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AI contracts have special licensing needs to prevent bias, encourage transparency

Data requirements to ensure lack of bias in AI and transparency and how it works are not part of the standard license agreements.

Artificial Intelligence

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Who says small innovators can’t get big federal contracts?

Commentary

Why services contractors have a difficult landscape to cross

Contracting

FILE - In this June 19, 2019, file photo cargo containers are stacked on a ship at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles. The market for small businesses cooled for the third straight quarter. That report comes from BizBuySell.com, an online marketplace for small companies that counted 2,444 transactions reported by business brokers from April through June, down 9.6% from 2,705 in the second quarter of last year. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Buy American initiative may push federal contractors to study shipping rules more closely

Congress

How Defense contractors are preparing for cybersecurity certification

Contracting

DIB small businesses leaning on cloud for DFARS, CMMC compliance

Federal Insights

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Breaking down final proposed DoD additions to federal acquisition regulations

Federal Drive

DoD could award more contracts to companies with disabled workforce

DoD wants to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement a demonstration project giving Defense agencies more incentive to…

Contracting

An update on DFARS

Jason Workmaster, counsel at Covington LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss the Defense Department’s DFARS commercial…

Off the Shelf

Expert panel takes first crack at reforming DoD acquisition system

Defense

First volume of three expected reports from the “Section 809” panel seeks changes in areas ranging from business IT to contract oversight and commercial buying.

DFARS

AI contracts have special licensing needs to prevent bias, encourage transparency

Who says small innovators can’t get big federal contracts?

Why services contractors have a difficult landscape to cross

Buy American initiative may push federal contractors to study shipping rules more closely

How Defense contractors are preparing for cybersecurity certification

DIB small businesses leaning on cloud for DFARS, CMMC compliance

NIST 800-171 compliance for DoD suppliers: Three new critical items to focus on

Give DoD a little credit for its cyber certification program

Contractors will need to start keeping track of fake parts they come across

New rule could change how Pentagon pays fixed-price contracts

Breaking down final proposed DoD additions to federal acquisition regulations

DoD could award more contracts to companies with disabled workforce

An update on DFARS

Expert panel takes first crack at reforming DoD acquisition system