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• New EO on Climate-Related Risk
• Mentor-Protégé JV Size Determination
• FedRAMP

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• Notable bid protest decisions
• Update from National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Executive Order increasing the hourly minimum wage for federal government contractors

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• Two bid protest decisions
• Developments under the False Claims Act

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• Department of Commerce’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating information and communications technology and services
• Update from the Procurement Collusion Strike Force
• GAO testimony about ongoing supply chain challenges at the Department of Veterans Affairs
• American Jobs Plan

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• American Rescue Plan
• Regulatory updates from the Department of Labor and CMMC
• Copyright decision from the Federal Circuit

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• The new Supply Chain Executive Order
• False Claims Act settlement involving small business matters
• Waiver of a GSA Schedule solicitation requirement

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• Suspension and debarment
• False Claims Act developments
• Oversight relating to the pandemic response

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• Domestic preferences and American-made good
• Regulatory freeze memo
• Bid protest decision about discussions
• Executive Order that focuses on using the procurement process to address the Biden Administration’s climate policy

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• 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
• Range of executive orders issued by President Biden

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• Important developments concerning the nationwide court order enjoining the Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping
• GAO’s annual report regarding protest filings
• Extension of the reimbursement period for Section 3610 of the CARES Act
• National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021