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GSA proposes new cybersecurity reporting rules for contractors

November 29, 2018 By Andrew Smith

The General Services Administration (GSA) is proposing new rules shaping how contractors protect government information on the IT systems they manage.

Tucked in a Friday Federal Register post detailing the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, two proposed rules — GSAR Case 2016-G511 and 2016-G515 — call for amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation to include requirements for contractors to safeguard GSA information in a solicitation’s statement of work, as well as the procedures for they inform the agency of a potential breach.

GSAR Case 2016-G511 allows contracting officers to implement agency cyber requirements and standards into each solicitation, providing a centralized cybersecurity guidance across the enterprise for contractors to adhere to.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.fedscoop.com/gsa-proposes-2-new-cybersecurity-reporting-rules-contractors/

Resources for complying with DoD’s current contractor cybersecurity rules may be found here: https://gtpac.org/cybersecurity-training-video/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: cyber, cyber incident, cybersecurity, GSA, GSAR, reporting

Changes coming to GSA’s contractor cybersecurity requirements

January 23, 2018 By Andrew Smith

The General Services Administration (GSA) plans to officialize regulations on how contractors should handle and protect sensitive information for federal clients, as well as report any incidents that could put that information at risk.

GSA’s proposed contractor cybersecurity rules changes — a pair of actions included in a Federal Register notice published Jan. 12 — follow in the footsteps of the Pentagon’s move last year to update its acquisition regulations, heightening the security standards of the defense contractors who work with sensitive DoD data.

The actions aren’t exactly new. In part, GSA is putting existing contractor information security requirements through the rulemaking and public comment process so they will be be officially added to the GSA Acquisition Regulation, or GSAR, with any subsequent updates.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.fedscoop.com/changes-coming-gsas-contractor-cybersecurity-requirements/

GTPAC has created a video and a template to help businesses comply with DoD’s cybersecurity requirements.  These new resources appear at: http://gtpac.org/cybersecurity-training-video/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: cyber, cyber incident, cyber incidents, cybersecurity, DoD, GSA, GSAR

Top takeaways concerning GSA’s final rule on transactional data reporting

July 22, 2016 By Andrew Smith

GSA logoBy now the entire government contracting community is well aware that one of the most significant changes in Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracting in years occurred just a few weeks ago, as the General Services Administration (GSA) issued its Final Rule on transactional data reporting.

The Final Rule amends the GSA Federal Acquisition Regulation supplement (GSAR) to require FSS contractors and others with certain GSA Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), and Government-wide Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts to report transactional data related to orders placed under those contracts.

As indicated over a year ago in a prior client alert, both the contracting community and the GSA Office of Inspector General had concerns with the draft transactional data reporting rule.  GSA has addressed some, but not all, of these concerns.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=507342

Filed Under: Contracting Tips Tagged With: Federal Supply Schedule, FSS, GSA, GSA Schedule, GSAR, GWAC, IDIQ, IG, reporting requirements, transactional data, Transactional Data Reporting

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