Insights

On August 26, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit issued its long awaited decision on the government’s appeal of the nationwide injunction that prevented the government from enforcing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors set forth in Executive Order 14042, in all covered contracts in any state or territory of the United States of America.

On December 7, 2021, the federal district court for the Southern District of Georgia (the Court) issued a preliminary injunction preventing the government from enforcing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors set forth in Executive Order 14042, in all covered contracts in any state or territory of the United States of America.

While Congress reached a last-minute deal for a continuing resolution on September 30, averting a government funding lapse, commonly known as a “shutdown,” it now appears that Congress may not reach another such deal by midnight on Friday, December 3, when the initial funding expires.

Defense contractors and their subcontractors and supply chains that have been preparing for the challenge of complying with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification recently received some welcome news from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Congress fortunately reached a last-minute deal to avoid a “shutdown” until December 3, 2021. That gives government contractors just over two months of breathing room to take steps to prepare for a potential government funding lapse that would have a major impact on government contracts.

On September 24, 2021, in response to Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued mandatory guidance (the “Task Force Guidance”) applicable to many federal government prime contractors and subcontractors, aimed at decreasing the spread of COVID-19.

On November 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) will begin to roll out the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) framework that eventually will require all DoD contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers to receive cybersecurity assessments from third-party assessment organizations.

As of November 30, 2020, certain U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) prime contractors and subcontractors will need to complete a cybersecurity self-assessment prior to receiving new DoD contracts and prior to the exercise of new options under existing DoD contracts.