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Want to get smarter about the 48CFR Proposed Rule for #CMMC? This one-hour webinar is a great resource! Join myself, Vincent Scott, Brian Hubbard, and Jonathan Weadon as we review the 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆 and discuss how it will affect defense contractors if it goes forward as-is. 👫 In particular, we found surprising differences in the way that primes and their subcontractors are treated, in relation to FCI / CUI. ❗️We also had concerns with the requirement to immediately notify government contract officers if there are 𝘢𝘯𝘺 changes to the security posture of the in-scope environments. Without a reasonable threshold for what constitutes a change, every Patch Tuesday could be a reportable event. 😕 The language is surprisingly open to interpretation between Level 2 self-assessment and Level 2 certification assessments; this could destroy the CMMC program as intended if the DoD doesn't fix the loophole. This is the recording from the live webinar we performed on September 4th.

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℕ𝔻ℂ? 𝕐𝕒, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕞𝕖! 🙌 : Today, we can find the definition of 𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 (𝙉𝘿𝘾) in 10 USC 3014. But did you know that the discussion related to NDCs is over twenty years old? 🤔 The definition of nontraditional defense contractor was introduced in Section 803 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of Fiscal Year (FY) 2001. As prescribed under the FY2001 NDAA, a nontraditional defense contractor was defined 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 “𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯,” 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 (1) 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘳 (2) 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 $500,000 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴. In a 2002 GAO report (below), the Secretary of Defense required the number of participating nontraditional defense contractors as one of the metrics tracked internally. According to the report, the DoD explored additional metrics but concluded 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟴𝟰𝟱 (now 10 USC 4022) 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀. It is no surprise that this metric is still important to both DoD and U.S. Congress. But with all the changes to the definition of NDCs and the other transaction (OT) statutes since their inception, is it still the 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 to prototype OTs? #OTA #NDC #innovationpolicy

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In 2024, the Public Contracting Institute, LLC (PCI) will again present a monthly webinar series featuring our best and brightest from across disciplines, providing critical insights on the latest legal and business issues impacting the #supplychain. First up, Michael Rizzo and David Dixon give the lowdown on mandatory FAR flow-down clauses.