The COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in 2020 and Congress responded with legislation to provide a variety of forms of relief to small and large businesses and nonprofits, as well as individuals. In addition to providing relief under vehicles such as the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL),
Susan Warshaw Ebner Quoted on New DOD Cybersecurity Rule in Law360
Government Contracts & Investigations Co-Chair Susan Warshaw Ebner recently discussed the impact of the new Department of Defense (DOD) rule that will apply to government contractors in an article by Law360. The interim rule, which was published on September 29 and goes into effect on November 30, 2020, requires that contractors at all
So … Where’s the Money?
It’s September 24, 2020, and the 2020 fiscal year ends at the stroke of midnight on September 30th. Back in July, the House and Senate had passed their respective versions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2021. Prognosticators were betting that we could have an appropriation bill signed into law
CMMC Advisory Board – The Good News First
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Advisory Board (CMMC AB) made a major announcement on September 16, 2020, announcing that it has trained an initial group of provisional assessors. As an earlier posting explains, the CMMC establishes cybersecurity controls for certification of government contractors from Level 1, the basic set of controls that all government
And Still More Guidance Comes Out on Section 889 Implementation
The saga of what is prohibited and what is covered by an exception to the National Defense Authorization Act, FY 2019, Section 889 prohibition on the use or delivery of covered telecommunications and video surveillance equipment and services continues.
As reported previously, the FAR rule implementing Section 889(a)(1)(B)’s prohibitions was published on July 14, 2020