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DoD’s Stocking Stuffer: Defense Department Announces Proposed CMMC Pilot Programs

Client Alert | 1 min read | 12.21.20

This week, the DoD announced the first group of pilot programs under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. Although still under review, these programs will likely be among a small group to issue solicitations in FY2021 that will require a CMMC certificate to be eligible for award. The DoD expects to identify eight other programs in the coming weeks, bringing the total number of FY2021 solicitations subject to CMMC up to 15. Each program is expected to require a Level 3 certificate for primes, and either a Level 3 or Level 1 certificate for every subcontractor, with limited exceptions.

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  • Integrated Common Processor
  • F/A-18E/F/ Full Mod of the SBAR and Shut Off Valve
  • DDG-51 Lead Yard Services / Follow Yard Service

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  • Mobility Air Force Tactical Data Links
  • Consolidated Broadband Global Area Network Follow-On
  • Azure Cloud Solution

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  • Technical Advisory and Assistance Contract

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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....

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