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DoD Releases Additional Guidance on the Department’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy
On November 2, 2023, the Department of Defense (DoD) released its 2023 DoD Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy (2023 Strategy), and an accompanying Fact Sheet, to accelerate the adoption of analytics, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that…
Fastest 5 Minutes: FedRAMP, Protecting CUI, Better Contracting Initiative
By Peter J. Eyre & M.Yuan Zhou
This week’s episode covers FedRAMP’s announcement about AI-related products, the White House’s next phase of the federal government’s enterprise procurement approach (the Better Contracting Initiative), NIST’s updates regarding protection of controlled unclassified information, and the HHS OIG publication of its…
October Bid Protest Sustain of the Month
By Cherie Owen & Emily
The following is an installment in Crowell & Moring’s 2023 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month Series. All through 2023, Crowell’s Government Contracts Practice will keep you up to date with a summary of the most notable bid protest sustain decision…
Fastest 5 Minutes
By Peter J. Eyre & M.Yuan Zhou
Artificial Intelligence, Small Business Subcontracting, JV Security Clearances
This week’s episode covers the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, a final SBA rule allowing prime contractors to receive small business credit for…
Biden-Harris Administration Announces the “Better Contracting Initiative” Strategy to Improve Federal Contracting
On November 8, 2023, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Better Contracting Initiative (BCI), a four-pronged initiative to ensure that the federal government is getting the best terms and prices when purchasing goods and services. The federal government purchases billions of…
The Holidays Come Early: NIST Unwraps Final Draft Revision 3 to NIST SP 800-171
On November 9, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) released the Final Public Draft (“FPD”) of Special Publication (“SP”) 800-171 Revision (“Rev.”) 3, “Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations” and the Initial Public…
ASBCA’s FY 2023 Report – A Look at the Numbers
On November 1, 2023, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) published its FY 2023 Report of Transactions and Proceedings, which provides statistics regarding the adjudication of appeals between contractors and the Army, Navy, Air Force, Corps of…
GAO’s Bid Protest Sustain Rate Soars, but Is There a Catch?
On October 26, 2023, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its Annual Report on Bid Protests for Fiscal Year 2023.
The total number of protests filed and the number of protests sustained by GAO increased significantly compared to Fiscal Year…
September 2023 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month
By Emily Golchini, Cherie Owen & Emily
The following is an installment in Crowell & Moring’s 2023 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month Series. All through 2023, Crowell’s Government Contracts Practice will keep you up to date with a summary of the most notable bid protest sustain decision…