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    <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/blogs/government-contracts-blog</link>
    <description>Welcome to the Holland &amp;amp; Knight Government Contracts Blog, featuring news, observations and analysis related to government contracting. We tackle not only the "hot" topics receiving widespread attention within the government contracting community, but at times lesser-known topics or unique perspectives that we hope will be of interest to our readers.</description>
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      <title>GSA Proposes Sweeping AI Data Safeguarding Rules for LLM Contractors</title>
      <description>Ryan Letson, Amy L. Fuentes, Anne M. Delmare</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/gsa-proposes-sweeping-ai-data-safeguarding-rules-for-llm-contractors</link>
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      <title>GSA's New DEI Restrictions, Cybersecurity Requirements: What Federal Contractors Need to Know</title>
      <description>Gordon Griffin, Susannah L. Gilmore, Hillary J. Freund</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/gsas-new-dei-restrictions-cybersecurity-requirements</link>
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      <title>OMB Rule Proposes Significant Changes to Federal Financial Assistance Requirements</title>
      <description>Robert H. Bradner, Sarah Starling Crossan, Jordan K. Brossi, Katherine G. Hantson, Taite R. McDonald, Mackenzie A. Zales, Halley I. Townsend, David S. Black, Amy L. Fuentes, Hillary J. Freund, Angela M. Jimenez, Tim Kobes, Chris Nagel, Kara Fischer, Kalila Hines Winters</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/omb-rule-proposes-significant-changes-to-federal-financial-assistance</link>
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      <title>Tribes and ANCs Are &lt;em&gt;Not&lt;/em&gt; DEI: Key Takeaways from the 2026 NSBGCA Conference</title>
      <description>Robert K. Tompkins, Hillary J. Freund</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/tribes-and-ancs-are-not-dei-key-takeaways-from-the-2026-nsbgca</link>
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      <title>Don't Wait: FAR Part 36 Offerors Must Protest Within 10 Days of an Unsuccessful Offeror Notice</title>
      <description>Jeremy D. Burkhart, Terry L. Elling</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/dont-wait-far-part-36-offerors-must-protest</link>
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      <title>WuXi AppTec Added to DOW's 1260H List: The BIOSECURE Act Clock Is Running</title>
      <description>Michael J. Werner, Melissa A. Wong, Jordan K. Brossi, Jason Maniscalco, Sara M. Klock, Mike R. Wakefield</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/wuxi-apptec-added-to-dows-1260h-list</link>
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      <title>SBA Proposes Rollback of Social Disadvantage Presumption in 8(a) Program</title>
      <description>Robert K. Tompkins, Hillary J. Freund, Susannah L. Gilmore, Leila S. George-Wheeler, Jeremy D. Burkhart</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/sba-proposes-roll-back-of-social-disadvantage-presumption</link>
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      <title>Got It Covered? Expanded FOCI Oversight for Contractors and Subcontractors</title>
      <description>Robert A. Friedman, Chris Nagel, Andrew K. McAllister, Nathan Mitchell, Anna Vizniak, Molly B. O'Casey, Marina Veljanovska O'Brien</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/got-it-covered-expanded-foci-oversight-for-contractors</link>
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      <title>Don't Sit on the Sidelines: Federal Circuit Warns Awardees to Intervene Early in Bid Protests</title>
      <description>Gregory R. Hallmark, David S. Black, Amy L. Fuentes</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/05/dont-sit-on-the-sidelines-federal-circuit-warns</link>
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      <title>USCIS Policy Memo Signals Major Shift in Adjustment of Status Processing</title>
      <description>Hadeel M. Abouhasira, Vinh Duong</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/05/uscis-policy-memo-signals-major-shift-in-adjustment-status-processing</link>
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      <title>The European Union's "Made in Europe" Push</title>
      <description>Jeremy D. Burkhart, Anne M. Delmare, Patrick T. Childress, Joseph Sopcisak</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/05/the-european-unions-made-in-europe-push</link>
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      <title>Fixed Price, First Choice: New EO Pushes Agencies Further Away from Non-Fixed-Price Contracts</title>
      <description>Amy L. Fuentes, Holly A. Roth, Terry L. Elling, David S. Black, Tanner N. Slaughter, Ann E. McRitchie</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/05/fixed-price-first-choice-new-eo-pushes-agencies-further-away</link>
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      <title>Grants Compliance 101: Your Grant Project Is Moving Forward. Now What?</title>
      <description>Katherine G. Hantson, Taite R. McDonald, Mackenzie A. Zales, Halley I. Townsend, David S. Black, Chris Nagel, Tim Kobes, Amy L. Fuentes, Hillary J. Freund</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/04/grants-compliance-101-your-grant-project-is-moving-forward</link>
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      <title>Government Contract Claims 101: A Contractor's Guide to REA, Terminations and Other Resolutions</title>
      <description>Amy L. Fuentes, Ann E. McRitchie, Anne M. Delmare, Holly A. Roth, Terry L. Elling, John McAdams, David S. Black, Tanner N. Slaughter, Ryan Letson</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/04/government-contract-claims-101-a-contractors-guide</link>
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      <title>DOJ Secures First False Claims Act Settlement Under Civil Rights Fraud Initiative</title>
      <description>Megan Mocho, Meredith Auten, Amy L. Fuentes, Timothy Taylor</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/04/doj-secures-first-false-claims-act-settlement-under-civil-rights-fraud</link>
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