Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Government Contractors Can’t Do Without

Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Government Contractors Can’t Do Without


Latest Episodes

Fastest 5 Minutes: Procurement Integrity Act, Federal Bribery Law
July 24, 2024

This weeks episode covers a GAO protest regarding the Procurement Integrity Act and a U.S. Supreme Court decision narrowing the scope of federal bribery law, and is hosted by Peter Eyre. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast th

Fastest 5 Minutes: Business Systems, DCSA, Davis-Bacon
July 09, 2024

This weeks episodecovers a proposed rule to replace the phrase significant deficiency with material weakness for the governments evaluation of contractor business systems, a GAO report on Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agencys current cy

Special Edition of the Fastest 5 Minutes: Federal Circuit Protest Ruling in Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States
June 21, 2024

This special edition covers the Federal Circuits June 2024 protest decision in Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States, and is hosted by Yuan Zhou and Anuj Vohra.Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary

Fastest 5 Minutes: Commerciality, Employee-Owned Businesses, Procurement Collusion Strike Force
June 07, 2024

This weeks episode covers a final rule regarding commerciality and price reasonableness under procurements for major weapon systems, a DOD pilot program involving employee-owned businesses, and an update on the Procurement Collusion Strike Force, and is

Fastest 5 Minutes: Cyber, Semiconductors, AI, False Claims Act
May 23, 2024

This weeks episode covers cybersecurity updates, a proposed rule regarding prohibition on semiconductors produced by certain Chinese manufacturers, DOL guidance entitled Artificial Intelligence and Equal Employment Opportunity for Federal Contractors,

Fastest 5 Minutes: GSA Guidance, Grants, Financial Responsibility Reviews
May 10, 2024

This weeks episodecovers a GSA Acquisition Letter on the use of upfront payments for acquisitions of cloud-based SaaS offerings, an OMB final rule that revised the Uniform Guidance for grants, cooperative agreements, and other federal financial assistan

Fastest 5 Minutes: FAR Part 40, Cyber Reporting, Bid Protest
April 26, 2024

This weeks episode covers a final rule updating the FAR to add Part 40 on information security and supply chain security, a notice of proposed rulemaking detailing how companies will have to comply with the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastru

Fastest 5 Minutes: AI Governance, Bid Protests, Software Attestation
April 11, 2024

This weeks episodecovers an OMB memo directing agencies to advance AI governance and innovation, a bid protest involving compliance with the Trade Agreements Act, and an updated Secure Software Development Attestation Form that must be used by certain s

Fastest 5 Minutes: End User License Agreements, Whistleblower Incentives, GHG Disclosures
March 28, 2024

This weeks episodecovers a Federal Circuit decision holding that an end user license agreement incorporated into another contractors agreement was sufficient to establish jurisdiction under the Contract Disputes Act, a new DOJ pilot program to incentiv

Fastest 5 Minutes: Defense Innovation Unit, AI, Proposal Timeliness
March 05, 2024

This weeks episodecovers DoDs Defense Innovation Unit report about actions to maintain U.S. technological superiority, DOJs plans to address the dangers posed by AI technology by seeking sentencing enhancements for crimes committed using AI technology