Dan Ramish

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

A contractor cybersecurity regime is coming faster than you think

“What the CMMC program is doing is adding new verification mechanisms,” procurement attorney Dan Ramish said.

Cybersecurity

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Mentor-protégé arrangements work fine — when you’ve got the right protégé

Contracting

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What happened when the Air Force neglected its biggest plane for too long

Contracting

What happens when a company that didn’t bid files an award protest?

Contracting

Why DoD treats non-traditional innovation suppliers as just plain commercial

Contracting

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What new White House guidance on grants means for agencies that hand them out

Acquisition

Cybersecurity IT engineers are working on protecting networks from cyber attacks from hackers on the Internet. Secure access to online privacy and personal data protection

Contractor lawyer’s take on that cybersecurity rule

Technology

Why contracting protest appeals are never a zero sum game

Contracting

Contractor’s email attachment did not bind the government in a work order

Contracting

New year, new opportunities for contracting protests

Contracting

Relief for Defense subcontractors drowning in a sea of contract clauses

Contracting

A dispute over government audit rights in hybrid contracts

In cost-plus contracts, exactly how much of a contractor’s records can the government see? And who in particular can see them? Those questions are at the…

Contracting

We dissect the final buy-American guidance out from the White House

When Congress passed the so-called Bipartisan Infrastructure law two years ago, it also strengthened buy-American requirements for construction projects….

Congress

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Federal construction contractors have a slew of new compliance headaches

Contracting

The industry is trying to understand the extent of new Davis-Bacon regulations for federal construction coming out of the Labor Department. The final rule hasn’t quite taken effect, but already contractors to the government — or on federally-funded projects — have a slew of new risk and compliance obligations.