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Executive Order Tracker - UPDATED

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Littler's Executive Order Tracker is your go-to resource for staying up to date on all executive orders and actions issued by the Trump administration. We are tracking every order, analyzing its impact, and providing...more

Wiley Rein LLP

[Podcast] Welcome to CryptoCounsel 2.0!

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Welcome to CryptoCounsel 2.0! Frank is back, and he's brought some new friends into the fold. Meet Lauren Lerman, a regulatory lawyer who advises telecommunications and emerging technology clients, including in the AI and...more

Goodwin

Expanding Government Contract Responsibility of General Services Administration

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The Trump administration has recently taken a decisive step toward making the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) primarily responsible for federal procurement of common goods and services. This will significantly...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Trump Announces Presidential Exemptions Under Clean Air Act

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In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration established an electronic mailbox to allow the regulated community to request a Presidential Exemption to certain requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Under Section...more

Cozen O'Connor

Democratic AGs Oppose CEQ’s Repeal of NEPA Regulations

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Nineteen Democratic AGs and the Harris County Attorney (Houston, Texas) have submitted comments opposing the President’s Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) Interim Final Rule (Proposed Rule), which would repeal CEQ’s...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Bloomberg Government Interviews Sam Finnerty on Trump’s Overhaul of Federal Contracting and GSA’s Pivotal Role

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In a March 20 executive order, President Trump directed federal agencies to submit plans to consolidate procurement for “common goods and services” under the General Services Administration, which puts the agency in charge of...more

ArentFox Schiff

Mass Layoffs Begin At the FDA

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As a further update to our alert from March 27, the Trump Administration began mass layoffs at US health agencies on April 1....more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Executive Order Aims to Consolidate GWACs at GSA

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In late March, the Trump Administration issued executive order “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement,” (“the EO”), which aims to consolidate “domestic Federal procurement” within the...more

Wenning Environmental

Will damage, impact, and risk assessment get “DOGE’d”?

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President Trump’s January 31, 2025, executive order (EO), Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation, and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) February 25 interim final rule removing CEQ regulations...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Establishing the United States Investment Accelerator (Trump EO Tracker)

Establishes the United States Investment Accelerator office within the Department of Commerce to facilitate and accelerate investments above $1 billion in the United States. The office will assist investors in navigating...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

A Good First Step: A Review of the Trump Administration’s Critical Minerals EO

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On March 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) on “Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production.” A summary of the EO follows along with our analysis....more

Polsinelli

GSA Expansion under Executive Order “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement"

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On March 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (the “Order”) targeted at consolidating domestic government procurement processes. Titled “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating...more

Polsinelli

HHS Job Cuts: FDA, CDC, NIH and CMS Impacted Amidst Significant Restructurings

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On March 27, 2025, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a “dramatic restructuring” that will result in a reduction in agency workforce combined with significant internal restructuring. The...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

DOJ Withdraws 11 Pieces of Americans With Disabilities Act Title III Guidance: What Covered Businesses Need to Know

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) withdrew 11 documents providing guidance to businesses on compliance with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (Title III). The DOJ Guidance sets forth how the agency interprets...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Department of Justice Loosens the Requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on March 19, 2025 that it was eliminating 11 separate previously issued guidance documents concerning compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The basis of...more

Vedder Price

President Trump Issues Executive Actions Regarding Federal Agencies

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In mid-February 2025, President Trump issued three executive actions (the orders) intended to improve the administration of the executive branch and enhance the accountability of Federal agencies. Among other things, the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Trump Administration Revises SBA’s Small Business Goals

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On January 24, the SBA announced updated small business contracting goals for fiscal year 2025, significantly decreasing some goals and standardizing targets across federal agencies. These changes bring the small business...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History (Trump EO Tracker)

Ensure appropriations to the Smithsonian Institution prohibit expenditures on exhibits or programs that degrade shared American values, divide Americans based on race, or promote programs or ideologies inconsistent with...more

ArentFox Schiff

Major Restructuring of the US Department of Health and Human Services

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On March 27, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a significant restructuring initiative in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s Department of Government...more

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FedRAMP 20x: Reformulating the Authorization Process

FedRAMP Director Pete Waterman recently unveiled the “FedRAMP 20x” plan – a proposal designed to reimagine and reformulate the FedRAMP authorization process for federal government use of cloud-based products and services....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

President Trump Issues Executive Order Consolidating Certain Procurements Under the General Services Administration

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Agencies must shift procurement of common goods and services to GSA, which is now the government’s executive agent for procurement of information technology....more

Stoel Rives LLP

President Trump’s Executive Order Promoting Domestic Mineral Production

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On March 20, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14241 (EO), 90 Fed. Reg. 13673 (Mar. 25, 2025), aimed at promoting domestic mineral production for national security. The EO relies on authority under 3 U.S.C. § 301...more

Cooley LLP

New Executive Order Will Consolidate Federal Agency Procurement Functions in the General Services Administration

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On March 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to consolidate much of their existing procurement responsibilities in the General Services Administration (GSA). The new order,...more

Brooks Pierce

Trump Administration’s Efforts to Dismantle the U.S. Department of Education

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Executive Order Asserting that “the experiment of controlling American education through Federal programs and dollars” has “plainly failed our children,” on March 20, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy (Trump EO Tracker)

Continues reduction of federal government by requiring the following entities to reduce their performances to the minimum required by law: the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; the United States Agency for Global...more

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