Department of Justice
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Policy
SAFER SKIES Rule Opens Counter-Drone Market to State and Local Police
DHS and DOJ's July 6 interim final rule authorizes SLTT law enforcement to conduct counter-UAS operations for the first time, limited to a jointly vetted authorized-technology list and DOJ-approved training tiers.
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Policy
VA Proposes to Drop Disparate-Impact Standard From Title VI Civil Rights Rules
VA published a proposed rule eliminating disparate-impact liability from its Title VI regulations, replacing it with an intentional-discrimination standard under Executive Order 14281, with comments due July 27, 2026.
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Policy
OMB M-26-10 Forces IT Vendors to Open Pricing Data to All Federal Agencies
OMB's March 31 memo M-26-10 requires IT vendors to disclose pricing and utilization data in machine-readable formats without cross-agency sharing restrictions, gives CIOs pre-approval authority over IT spending, and authorizes sharing disclosed data with enforcement stakeholders.
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Policy
DOJ Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: What Federal Contractors Need to Know Beyond the IBM Settlement
The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative — established March 2025 — uses the False Claims Act to pursue federal contractors that misrepresent compliance with civil rights, equal opportunity, and nondiscrimination requirements in their contracts; the IBM settlement is the first but explicitly not the last action under the initiative.
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Policy
Raytheon and Nightwing Pay $8.4M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Over Cybersecurity Failures on DoD Contracts
Raytheon, RTX, and the Nightwing successor entity settled DOJ False Claims Act claims over NIST SP 800-171 non-compliance on unclassified DoD contracts, paying $8.4M in the latest Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative action — with the whistleblower walking away with $1.5M.
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Policy
IBM Pays $17M in First False Claims Act Settlement Under DOJ's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative — DEI Hiring Practices at Issue
IBM resolved allegations that race- and sex-conscious DEI employment practices on federal contracts violated anti-discrimination requirements, marking the first settlement under DOJ's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative launched in May 2025.
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Policy
FTC + DOJ joint focus on cybersecurity — and what that means for federal contractors in 2026
Cybersecurity enforcement now spans FTC (consumer protection / Made-in-America claims), DOJ (False Claims Act on DFARS 7012), and DoD (CMMC). Federal contractors face overlapping enforcement reach. Compliance investments now defend against multiple enforcement vectors simultaneously.
