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Fastest 5 Minutes: DEI EO, SBIR, Pentagon Budget

This week’s episode covers implementation of EO 14398 (Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors), the reauthorization of the SBI...

9:41Apr 28, 2026

Fastest 5 Minutes: DEI EO & OMB Memo

This week’s episode covers the March 26 Executive Order titled “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors” and the March 31 OMB M...

11:02Apr 6, 2026

Fastest 5 Minutes: Proposed GSA AI Clause

This week’s episode covers a significant proposed contract clause, GSAR 552.239-7001, Basic Safeguarding of Artificial Intelligence Systems,...

14:27Mar 19, 2026

Fastest 5 Minutes: Audits of Federal Small Business Program Awards

This week’s episode addresses efforts by various federal government agencies to audit and investigate purported ‘waste, fraud, and abuse’ in...

9:09Feb 26, 2026

Fastest 5 Minutes: Tariff Update

This week’s episode covers the Supreme Court decision regarding IEEPA tariffs, the subsequent actions by the White House, and implications f...

10:32Feb 23, 2026

Fastest 5 Minutes: “Prohibition on Certain Semiconductor Products and Services”

This week’s episode covers a proposed FAR provision entitled “Prohibition on Certain Semiconductor Products and Services” implementing Secti...

12:21Feb 18, 2026

Fastest 5 Minutes: Cybersecurity, Resellers, IP

This week’s episode covers developments regarding the Secure Software Development Attestation, GSA’s newly release CUI guidance, GSA’s RFI r...

9:07Feb 2, 2026

Fastest 5 Minutes: National Fraud Enforcement, EO Focused on Defense Contracting

This week’s episode covers national fraud enforcement, an executive order focused on defense contracting, government investment strategies,...

10:22Jan 23, 2026

Fastest 5 Minutes: NDAA

This week’s episode covers highlights of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act relating to defense acquisition, sourcing r...

16:04Jan 5, 2026

Fastest 5 Minutes: Pentagon’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy

This week’s episode covers Pentagon’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy announced by Secretary Hegseth on November 7, and is hosted by Pet...

10:24Nov 21, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: End of Government Shutdown

This week’s episode covers common questions about the end of the federal government shutdown and steps contractors should consider, and is h...

16:05Nov 17, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: Shutdown, BIS 50% Rule, FAR Overhaul, DBEs

This week’s episode covers the government shutdown and a related DOD class deviation, an update regarding the BIS 50% affiliates rule, the l...

9:50Nov 4, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: Government Shutdown

This week’s episode covers common questions about the federal government shutdown, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Chris Haile. Crowell & Mo...

17:49Oct 1, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: CMMC

This week’s episode covers DOD’s final rule applying the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program (CMMC) to DoD contractors and su...

16:23Sep 11, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: FAR Overhaul, Consulting Services

This week’s episode covers a DOD final rule most relevant to companies providing consulting services to DOD and the FAR Council’s revisions...

8:39Aug 26, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: DOJ Guidance re DEI, White House AI Action Plan

This week’s episode covers developments involving DOJ’s guidance for federal funding recipients regarding DEI and the White House AI Action...

18:39Aug 4, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: DHS Developments

This week’s episode covers developments involving the Department of Homeland Security, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Sharmi Das. Crowell &...

15:37Jul 9, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: FCPA Developments

This week’s episode covers developments involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Alex Kramer. Crowell &...

12:40Jun 20, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: DOD Memos Impacting Procurement

This week’s episode covers four DOD memos pertaining to procurement and steps the government is taking to implement recent executive orders,...

7:42Jun 6, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: DOJ’s Corporate Enforcement Priorities, Army Transformation

This week’s episode covers a SBA notice relating to the mentor-protégé program, an Army memo about its transformation strategy, revisions to...

10:34May 21, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: FAR Overhaul, OneGov

This week’s episode covers the FAR rewrite initiative, GSA’s OneGov Strategy, and a GSA incentive program that rewards employees with financ...

6:38May 9, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: Answering Common Questions from Contractors

This week’s episode features a discussion of several common government contractor questions involving payment delays, cost increases due to...

24:57Apr 24, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: Executive Order – “Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base”

This week’s episode features a deep-dive on Executive Order 14265, Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense I...

12:38Apr 23, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: Executive Order – “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement”

This week’s episode features a deep dive on the President’s Executive Order, Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating...

9:11Mar 27, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: Executive Order – “Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative”

This week’s episode features a deep dive on the President’s Executive Order, Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficienc...

16:35Mar 4, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: GSA Class Deviations, DEI, Government Transparency

This week’s episode covers GSA Class Deviations partially implementing the Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportuni...

9:35Feb 21, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: OCIs, CUI, and Small Business

This week’s episode covers a proposed rule to implement the 2022 Preventing OCIs in Federal Acquisition Act, a proposed rule amending the FA...

