Government Contracts Insights

January 17, 2020 - National Security
Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 5): Final CFIUS Rules Announced
By: Charles L. Capito
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has released final regulations to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA), expanding the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). As we discussed in previous alerts in this series, the regulations
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November 21, 2019 - National Security
Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 4): Who’s In, Who’s Out, and Why It Matters
This is the fourth in our multipart series of alerts addressing proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2019, for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA). One of the most anticipated
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October 15, 2019 - National Security
Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 3): CFIUS Spotlight on “TID” U.S. Businesses
By: Charles L. Capito
This is the third in our multipart series of alerts addressing proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2019, for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA). FIRRMA directed the U.S. Department
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October 01, 2019 - National Security
Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 2): Proposed Regulations Would Expand CFIUS Review of Real Estate Transactions
By: Charles L. Capito
This is the second in our multipart series of alerts addressing proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2019, for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA). One
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September 25, 2019 - National Security
Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 1): Key Takeaways from the “Modernized” CFIUS Regulations
By: Charles L. Capito
After more than a year of anticipation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has released proposed regulations to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA). These proposed regulations follow an initial round of FIRRMA-implementing regulations issued in October 2018, which most notably
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September 19, 2019 - National Security
MoForward 2020 Sneak Peek: The New and Modernized Foreign Investment and Export Control Regimes
By: Charles L. Capito
Mark your calendars for MoFo’s third annual MoForward program, which will be held once again at the Ritz Carlton Tysons Corner, on November 5. Leading up to our event, we will post sneak peeks of our agenda. This week, we will cover the National
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August 12, 2019 - National Security
New Rule Implementing NDAA Prohibition: U.S. Agencies Cannot Enter Contracts That Use Chinese Telecom Technology
By: Charles L. Capito
The latest in a string of U.S. government (USG) actions restricting the use of Chinese technology in the U.S. supply chain is an interim rule issued by the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) implementing
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January 08, 2019 - Federal Procurement, National Security
Senate Bill Demonstrates Continued Interest in the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain
By: Damien C. Specht and Locke Bell
For years, United States security agencies have recognized a threat to government information technology systems posed by contractor supply chains. The Government has struggled, however, to balance national security assessments of a contractor’s supply chain (which may include classified or otherwise sensitive information) against
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April 17, 2018 - Federal Procurement, Schedule Contracting, National Security
Impending Tariffs Could Increase Cost of Performance, but Remedy-Granting Clauses May Allow for Price Adjustments
By: J. Alex Ward and Victoria Dalcourt Angle
As talk of a trade war escalates, government contractors should be alert to the possibility that the recently imposed steel and aluminum tariffs could increase their cost of performance. The orders, signed March 8, 2018 , impose a 25 percent tariff on imported steel
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Topic Archives: National Security

Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 5): Final CFIUS Rules Announced

By: Charles L. Capito

Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 4): Who’s In, Who’s Out, and Why It Matters

Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 3): CFIUS Spotlight on “TID” U.S. Businesses

By: Charles L. Capito

Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 2): Proposed Regulations Would Expand CFIUS Review of Real Estate Transactions

By: Charles L. Capito

Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 1): Key Takeaways from the “Modernized” CFIUS Regulations

By: Charles L. Capito

MoForward 2020 Sneak Peek: The New and Modernized Foreign Investment and Export Control Regimes

By: Charles L. Capito

New Rule Implementing NDAA Prohibition: U.S. Agencies Cannot Enter Contracts That Use Chinese Telecom Technology

By: Charles L. Capito

Senate Bill Demonstrates Continued Interest in the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain

By: Damien C. Specht and Locke Bell

Impending Tariffs Could Increase Cost of Performance, but Remedy-Granting Clauses May Allow for Price Adjustments

By: J. Alex Ward and Victoria Dalcourt Angle