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Firm News | 9 min read | 01.02.25

Crowell & Moring Elects 12 New Partners, Promotes Four to Senior Counsel and 25 to Counsel

Crowell & Moring elected 12 new partners effective January 1, 2025. The firm also promoted four lawyers to the senior counsel and 25 associates to counsel.

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Client Alert | 2 min read | 07.01.25

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”). 
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 09.25.24

Putting the “AI” in Compliance—DOJ Updates its Corporate Compliance Program Guidance to Address Emerging AI Risks and Leveraging Data

On Monday, September 23, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ), released an update to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP) guidance.  The ECCP guidance was last revised in March 2023, which brought a number of significant changes, including a focus on compensation and incentive structures (e.g., clawbacks), and third party messaging applications.  This 2024 update, while not as significant in scope as its predecessor, nonetheless highlights the DOJ’s focus on new and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), as part of its evolving assessment of what makes a corporate compliance program truly effective, and how prosecutors should evaluate risk assessments and other management tools at the time of a corporate resolution.
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.26.24

Commerciality Guidance for Major Weapon System Procurements

On May 30, 2024, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 803 of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which modified 10 U.S.C. § 3455 to provide additional guidance regarding data requirements needed to support determinations of commerciality and price reasonableness under procurements for major weapon systems.  The rule applies to products that (i) have not previously been deemed commercial by the DoD; and (ii) are proposed as either a subsystem of a major weapon system or as a component or spare part of a major weapon system or subsystem. 
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Webinar | 01.18.24, 1:00 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST

The FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act: Key Provisions for Government Contractors

Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Group invites government contractors to a webinar in which we address the most consequential sections of the FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. These include imposition of a new conflict of interest regime for government contractors with a connection to China, require government reporting to Congress on acquisition authorities and programs, and alter other processes and procedures to which government contractors are subject.

Webinar | 12.19.23, 2:30 PM EST - 3:30 PM EST

2023 Lookback: Regulatory Updates Impacting Government Contractors

Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Group is hosting a webinar to discuss significant regulatory updates issued in 2023 for government contractors.

Webinar | 02.08.23, 8:00 AM EST - 9:00 AM EST

Webinar on FY2023 NDAA

Please join Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Group on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. ET for a webinar on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. 
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Blog Post | 12.20.19

So Little Time — Challenging Insufficient Proposal Revision Response Times

Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Legal Forum

Podcasts 1 result

Podcast | 01.22.21

Fastest 5 Minutes: Executive Orders, COVID Vaccine Update, Supply Chain, LPTA (January 22)

This week's episode covers a False Claims Act update from DOJ, DOD COVID-19 vaccination plan of interest to contractors, final rule on LPTA, a Commerce final rule on information and communications technology or services, and range of executive orders issued by President Biden, and is hosted by partner Peter Eyre and associate Rina Gashaw. 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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