Episodes
Monday Jan 31, 2022
All Things Protest: A Twist on Price Realism
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Crowell & Moring’s “All Things Protest” podcast keeps you up to date on major trends in bid protest litigation, key developments in high-profile cases, and best practices in state and federal procurement. In this episode, hosts Christian Curran and Olivia Lynch discuss a recent decision from GAO regarding the interplay between price reasonableness and price realism.
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Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Byte-Sized Q&A: What is CISA and Why is it Important to Government Contractors?
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Crowell & Moring’s “Byte-Sized Q&A” podcast takes the complex world of government contracts cybersecurity and breaks it down into byte-sized pieces. In this episode of Byte Sized Q&A, Evan Wolff and Michael Gruden discuss the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and why it is important for contractors to take note of CISA’s actions.
Friday Dec 03, 2021
Byte-Sized Q&A: What’s not in CMMC 2.0?
Friday Dec 03, 2021
Friday Dec 03, 2021
Crowell & Moring’s “Byte-Sized Q&A” podcast takes the complex world of government contracts cybersecurity and breaks it down into byte-sized pieces. In this episode, hosts Evan Wolff and Kate Growley talk through some key elements that are no longer expected under CMMC 2.0.
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Crowell & Moring’s “All Things Protest” podcast keeps you up to date on major trends in bid protest litigation, key developments in high-profile cases, and best practices in state and federal procurement. In this episode, hosts Olivia Lynch, Rob Sneckenberg, and Christian Curran discuss past performance issues and key cases from 2021.
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Monday Nov 15, 2021
Byte-Sized Q&A: What can we expect under CMMC 2.0?
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Crowell & Moring’s “Byte-Sized Q&A” podcast takes the complex world of government contracts cybersecurity and breaks it down into byte-sized pieces. In this episode, hosts Evan Wolff and Kate Growley talk through the fundamental changes that the DoD has announced will be made under "CMMC 2.0."
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Byte-Sized Q&A: What About Micro-Purchases?
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Crowell & Moring’s “Byte-Sized Q&A” podcast takes the complex world of government contracts cybersecurity and breaks it down into byte-sized pieces. In this episode, host Evan Wolff talks with Chris Hebdon about micro-purchases and the cybersecurity obligations that contractors may encounter in the performance of these small dollar contracts.
Friday Oct 29, 2021
All Things Protest: Big Decisions for Small Businesses (October 2021)
Friday Oct 29, 2021
Friday Oct 29, 2021
Crowell & Moring’s “All Things Protest” podcast keeps you up to date on major trends in bid protest litigation, key developments in high-profile cases, and best practices in state and federal procurement. In this episode, host Olivia Lynch is joined by Michael Samuels to discuss a recent decision from the Small Business Administration’s Office of Hearings and Appeals on the ostensible subcontractor rule as well as a recent Government Accountability Office decision sustaining a protest of an agency solicitation that required a joint venture competing for the award, as opposed to the individual members of the joint venture, to hold a top secret facility clearance.
Materials Discussed in This Episode
- Size Appeal of Telesis Corp., SBA No. SIZ-6114 (2021)
- InfoPoint, LLC, B-419856, August 27, 2021, 2021 CPD ⁋ 290
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Byte-Sized Q&A: Why care about COTS?
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Crowell & Moring’s “Byte-Sized Q&A” podcast takes the complex world of government contracts cybersecurity and breaks it down into byte-sized pieces. In this episode, host Kate Growley is joined by Yuan Zhou to talk through how to determine if you’re providing a commercial off-the-shelf – or “COTS” – item and what that means for your contractual cybersecurity obligations.
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
In this episode, hosts Michael Shaheen and Tully McLaughlin cover part one of a discussion about the Department of Justice’s authority to dismiss qui tam complaints brought by relators. The podcast: (1) outlines the government’s authority under the statute and the caselaw; (2) discusses how the Department of Justice wields that authority; and (3) describes the false controversy between the Department and Senator Grassley on the scope of that authority. "Let's Talk FCA" is Crowell & Moring’s podcast covering the latest developments with the False Claims Act.
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Byte-Sized Q&A: Part 3 – The CMMC Clause
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Crowell & Moring’s “Byte-Sized Q&A” podcast takes the complex world of government contracts cybersecurity and breaks it down into byte-sized pieces. In this final episode of a three-part series, host Kate Growley digests the current state of DFARS clause 252.204-7021 and what contractors should know about the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (or CMMC).