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New GSA Contract Vehicle

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 02.27.12

On Feb. 21, GSA announced that it intends to proceed with the "Integrations" program, which it called "a groundbreaking approach to the way government acquires complex, integrated professional services, with supporting IT components." According to GSA, the yet-to-be-finalized contract vehicle, which will involve the award of multiple-agency IDIQ contracts, is the product of agency demand for "a total professional services solution" which requires acquisition of multiple services across separate functional areas, in lieu of the acquisition of technology and other professional services on an "à la carte basis" from the GSA schedule.

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Client Alert | 8 min read | 10.01.25

BIS Issues “Affiliates Rule” to Dramatically Expand Applicability of Entity and Military End-User Lists

On September 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a sweeping Interim Final Rule (IFR), (the “Affiliates Rule”) expanding which entities qualify as Entity List or Military End-User entities, thereby subjecting those entities to elevated export control restrictions under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). U.S. export restrictions applicable to entities on the Entity List, Military End-User (MEU) List, and Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) now apply to foreign affiliates that are, in the aggregate, owned 50% or more by one or more of the aforementioned entities. An entity that becomes subject to these restrictions because of its ownership structure will be subject to the most restrictive controls that attach to any of its parent entities, regardless of ownership stakes....