FY2017 Suspension and Debarment Trends
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.07.17
Crowell & Moring partner and former acting Air Force suspending and debarring official David Robbins published his annual examination of the government’s suspension and debarment statistics for the prior government fiscal year. The article, entitled Suspension and Debarment: FY 2017 By the Numbers ran in Law360 and may be accessed here. This article represents a deep dive into the raw suspension/debarment numbers listed on the System for Award Management and shows year-over-year trends not available on the government’s annual Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee report. It covers agency-specific trends for excluding individuals, small businesses, traditional government contractors, and non-traditional government contractors.
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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.
Client Alert | 3 min read | 07.15.26
Client Alert | 3 min read | 07.14.26
Client Alert | 3 min read | 07.13.26
Amici Rally Behind Liberty Global, Urging Tenth Circuit to Rein in Economic Substance Doctrine