11:08Jan 31, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: Executive Orders, DEI, Tariffs, and DOGE

This week’s special edition focuses on the “Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” Executive Order, a Presiden...

13:20Jan 24, 2025

Fastest 5 Minutes: Suspension and Debarment, Pay Equity, 1260H List Updates, FY 2025 NDAA

This week's episode covers the FAR final rule to harmonize the procurement and nonprocurement suspension and debarment regulations, rescissi...

6:31Jan 17, 2025

Special Edition of the Fastest 5 Minutes: Labor and Employment under the New Administration

This week’s special edition focuses on what contractors can expect from the incoming administration relating to labor and employment matters...

10:45Dec 19, 2024

Special Edition of the Fastest 5 Minutes: New Administration – Conflicts of Interest, Revolving Door, and Bid Protests

This week’s special edition focuses on what contractors can expect from the incoming administration relating to conflicts of interest, revol...

15:52Dec 10, 2024

Special Edition of the Fastest 5 Minutes: New Administration – Domestic Preferences and Supply Chain Security

This week’s special edition focuses on what contractors can expect from the incoming administration relating to domestic preferences, supply...

9:16Dec 4, 2024

Fastest 5 Minutes: New Administration & Tariffs

This week’s special edition focuses on what contractors can expect from the incoming administration in terms of tariffs, and is hosted by Pe...

14:47Nov 22, 2024

Fastest 5 Minutes: New Administration

This week’s special edition focuses on what contractors can expect from the incoming administration relating to contract changes, terminatio...

15:29Nov 22, 2024

Fastest 5 Minutes: Incoming Administration, SAM, OFCCP, Rule of Two

This week’s episode covers initial thoughts on what contractors can expect from the Trump administration, an interim rule to clarify that an...

8:43Nov 13, 2024

Special Edition of the Fastest 5 Minutes: CMMC

This week’s special edition focuses on DOD’s final rule formalizing the requirements, assessment processes, and related governance for its C...

17:40Oct 25, 2024

Fastest 5 Minutes: Compliance, TINA, Disaster Response Contracting

This week’s episode covers DOJ’s update to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance, a proposed rule to amend the DFARS to i...

9:25Oct 10, 2024

Fastest 5 Minutes: OTAs, Consulting, SAM

This week’s episode covers a proposed rule updating the regulations relating to Other Transaction Agreements - specifically for prototype an...

9:21Oct 1, 2024

Fastest 5 Minutes: Cybersecurity, Health Information Technology

This week’s episode covers a False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit involving failure to comply with federal cybersecurity requirements, a n...

6:01Sep 18, 2024

Special Edition of the Fastest 5 Minutes: SBA Proposed Rule to Update Various SBA Small Business Programs

This special edition covers the SBA’s August 2024 proposed rule to update and clarify various small business programs, and is hosted by Yuan...

12:17Aug 30, 2024

Fastest 5 Minutes: CMMC, DOJ, FedRAMP

This week’s episode covers DOD’s proposed rule regarding Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0, DOJ’s new Corporate Whistleblower A...

7:18Aug 22, 2024

Fastest 5 Minutes: Clearances for Joint Ventures, Mentor-Protégé Program, GSA Schedule

This week’s episode covers a DoD memorandum establishing procedures for covered joint venture facility security clearances, an SBA notice re...

6:35Aug 6, 2024

Fastest 5 Minutes: Procurement Integrity Act, Federal Bribery Law

This week’s episode covers a GAO protest regarding the Procurement Integrity Act and a U.S. Supreme Court decision narrowing the scope of fe...

7:07Jul 24, 2024

Fastest 5 Minutes: Business Systems, DCSA, Davis-Bacon

This week’s episode covers a proposed rule to replace the phrase “significant deficiency” with “material weakness” for the government’s eval...

7:41Jul 9, 2024

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

This special edition covers the Federal Circuit’s June 2024 protest decision in Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States, and is hosted by Yuan...

10:51Jun 21, 2024

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

This week’s episode covers a final rule regarding commerciality and price reasonableness under procurements for major weapon systems, a DOD...

8:57Jun 7, 2024

Fastest 5 Minutes: Cyber, Semiconductors, AI, False Claims Act

This week’s episode covers cybersecurity updates, a proposed rule regarding prohibition on semiconductors produced by certain Chinese manufa...

10:26May 23, 2024

Fastest 5 Minutes: GSA Guidance, Grants, Financial Responsibility Reviews

This week’s episode covers a GSA Acquisition Letter on the use of upfront payments for acquisitions of cloud-based SaaS offerings, an OMB fi...

6:51May 10, 2024

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

This week’s episode covers a final rule updating the FAR to add Part 40 on information security and supply chain security, a notice of propo...

8:06Apr 26, 2024

Fastest 5 Minutes: AI Governance, Bid Protests, Software Attestation

This week’s episode covers an OMB memo directing agencies to advance AI governance and innovation, a bid protest involving compliance with t...

6:43Apr 11, 2024