On April 15, President Trump issued two new executive orders that will have a direct impact on federal contractors:
- Restoring Common Sense To Federal Procurement directs federal agencies to eliminate from the FAR any...more
4/17/2025
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Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
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Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Small Business ,
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The deadline to submit comments in response to the OMB’s solicitation is May 12, 2025.
On April 11 the Office of Management and Budget published a request that interested parties “identify rules to be rescinded and provide...more
4/15/2025
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Deregulation ,
Executive Orders ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Government Agencies ,
OMB ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Trump Administration
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently published guidance to clarify what it regards as “discriminatory” DEI programs. The EEOC’s guide for employees is titled “What To Do If You Experience...more
On March 14, President Trump issued a new Executive Order titled “Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.” In this order, the President rescinded eighteen prior Executive Orders or presidential...more
On January 15, the Department of Defense, GSA, and NASA published proposed rules that would implement the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act. The Act was enacted on December 27, 2022....more
3/10/2025
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Contractors ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Government Agencies ,
NASA ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management
On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it currently does not intend to enforce any penalties or fines associated with any current reporting deadlines under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) or the...more
On February 21, Judge Adam B. Abelson of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction that temporarily bars the Trump administration from implementing major portions of two...more
3/4/2025
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Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Free Speech ,
Maryland ,
Popular ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
State and Local Government ,
Trump Administration
On January 31, the Trump Administration issued Executive Order 14912, titled “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation” (the “Regulatory EO”), the purpose of which is to “promote prudent financial management and alleviate...more
Though much is still unclear about the precise impact of recent executive orders, statements from the EEOC and guidance issued by sixteen state attorneys general provide a sense of how states and federal agencies are...more
2/18/2025
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Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Compliance ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
State Attorneys General ,
Trump Administration
Federal government agencies propound small business contracting goals that guide other agencies with regard to how much of their contracting dollars should be awarded to small businesses. The SBA conducts an annual review and...more
The plaintiffs and the federal government seek a 90-day stay in Mid-America Milling Company v. United States Department of Transportation, Case No. 3:23-cv-00072, “to permit [the federal government] the opportunity to...more
On February 4, in Texas v. President Trump & Department of Labor, a Fifth Circuit panel reversed a permanent injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The injunction prohibited the...more
2/7/2025
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Appeals ,
Biden Administration ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (FPASA) ,
Injunctions ,
Minimum Wage ,
SCOTUS ,
Texas ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
On the President’s first day in office, January 20, the White House released Executive Order 14153, titled “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential” (the “Alaska EO”). The Alaska EO states that:
The State of...more
2/7/2025
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Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) ,
Bureau of Land Management ,
Department of the Interior ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Mineral Leases ,
Mining ,
Oil & Gas ,
Public Land ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration
On January 20, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential” (the “Alaska EO”). The order reverses decisions by the Biden administration to limit energy resource...more
1/31/2025
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Biden Administration ,
Department of the Interior ,
Energy Policy ,
Executive Orders ,
Natural Gas ,
Natural Resources ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Tribal Lands ,
Trump Administration
On December 17, the U.S. Small Business Administration issued a final rule that made significant changes to the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program. The final rule generally adopted many of the changes SBA...more
1/30/2025
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Compliance ,
Eligibility Determination ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Rules ,
HUBZone ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
SBA ,
Small Business
Last week, six organizations who represent Disadvantaged Business Enterprises moved to intervene in Mid-America Milling Company, LLC, et al. v. United States Department of Transportation, Case No. 3:23-cv-0072-GFVT-EBA. In...more
On January 20, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing.”
The order states that it ends “all discriminatory and illegal preferences,...more
1/29/2025
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Affirmative Action ,
Alaska ,
DBE Program ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Rule of Two ,
SBA ,
Small Business ,
Subcontracts ,
Tribal Corporations ,
Trump Administration
On December 17, the U.S. Small Business Administration issued a final rule that made significant changes to the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program. The final rule generally adopted many of the changes SBA...more
On January 21, 2025, the Court of Federal Claims issued an order that, in effect, invalidates President Joe Biden’s February 4, 2022 Executive Order (14063) and 48 C.F.R. Subpart 22.5, Use of Project Labor Agreements for...more
1/22/2025
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Bid Protests ,
Biden Administration ,
CICA ,
Competition ,
Construction Industry ,
Contract Terms ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Project Labor Agreements ,
State and Local Government
On December 17, the U.S. Small Business Administration issued a final rule that made significant changes to the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program. The final rule generally adopts many of the changes that SBA...more
On December 19, the Small Business Administration published proposed amendments to 13 CFR § 125.3 that would affect small business subcontracting. Their goal is to accelerate payments to small business subcontractors and...more
On December 17, the Small Business Administration issued a final rule that makes significant changes to the agency’s small business 8(a) and HUBZone programs. These generally extend the changes the SBA initially proposed in...more
12/24/2024
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Business Development ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Rules ,
HUBZone ,
Joint Venture ,
Mentor-Protege Program ,
SBA ,
SDVO ,
Small Business ,
WOSB
On November 29, the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration published a proposed rule that would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to adjust...more
We have previously discussed the State of Alaska’s challenge to the Bureau of Land Management’s Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, also known as the “Public Lands Rule.” Seeking to defend the rule, which treats...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), which affects many small and medium-sized businesses across the United States, went into effect on January 1, 2024. For entities subject to the CTA, reports including information about...more