Prepare for Modifications: Since schedules were likely disrupted for many contracts and subcontracts you will likely need a modification to your performance schedule which in turn may impact your price and other SOW more generally. And, don’t forget we now have a revolutionized FAR so, that may result in mods as well. Request an Equitable Adjustment: If the shutdown or stop work orders resulted in increased costs to you, depending...
In a year that saw executive orders coming out rapid fire, a FAR revolution and a government shutdown, there is some good news. A Pentagon memo from earlier this year titled Directing Modern Software Acquisition to Maximize Lethality may simplify and expedite the process for companies to have the Department of Defense buy their software. To learn more, please read on. The Memo The Pentagon’s memo, Directing Modern Software Acquisition...
September 30, 2025, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program lapsed which is really sad because SBIR percolates innovation and small business growth. As of now, SBIR, along with many other programs and funding to run the government, are dead or frozen because of the government shutdown. As for SBIR, it is caught up in the quagmire that in Congress. In short, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5100...
Trump & Biden Agree: AI Exports Should Be Controlled U.S. export regulations are fundamentally about protecting national security. By controlling exports the U.S. aims to keep adversaries rogue entities and rogue persons from using American innovation to develop cyber capabilities or weapons that can be used against the U.S., allies or to generally cause harm. The U.S. also seeks to protect U.S. intellectual property from being stolen. This is why...
Non-traditional defense contractor sounds like a start-up that has decided to sell its cutting-edge tech to the Department of Defense when it has never before done so. That is not the case. In fact, some very traditional defense contractors are actually “non-traditional defense contractors.” That statement seems to make no sense. Let me explain. The term “non-traditional defense contractor” is actually a legal definition straight from the Defense Federal Acquisition...
