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IT Encryption Certificate Required By The DOD

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 04.10.04

New DOD guidance requires that all companies that do business with DOD must have an encryption certificate to authenticate their IT systems, and several companies have been authorized to issue such certificates. DOD's established date of April 1 has been announced as a goal, not a hard date.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 07.10.26

Federal Circuit Clarifies Application of Blue & Gold: Proposal Submission Deadline, Not Award, is the Operative Time for Filing

In Utech, Inc. v. United States, No. 24-1586 (Fed. Cir. June 24, 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified that in most cases, a pre-award protest must be filed before the proposal submission deadline to avoid the Blue & Gold waiver rule.  This decision, while nonprecedential, is in line with U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) precedent, which has long held that pre-award protests must be filed before the proposal submission deadline....