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Executive Order Tightens Federal Grant Oversight: What Grant Recipients Need to Know

The Trump Administration on Aug. 7, 2025, issued a sweeping executive order titled "Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking" (the Order or EO), which is aimed at overhauling the federal grantmaking process. Framed as a...more

DOE Funding Update: Contracting and Current Award Developments

In contrast to the recent influx of terminations in the broader government contracting and federal grants space, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has not yet started to issue wide-ranging programmatic or sweeping...more

Executive Orders Issued to Overhaul FAR, Direct Procurement of Commercial Products and Services

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on federal procurement titled "Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement" on April 15, 2025 (the April 15 EO), directing that the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) be...more

Supreme Court Blocks Use of Administrative Procedure Act to Halt Education Grant Terminations

Federal grantees facing the termination of their grants by the new administration have challenged those terminations by filing suits under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in federal district courts. In about a half a...more

Executive Order on DOGE Cost Efficiency: Major Changes in Federal Contracts and Grants

The Trump Administration issued an executive order (EO) on Feb. 26, 2025, implementing the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) "cost efficiency initiative" that seeks to transform federal spending on contracts,...more

The Storm Before the Calm: SBA Final Rule Delays Impact of Future Post-M&A Recertifications

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Dec. 17, 2024, issued a Final Rule that substantially changes the effect of recertifications of size and socioeconomic status under set-aside contracts following the merger or...more

The Impact of Chevron Reversal on Government Contracting

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo upended decades of precedent that required courts to defer to agencies' interpretations of statutes. This, known as the Chevron doctrine, allowed for...more

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