Legislative and Regulatory Alerts

2008 Alerts

• National Defense Strategy 2008 (pdf) August 7, 2008
• CRS Report on Defense FY2009 Authorizations and Appropriations (pdf) June 18, 2008
• GAO Report on Public-Private Partnerships for Depot Maintainance (pdf) July 10, 2008
• GAO Report on Defense Aquisitions (Knowledge-Based Funding) (pdf) July 10, 2008
• Press Release on the Tanker Recompetition (pdf) July 9, 2008
• Updates on Security Clearance Backlog (pdf) June 24, 2008
• Highlights of the FY2009 NDAA (pdf) (Reproduced with permission from Federal Contracts Report, Vol. 89, No. 22 (Jun. 10, 2008) p.611+. Copyright 2008 by The Bureau of NationalAffairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com>)
• Shay Assad Memorandum on Competitive Source Selections- January 2, 2008 (pdf)
• NDIA President Testifies at SBIR Hearing
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• DoD's implementation of Specialty Metals Legislation contained in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
  • Related Documents: Class Deviation (pdf) Statutory Language for Sections 804 and 884 (pdf)
• Fiscal Year 2009 Department Of Defense Budget Released (DOC) (Feb, 2008)
  • Related Documents: FY09 Budget Slides (pdf) & FY09 Major Weapons Systems (pdf)

2007 Alerts

• NDAA Docs (December 19, 2007) (pdf)
• Sec. 511 3% Government Contract Withholding (January, 2007) (pdf)
• NDIA Letter to Administrator Preston on SBIR Re-Authorization (May, 2007) (pdf)
• Update on Government Contract Withholding (May, 2007) (pdf)

2006 Alerts

• Industry Coalition Paper on Security Clearance Issues (June, 2006) (PDF)
• Results of Federal Computer Week's Security Clearance Survey (May, 2006) (ppt)
• President Bush Requests FY06 Defense Supplemental (February, 2006) (PDF)
• SBA Increases Size Standards to Adjust for Inflation on Reciepts-based Size Standards (February, 2006)
• National Defense Authorization Act Conference Committee Report (January, 2006) (PDF)

2005 Alerts

• Buy America (August 31, 2005) PDF
• Buy America (June 20, 2005) PDF
• Federal Prision Industries Must Be Competative (April 11, 2005) PDF
• NDIA and Professional Services Council Send Letter to DHS with Viable Solutions to SAFETY Act issues (March 10, 2005) PDF

2004 Alerts

• President Bush signs into law the repeal of the Extraterritorial Income Tax credit (October 27, 2004)
  
  
• Fiscal Year 2005 National Defense Authorization Act Passed by Congress--Defense Trade and Export Provisions Dropped (Updated October 13, 2004)
  
  
• Anti-fair competition legislation introduced in the House (May 12, 2004)
  
  
• Buy-American Improvement Act (BAIA) Introduced in the House and Senate (February 13, 2004)

2003 Alerts

• Improvements Service Acquisition Reform Act (SARA) in HR 1588 (November 20, 2003) (PDF)
  
  
• Buy America Provisions Included in the House-passed FY2004 National Defense Authorization Act, HR 1588 (Updated November 18, 2003)
  
  
• Update on FY-2004 Defense Authorization Bill (Updated 5/28/03) (PDF)