Eric Crusius

A big Defense cybersecurity requirement for contractors moves closer to reality

Not yet in effect, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program rule is now at the White House for review.

Cybersecurity

Concerns over NASA’s SEWP VI small business strategy come to surface

Congress

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Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

Proposed CMMC rule contains no surprises, but raises some initial questions

Acquisition Policy

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What contractors should do now about DoD’s new cyber security rule

Cybersecurity

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New rule sets stage for banning risky technologies from government supply chains

Acquisition Policy

Nothing from the government comes without gobs of documentation

Cybersecurity

Homeland Security is finally off the dime with regulations on sensitive information

Contracting

An update on a contractor cybersecurity rule VA imposed this year

IT Modernization

CMMC spurs cybersecurity awareness, but don’t sleep on everything else

Commentary

union, federal mediation and conciliation service

The suspension, debarment process could be improved, but not by DoJ taking the lead

Reporter's Notebook

Task order protests made up larger percentage of all GAO complaints in 2020

Reporter's Notebook

Pentagon strips down CMMC program to streamline industry cyber assessments

The Pentagon is revising its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program by massively reducing the amount of companies that would require third-party…

Defense

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Companies with at least 100 workers will be required to give employees paid time off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and paid sick leave if they have side effects from the shots. That's according to a Biden administration official who spoke Monday, Nov. 1, about pending vaccine-mandate rules from OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

For contractors, guidance on ever-evolving federal vaccine mandate makes compliance difficult

Nearly 20 states have sued the Biden administration over its federal vaccine mandate for contractors. Attorneys say the president likely has authority…

Contracting

A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Contractors say, when they roll up their sleeves to help the government, this isn’t what they had in mind

Contracting

That vaccine mandate for federal employees and contractors working at federal facilities has got feathers flying. Practical ones, legal ones, constitutional ones.