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 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
On February 20, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that, effective immediately, it is waiving procurement laws related to the U.S. border wall construction. The unprecedented step is the Trump...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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