The United States has long offered its domestic industrial base preferential treatment in the Federal government marketplace through laws and regulations requiring agencies to prefer purchase...

On April 18 President Trump issued an Executive Order (Order) entitled "Buy American and Hire American" that directs it shall be the policy of the executive branch to maximize the use of goods...

On July 14, 2016, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council issued a final rule implementing changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation small business subcontracting regulations.

hen acquiring a government contractor, review and analysis of the target's current government contracts is a central focus of due diligence for purposes of assessing the legal and business risks.

Government contractors interested in pursuing international sales should also consider the potential availability of foreign military funding (FMF) to their foreign government customers for the lease of defense equipment.