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Cleared Contractors Under the Gun As Insider Threat Program Deadline Approaches

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.17.16

By November 30, 2016, contractors that have facility clearances through DoD's Defense Security Service (DSS) must have a written plan in place for implementing an insider threat program, a new requirement under the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual. As the deadline looms, our team’s recent BNA article provides practical pointers to help contractors turn the high-level DSS guidance into a detailed but practical plan.

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Client Alert | 2 min read | 12.19.25

GAO Cautions Agencies—Over-Redact at Your Own Peril

Bid protest practitioners in recent years have witnessed agencies’ increasing efforts to limit the production of documents and information in response to Government Accountability Office (GAO) bid protests—often will little pushback from GAO. This practice has underscored the notable difference in the scope of bid protest records before GAO versus the Court of Federal Claims. However, in Tiger Natural Gas, Inc., B-423744, Dec. 10, 2025, 2025 CPD ¶ __, GAO made clear that there are limits to the scope of redactions, and GAO will sustain a protest where there is insufficient evidence that the agency’s actions were reasonable....