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Compliance and regulatory alerts for government contractors: CMMC and cybersecurity requirements, DFARS clauses, FAR changes, supply chain prohibitions, and enforcement trends. Stay ahead of the rules that govern federal contracts — with clear action steps for small business contractors from Team Integrity Knowledge Center.
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The Trade Agreements Act limits where products sold to the government can be made, and a false country-of-origin certification is a growing source of False…
GSA is retiring the Price Reductions Clause and Commercial Sales Practices in favor of mandatory Transactional Data Reporting and Pricing 2.0. What Schedule holders must…
Charging labor to the wrong contract, or booking hours not worked, is one of the most prosecuted forms of government contract fraud. How mischarging happens…
DoD reviews contractor business systems, and a ‘significant deficiency’ can trigger payment withholds. What the six systems are and why adequacy protects your cash flow.
On cost-reimbursement and T&M work, DCAA can review your billed costs years after the fact. Charge an unallowable cost and the government wants it back…
SBA’s final rule removing the 8(a) rebuttable presumption of social disadvantage is now in effect — a contested change some call a constitutional fix and…
In federal contracting, the appearance of a conflict can cost you an award even without actual bias. Why optics are a compliance issue — and…
SBA’s affiliation rules can combine your firm with its partners for size purposes — quietly making you ‘other than small.’ The relationships that help you…
Every federal contract bars trafficking, forced labor, and recruitment-fee abuses — and the duties flow down your whole supply chain. What FAR 52.222-50 requires.
On negotiated contracts, the Truth in Negotiations Act requires accurate, complete, and current cost data. Get it wrong and the government claws back the overpayment…
Willfully misrepresenting your small-business size or status can trigger a presumed loss equal to the full contract value — and FCA treble damages — even…
On September 1, 2026, the Eleventh Circuit upheld the False Claims Act’s qui tam provisions in Zafirov — but the constitutional fight isn’t over. What…
