Have You Certified Your Compliance with Section 889 of the McCain FY 2019 NDAA?

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On July 14, 2020, the FAR Counsel posted an Interim Rule implementing Section 889 (a)(1)(B) of the John S. McCain NDAA for FY 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232). Section 889 (a) deals with the prohibition for ”executive agencies from entering into, or extending or renewing, a contract with an entity that uses any equipment, system, or […]

New DoD Cybersecurity Requirements

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On September 29, 2020, the Department of Defense issued an interim rule to amend the DFARS to implement a DoD Assessment Methodology and Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) framework. This rule was issued to assess DoD contractor’s implementation of cybersecurity requirements within the entire supply chain. The new rule revised Part 204 to add policy […]

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Impacts on Government Contractors

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Set forth below is a high level summary of certain recent actions taken by the federal government to address the COVID-19 pandemic. This summary is intended to highlight the issues and concerns of interest to government contractors and is certainly not a comprehensive or complete description of the new laws. 1. Families First Coronavirus Response […]

MWL Counsel Jody Reed to Speak on COVID-19 and the Federal Government Contracting Impact

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MWL Counsel Jody Reed will be participating on a webinar panel entitled, “COVID-19 And The Federal Government Contracting Impact – 102.” The webinar is on Friday, March 27, 2020, at 1:00PM and is being hosted by Jennifer Schaus & Associates. The upcoming webinar is complimentary, but registration is required through this link. UPDATE: The webinar […]

New DoD Cybersecurity Requirements for 2020 – Part 2

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In my previous blog, I describe the basic requirements for the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) program. In this blog, I describe the potential impacts on contractors. So, what is different about CMMC and why should every Department of Defense (“DoD”) contractor care? First, unlike the current DFARS 252.204-7012 requirements, this certification will apply […]

New DoD Cybersecurity Requirements for 2020 – Part 1 Background

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Starting in June 2019, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) has been working on a new cybersecurity certification program – Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”). The timeline for this new program has been aggressive – version R0.4 was released to the public on August 30, 2019, for comments, version R0.6 is due to be released this […]

MWL Counsel Johana “Jody” Reed to Moderate a Panel on “Workforce Planning: Women in Cyber, Veterans, Diversity, Inclusion and Planning for the Future”

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On Tuesday, October 8, 2019, from 2:45 to 3:45 EDT, MWL Counsel Johana “Jody” Reed will be moderating a panel discussion of workforce planning and women in cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity Summit 2019 in Tysons Corner, Virginia. Her panelists are Leah Schmid, Vice President, Administration, Delta Risk LLC, a Chertoff Group Company, and Christine Jung, […]