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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.

Client Alerts 42 results

Client Alert | 1 min read | 09.10.25

FAR from Alone: GSA Releases New FAR Companion Guide

On September 9, 2025, GSA released version 1 of the FAR Companion, a living resource guide aimed primarily at assisting federal acquisition professionals. The FAR Companion is designed to provide guidance and recommendations to acquisition professionals to better understand the FAR and related procurement principles for planning, awarding, managing, and closing out contracts. It consolidates practitioner insights, innovation and vendor engagement strategies, handbooks, training materials, and problem-solving ideas into one source.
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.20.25

FAR Council Issues Rewrites to FAR Parts 8 and 12

On August 14, 2025, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued draft revisions to FAR Part 8 and FAR Part 12 (as well as to FAR Parts 4 and 40). These are the latest rewrites under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) initiative pursuant to Executive Order 14275, “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement,” which we previously reported on here.
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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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Webinars 6 results

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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Speaking Engagements 11 results

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Blog Post | 09.05.25

Fastest 5 Minutes: FAR Overhaul, Consulting Services

Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum   

 

Blog Post | 08.21.25

FAR Council Issues Rewrites to FAR Parts 8 and 12

Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum 

Blog Post | 07.03.25

DoD Establishes New DOGE Approval Process for ITC&MS and A&AS Contracts

Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum

Podcasts 2 results

Podcast | 08.27.25

Fastest 5 Minutes: FAR Overhaul, Consulting Services

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 & 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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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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