This week’s episode covers a DOD final rule most relevant to companies providing consulting services to DOD and the FAR Council’s revisions to FAR Part 8 (Required Sources of Supplies and Services) and FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services), and is hosted by Peter Eyre, Laura Baker, and Rina Gashaw. Crowell
Final Rule Implements Restrictions on Simultaneous Consulting Work for DOD and Covered Foreign Entities
On August 25, 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued the Final Rule implementing Section 812 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (P.L. 118-31). The Final Rule will take effect on October 24, 2025 via a new solicitation provision, DFARS 252.209-7012 (Prohibition Relating to Conflicts of Interest in Consulting Services – Certification).
Continue Reading Final Rule Implements Restrictions on Simultaneous Consulting Work for DOD and Covered Foreign EntitiesFastest 5 Minutes: DOJ Guidance re DEI, White House AI Action Plan
This week’s episode covers developments involving DOJ’s guidance for federal funding recipients regarding DEI and the White House AI Action Plan, and is hosted by Peter Eyre, Katie Erno, and Matthew F. Ferraro. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory
Fastest 5 Minutes: DHS Developments
This week’s episode covers developments involving the Department of Homeland Security, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Sharmi Das. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.
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DoD Establishes New DOGE Approval Process for ITC&MS and A&AS Contracts
On June 23, 2025, the DoD issued a memorandum, “Implementation of Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative,” to establish a new DOGE approval process for unclassified IT consulting and management services (ITC&MS) contracts or task orders (TOs), and advisory and assistance services (A&AS) contracts or TOs. The memorandum establishes a formal approval process, which directs DOGE to review and provide input for certain contract requirement packages included in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s May 27, 2025 directive, “Implementation of Executive Order 14222 – Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative” (“Contract Guidance”).
Continue Reading DoD Establishes New DOGE Approval Process for ITC&MS and A&AS ContractsFastest 5 Minutes: FCPA Developments
This week’s episode covers developments involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Alex Kramer. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.
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Fastest 5 Minutes: DOJ’s Corporate Enforcement Priorities, Army Transformation
This week’s episode covers a SBA notice relating to the mentor-protégé program, an Army memo about its transformation strategy, revisions to DCSA Form 328, DOD’s Software Fast Track Initiative, and revisions to DOJ’s Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is
Fastest 5 Minutes: FAR Overhaul, OneGov
This week’s episode covers the FAR rewrite initiative, GSA’s OneGov Strategy, and a GSA incentive program that rewards employees with financial bonuses when the agency meets its spending reduction goals, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of
First Round of FAR Rewrites Released
On May 2, 2025, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (“OFPP”) and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (“FAR Council”) issued the first round of promised FAR rewrites—to Parts 1, 34, and 52—alongside a guidance memorandum for agencies subject to the FAR, Deviation Guidance to Support the Overhaul of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR Council Deviation Guidance”). The Office of Management and Budget also released a guidance memo, Overhauling the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“OMB Guidance”), that addresses the proposed implementation roadmap for the FAR overhaul. These initial FAR revisions follow the April 15, 2025 Executive Order (“EO”), Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement, which we previously reported on here.
Continue Reading First Round of FAR Rewrites ReleasedFastest 5 Minutes: Answering Common Questions from Contractors
This week’s episode features a discussion of several common government contractor questions involving payment delays, cost increases due to tariffs, and inability to obtain certain government approvals. This episode is hosted by Peter Eyre and Skye Mathieson. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government