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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 Procurement Integrity Act bars obtaining or disclosing bid, proposal, and source-selection information — and restricts job talks during a procurement. Know the lines.
The three OCI types can disqualify you from an award. A practical playbook for spotting and mitigating organizational conflicts of interest before they cost you.
FAR requires contractors to disclose credible evidence of fraud — and failing to is itself grounds for debarment. In a record enforcement year, your ethics…
Hiring former government officials creates personal conflict-of-interest and post-employment risk that the contractor — not just the employee — has to manage.
Suspension and debarment can bar your firm from all federal work — and a subcontractor’s exclusion can sink your contract. How to manage the risk…
DOJ’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force is criminally prosecuting bid-rigging and bribery in federal contracts — with nearly half of Antitrust’s open cases now procurement-related.
DOJ recovered a record $6.8B under the False Claims Act in FY2025, with record whistleblower suits and a six-fold jump in defense fraud. What contractors…
The FAR Council is moving organizational conflict-of-interest rules to a new Subpart 3.12 with new disclosure and mitigation clauses. What contractors need to know.
On July 17, GSA submitted legislative proposals to Congress to extend the NDAA’s ‘loser pays’ bid protest rule to civilian agencies — and raise the…
DOJ announced that Sierra Nevada Company agreed to pay $7.75 million to resolve FCA allegations stemming from an OCI — a DoD official on their…
DoD suspended CMMC Phase II on July 13 — but DFARS 252.204-7012, NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2, and SPRS scoring obligations remain fully in force…
President Trump signed EO 14415 on July 20, directing DoD to strengthen domestic sourcing requirements and increase supply chain visibility for defense contractors. Here is…
