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DoD Implements New Enhanced Debriefing Procedures

Client Alert | 1 min read | 03.28.18

On March 22, 2018, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a Class Deviation to ensure that all DoD agencies comply with the enhanced post-award debriefings set forth in in Section 818 of the FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. Effective immediately, offerors may submit additional questions within two business days of their debriefing, to which the agency is required to respond within five business days. A protest filed within five calendar days of receipt of the Government’s responses to additional questions will trigger issuance of the automatic stay of performance provided for by the Competition in Contracting Act.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.01.26

Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration Policies Restricting Wind and Solar Permitting

A coalition of regional clean energy trade associations — including RENEW Northeast, Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Southern Renewable Energy Association, and Interwest Energy Alliance — along with the Green Energy Consumers Alliance (GECA), filed suit in December 2025 against the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and the Army Corps of Engineers. The complaint alleged that five agency actions, issued in response to a series of executive orders and presidential memoranda beginning on January 20, 2025, violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by arbitrarily halting or restricting federal permitting for wind and solar energy projects. Plaintiffs sought a preliminary injunction to halt enforcement of these policies while the litigation proceeds. See Renew Northeast, et al. v. U.S. Dep’t of Interior, et al., No. 25-cv-13961-DJC,  (D. Mass. Apr. 21, 2026) ECF Dkt. 89....