
Episodes

Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Fastest 5 Minutes: Bid Protests, Data Safeguarding, Defense Innovation Unit
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
This week's episode covers increased minimum wage for certain federal contract workers, a protest decision involving proposal misrepresentation, cybersecurity and data safeguarding updates from DOD and NIST, and highlights from the Defense Innovation Unit Annual Report, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Monica Sterling. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.

Monday Jan 24, 2022
Fastest 5 Minutes: American Rescue Plan, Bid Protests, ASBCA Decision
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
This week's episode covers a new Treasury rule governing the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under the American Rescue Plan, a bid protest decision involving a corporate transaction, a protest decision relating to standing and OCIs, and an ASBCA decision involving incurred costs, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.

Monday Jan 10, 2022
Fastest 5 Minutes: CMMC, Bid Protests, NDAA
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
This week's episode covers an update on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, a GAO report on DHS’ controls to protect personally identifiable information, a Federal Circuit decision regarding prejudice in the bid protest context, and highlights from the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2022, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Monica Sterling. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.

Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
This week's episode covers a new Federal Circuit decision on bid protest timeliness, a final DOL rule on minimum wage for federal contractors, the DOL’s new Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface, a GAO report on DOD’s approach to intellectual property, and a White House announcement relating to procurement opportunities for small disadvantaged businesses, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Monica Sterling. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.

Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
This week's episode covers a new executive order relevant to service contracts, the President’s Management Agenda, GAO’s Annual Report on Bid Protests, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Federal Government Cybersecurity Incident and Vulnerability Response Playbooks, and the Defense Innovation Unit’s Responsible Artificial Intelligence Guidelines, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.

Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
This week's episode covers changes to its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, replacement of the FAR concept of “commercial item” with “commercial product’’ and “commercial service,” updates to the DOJ approach to corporate cooperation credit, developments about the Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate, and a discussion of a bid protest decision relating to standing and IDIQ contracts, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Monica Sterling. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.

Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
This week's episode covers the latest on the COVID vaccine requirement for contractors, Federal Data Strategy Action Plan, Army Digital Transformation Strategy, FAR Council call for comments on proposed amendments focusing on climate change, and a development under the False Claims Act , and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.

Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
This week's episode covers the latest on the COVID vaccine requirement for contractors, cybersecurity updates, the DoD Climate Adaptation Plan, and a class deviation relating to certified cost or pricing data, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Monica Sterling. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.

Friday Oct 01, 2021
Fastest 5 Minutes: COVID Vaccine Requirements for Contractors
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
This week's episode covers the September 24 Guidance from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force focusing on COVID vaccine requirement for contractors, and proposed rules relating to the Berry Amendment, IR&D costs, and accelerated payments to federal small business contractors and subcontractors, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.

Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
This week's episode covers COVID vaccine requirements for contractors, a DOD class deviation and SBA decision relating to small business matters, and two revolving door updates, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.