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Final Rule Makes Host of Changes to SBA Regulations
USA - May 25 2023 On April 27, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule which, effective May 30, will make a number of changes to the SBA…
NIST Releases Public Draft of Revised Guidelines Aimed at Helping Contractors Protect Sensitive Information
USA - May 12 2023 On May 10, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its initial public draft of SP 800-171, Revision 3, a set of updated…
Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Effectively Halts Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate
USA - May 3 2023 On May 1, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (SFWTF) issued an update that the Biden administration plans to end COVID-19 vaccination mandates…
Ninth Circuit Green Lights Contractor Vaccine Mandate
USA - April 26 2023 On April 19, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a permanent injunction that had enjoined President Biden’s “Contractor Vaccine…
Department of Defense to Require Contractors Proactively Provide DCMA with Export Authorizations
USA - April 12 2023 On March 22, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued a proposed rule that would amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS) to require…
First CHIPS Opportunity Lays Out Requirements and Application Process
USA - March 21 2023 On August 9, 2022, the CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law allocating $52.7 billion in funding to the semiconductor industry. The legislation…
International Trade Enforcement Roundup - February 2023: China
China, USA - March 15 2023 On February 27, 3D Systems Corporation, a South Carolina-based 3D printing company, agreed to pay a $20 million civil penalty for violations of the…
International Trade Enforcement Roundup - February 2023: Iran
Iran, USA - March 15 2023 On February 9, Kambiz Attar Kashani was sentenced to 30 months in prison for illegally exporting “six power suppliers, two subscriptions to a…
International Trade Enforcement Roundup - February 2023: Overview
China, Iran, Russia, Switzerland, USA - March 15 2023 Twelve months after the beginning of the war in Ukraine, economic sanctions and export controls imposed on Russia and regions of Ukraine have…
International Trade Enforcement Roundup - February 2023: Austria and Switzerland
Germany, Switzerland, USA - March 15 2023 In 2016, Dotphins LLC exported two red dot scopes, devices mounted to the top of a firearm to help the user aim, from the United States to Austria…
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