6th, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) launched a new Voluntary Self‑Disclosure Portal, providing a streamlined and secure way for organizations and individuals to report potential sanctions violations. The portal replaces prior email-based submissions. The new portal reinforces OFAC’s expectations around early identification, prompt escalation, and...
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GSA Quietly Raises the Cybersecurity Bar for Contractors Handling CUI

Posted on February 4, 2026
Article by: Steffanie Lee, Associate On January 5, 2026, the General Services Administration (“GSA”) issued CIO-IT Security-21-112 Revision 1, a procedural guide establishing new requirements for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (“CUI”) in nonfederal contractor systems. While not promulgated as a FAR rule, the guide establishes a mandatory approval framework that contracting officers may apply...
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What Federal Contractors Should Know About the Government Shutdown

Those of us who have spent time working in—or with—the federal government over the past several decades know that government shutdowns are not entirely uncommon.  There have actually been a total of 21 government shutdowns over the past 50 years, with the last occurring in 2019 and the longest lasting 35 days. By the...
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Two CAS Moves in One Day: What Small Contractors Need to Know

Posted on September 29, 2025
On September 11, 2025, the Office of Management & Budget’s (“OMB”) Cost Accounting Standards Board, which is chaired by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (“OFPP”), dropped two important updates: A final rule that simplifies how revenue and leases are handled under CAS; and A proposed rule that would scale back or align four...
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Federal Circuit, Sitting En Banc, Reverses Landmark Panel Decision on Bid Protest Standing

Posted on September 15, 2025
Back in June 2024, we wrote about a 3-judge panel’s holding in Percipient.AI, Inc. v. United States, 104 F.4th 839 (Fed. Cir. 2024), that a contractor was permitted to bring a bid protest against the government alleging violations of a procurement statute even though it did not “challenge a contract, proposed contract, or solicitation...
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