On January 27, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued an internal memo (Memo M-25-13) directing all federal agencies to temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal...more
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a broad executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” Aimed at “[t]erminating Illegal Discrimination in the Federal...more
On July 30, 2021, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued a proposed rule to amend the FAR to implement Section 8 of President Biden’s “Made in America” executive order, EO 14005, and strengthen the Buy...more
On April 27, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) requiring certain federal contractors to pay workers on government contracts at least $15 per hour beginning January 30, 2022. After 2022, the minimum wage...more
On February 24, 2021, President Biden signed the Executive Order (EO) on America’s Supply Chains, setting forth his administration’s strategy for developing resilient and secure supply chains for critical goods. Prompted by...more
On August 3, 2020, President Donald Trump signed an executive order and released a related fact sheet in furtherance of the White House’s continued efforts to ensure that federal agencies focus on using United States labor in...more
Our monthly edition of the “Government Contracts Regulatory and Legislative Update” offers a summary of and insight into the relevant industry developments that occurred during the previous month.
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12/5/2019
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President Donald Trump’s most recent effort to maximize the use of goods, products, and materials produced in the United States through proposed changes to and enforcement of the regulations implementing the Buy American Act...more
7/25/2019
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