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Recent Changes to DFARS Clauses
If your subcontract templates or your purchasing system still reference DFARS 252.204-7019, you are already working from a clause that no longer exists. The same is probably true of whatever clause number your quality manual cites for the basic NIST SP 800-171 self-assessment. Since February 1, 2026, a large share of DFARS clauses have new…
Questions to Ask Before Purchasing Compliance Software
Compliance software means at least three different things, and vendors selling all three use nearly identical language to describe them. A platform for CMMC cybersecurity assessment, a platform for FAR and DFARS acquisition compliance, and a platform for AS9100 supplier quality management will each tell you they make your organization audit-ready and continuously validated. None…
What Happens When Your SPRS Score Is Too Low to Win a Contract?
Most contractors treat their SPRS score like a formality: fill it out once, upload it, move on. Then a contracting officer pulls it during source selection, or a prime asks for it before adding you to a subcontract, and the number turns out to matter a great deal more than anyone expected. There is no…
Why Spreadsheets Keep Failing
Most compliance officers didn’t choose the spreadsheet. It’s what was already open the day the first contract with a flowdown clause showed up, and it just kept growing from there. One tab became five. Five became a workbook nobody wants to open on a Friday. The trouble is a spreadsheet doesn’t fail the way a…
The Great Compliance Handoff
Why Shifting the Burden to Contractors Made Defense Manufacturing Better For most of the last eighty years, the story of aerospace and defense compliance has quietly been rewritten around one central question: Who is responsible for quality? The plot twist is that the answer has ultimately been good for everyone. If you have spent any…
How DCMA Surveillance Works and What It Means for Your Operations
Many defense manufacturers think of the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) as the agency that arrives when it is time for an audit or formal review. That is only part of the picture. For manufacturers with active Department of Defense contracts, DCMA oversight may be an ongoing part of doing business. The agency does not…