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OCI Mitigation Doesn't Go Far Enough

Client Alert | 1 min read | 02.13.06

In Greenleaf Constr. Co. (Jan. 17, 2006, http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/29310518.pdf), GAO found an unmitigated organizational conflict of interest because the owner of the awardee was to receive a stream of payments from another contractor that the awardee would be overseeing and evaluating and whose economic well-being the awardee therefore could significantly affect. The owner of the awardee had been required by the agency to sell the other contractor in order to avoid having an OCI interest in the profits of that other contractor, but GAO found that the interest of the awardee's owner in ensuring that the other contractor would be able to continue making the payments to him might impair the awardee's objectivity in performing its contract evaluation duties.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 06.25.26

Twin Executive Orders Seek to Spur Quantum Leap in Technology and Cybersecurity

On June 22, 2026, President Trump signed two executive orders, “Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks” (Quantum Security EO) and “Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation” (Quantum Innovation EO), marking the most significant federal action on quantum technology since the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act of 2022, which directed agencies to harden their information systems against quantum-enabled hacking. The orders seek to speed the development of quantum computers, which are advanced processors that can calculate multiple possibilities simultaneously and thus solve problems exponentially faster than traditional computers. At the same time, the orders look to protect against the danger that quantum technology can “break” traditional encryption by easily decoding it. Of particular note for government contractors, the Quantum Security EO directs agencies to update federal acquisition regulations to require contractors by 2031 to adopt information processing standards that resist quantum-enabled codebreaking....

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