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Josh Duvall to Present Webinar on CMMC Program for the DC Bar Association
On February 18, 2026, Josh Duvall will speak on a panel webinar, CMMC: Ask the Experts the Questions No One Else Is Talking About , hosted by the D.C. Bar Government Contracts Community. The panel will discuss the U.S. Department of War's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification ("CMMC") program, its impact on the defense supply chain, and the implications of certification for ongoing government enforcement of cyber obligations. The program will also address best practices
Joshua Duvall
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Josh Duvall Publishes Expert Analysis for Law360 on Recent GAO and COFC Bid Protest Data
Bid protest and government contracts attorney Josh Duvall recently published a Law360 Expert Analysis article , " Bid Protest Data Contradicts Claims That System Is Inefficient ." The article analyzes recent U.S. Government Accountability Office ("GAO") and U.S. Court of Federal Claims ("COFC") protest data and offers insight that contradicts claims – held by some in industry and government – that the system is flooded with bid protests that cause significant delays in federa
Joshua Duvall
Feb 51 min read
Alert: Partial Government Shutdown Ends, DHS Provided Stopgap Funds
Yesterday, President Trump signed H.R. 7148 , the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026” into law. The legislation funds several of the government's largest departments – including the Departments of War, Health and Human Services, Education, Labor, Treasury, Transportation, and others – through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2026. Notably, the legislation only provides stopgap funding for the Department of Homeland Security through February 13, 2026. . . . g
Joshua Duvall
Feb 41 min read
Alert: COFC to Remain Open During Partial Government Shutdown
Today, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ("COFC") issued a notice on its website stating that it will remain open with sufficient staffing to support its constitutional and statutory obligations, which includes its bid protest function under the Tucker Act. This is consistent with what I provided in my article last week, Bid Protests During a Partial Government Shutdown . As the COFC notice states, all proceedings – including bid protests – will take place as scheduled and
Joshua Duvall
Feb 21 min read
Alert: GAO Bid Protest Office to Remain Open During Partial Shutdown
Today, the Government Accountability Office ("GAO") issued a notice on its website and via its Electronic Protest Docketing System, or EPDS, stating that it will remain open during the partial government shutdown. This is consistent with what I wrote in my article last week, Bid Protests During a Partial Government Shutdown . As the GAO notice states, while deadlines are tolled for agencies that experience a lapse in appropriations, protesters are still required to meet al
Joshua Duvall
Feb 22 min read
GAO Rebukes Protester Over Hallucinated Citations, Reminds Firms of Risks of AI/LLM-Assisted Legal Practice
A recent decision from the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) highlights a growing – and increasingly risky – trend in bid protest practice: the continued perfunctory use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) or large language model (“LLM”) tools to assist with protest filings. Protesters should heed this decision because it, once again, reminds industry that GAO reserves the right to issue sanctions where a protester's actions undermine the integrity of its bid protest pro
Joshua Duvall
Feb 23 min read
GovConJudicata Weekly Debrief (1/26–30)
This week's Weekly Debrief covers the partial government shutdown, space contracting, federal program fraud, and SBA's 8(a) program suspensions. Shutdown CBS News – What to know about the partial government shutdown as funding lapses for many agencies "Funding for many federal agencies expired at 12 a.m. on Saturday after Congress failed to pass half a dozen spending bills before the deadline, prompting a partial government shutdown. The funding lapse comes despite the Senate
Joshua Duvall
Jan 312 min read
