On April 16, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order titled “Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts,” which establishes the Administration’s policy of procuring “commercially ...more
As both chambers of Congress worked to pass their versions of the budget resolution, tax writers on the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee, along with their respective leadership, had to decide...more
On Jan. 27, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued OMB Memorandum M-25-13, which directed all executive departments and agencies to temporarily pause all Federal financial assistance, including federal grants...more
On Aug. 14, 2023, the White House, acting through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), issued final guidance to federal agencies implementing the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), enacted as part of the...more
Last year, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a nationwide injunction against President Biden’s federal contractor COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Executive Order 14042. On Aug. 26, 2022, as...more
On March 7, 2022, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council promulgated a final rule aimed at increasing federal government preferences for goods and construction materials that are domestically manufactured and increasing...more