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Crackdown On Contractors With Tax Delinquencies

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 01.27.10

On January 20, 2010, President Obama issued a memorandum directing OMB to evaluate practices of contracting officers and debarring officials in response to contractors' certifications regarding serious tax delinquencies and to provide him, within 90 days, recommendations to ensure that contractors with any such delinquencies are not awarded new federal contracts. Additionally, the President directed the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to conduct a review of the accuracy of contractors' certifications of non-delinquency that companies bidding for federal contracts must submit.

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Client Alert | 2 min read | 07.15.26

CMMC Phase II Suspension Requires Reconsideration of Such Requirements in Solicitations

As discussed in more detail here, the U.S. Department of War (DoW) recently issued a memorandum (Memo 26-P-1023, dated July 13, 2026) directing the immediate suspension of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Phase II requirements (Level I and II self assessments are still permitted). Significantly, the memo directs that “all pending and future CMMC implementation milestones across DoW solicitations and contracts are held in abeyance until further notice.” Moreover, the DoW issued a memorandum on implementing these requirements (available here), directing agencies to issue amendments removing CMMC Level 2 and 3 requirements from active solicitations “as soon as practicable.” Contractors should monitor the government’s compliance with this requirement and should be prepared, if needed, to file a bid protest to protect their rights....