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Military Mission for Sealing the Southern Border of the United States and Repelling Invasions

Orders the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide for the use and jurisdiction by the Department of Defense over such Federal lands,...more

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Trump Administration to Consolidate Certain Domestic Federal Procurements into GSA

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The Trump Administration on March 20, 2025, issued an executive order titled "Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement" (the EO), which will result in a major change in the landscape of...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – March 2025 #3

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report: Small Business Contracting, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Needs Increased Contractor Oversight to Reduce Reporting Errors - On March 13, GAO released a...more

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National Emergency at Southern Border Declared by President Trump

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AT A GLANCE On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump invoked the National Emergencies Act (NEA), citing a national crisis at the southern US border....more

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Executive Order: Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States

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Date Issued: Jan. 20, 2025 This executive order declares a national emergency at the southern border of the U.S. due to the presence of threats, including cartels, criminal gangs, known terrorists, human traffickers,...more

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Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity (Trump EO Tracker)

Summary - Direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate actions to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to full capacity to provide additional...more

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Executive Order: Clarifying the Military's Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States

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Date Issued: Jan. 20, 2025 This executive order clarifies the military's role in securing the U.S. borders against threats of invasion, unlawful forays by foreign nationals into the U.S. and other transnational criminal...more

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Restoring America's Fighting Force (Trump EO Tracker)

Summary - This order abolishes every Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office within the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security with regard to the U.S. Coast Guard,  respectively, including any...more

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Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States

This Order directs the Secretary of Defense to order as many units of the Armed Forces as he determines appropriate, including the Ready Reserve and the National Guard, to support the activities of the Secretary of Homeland...more

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Biden Administration Issues Executive Order to Protect Sensitive Personal Data

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The White House recently issued an executive order that restricts cross-border transfers of personal data from the United States to “countries of concern.” President Biden also urged Congress to pass comprehensive privacy...more

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Timeline: Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence

On October 30, 2023, the Biden administration issued its long-awaited artificial intelligence (AI) executive order (EO), which issues directives to over 20 federal agencies, with the deadline for implementation spanning...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – September 2022

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Executive Order Will Guide $52 Billion Chips Act Funding - A new executive order is creating an interagency steering council to assist in the disbursement of $52 billion in manufacturing subsidies and research funding from...more

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Biden Administration Releases Industrial Base Reports

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Reports identify weaknesses and introduce plans to strengthen certain critical supply chains - On February 24, 2022, the Biden Administration released a Plan to Revitalize American Manufacturing and Secure Critical Supply...more

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Blockchain for Critical Minerals

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Critical minerals, which include rare earth minerals, are generally defined as minerals that are important to supply chains, but difficult to mine and ship due to scarcity, geopolitical issues, trade policy, or a combination...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – February 2022 #2

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - House Passes Stopgap Bill to Prevent Shutdown - The Hill reported that the House passed a stopgap measure to extend federal government funding until March 11, 2022, to prevent a shutdown next week...more

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Summary of Agency Class Deviations Implementing Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate

The Government Contracts and Global Trade Group is pleased to provide a summary of some of the key class deviations and other memoranda published by U.S. Government agencies implementing the federal contractor COVID-19...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – August 2021 #2

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Class Deviation Regarding Exceptions to the Limitations on Subcontracting Requirements for Small Business Concerns Under FAR Part 19 - The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council published a...more

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Enough’s Enough: A New Executive Order Signals Sweeping Changes To Federal Cybersecurity Requirements

Akin to the exasperations of the newly minted “homeschool teachers” the pandemic has created, the Biden administration’s recent Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (Order) is a mix of sound logic and utter...more

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Executive Order on Cybersecurity Sets Aggressive Timeline

The Colonial Pipeline cyberattack prompted the issuance of a long-awaited executive order (EO) on improving U.S. cybersecurity. The EO mandates that, within six months, all federal agencies implement multi-factor...more

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President Biden Issues Executive Order to Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity Practices

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On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity following a series of highly publicized cybersecurity incidents during the first four months of his presidency, including the...more

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Finding the Weak Links – President Biden Executive Order Demands Review of Critical U.S. Supply Chains

On February 24, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14017, “Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains,” requiring a review of global supply chains that support key U.S. industries in an attempt to improve supply...more

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Biden Orders Reviews of Critical Supply Chains

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On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (Order) directing a series of reviews of global supply chains - the latest government effort to create more resilient and secure supply chains for...more

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Formalizing Team Telecom

Earlier this month, the FCC adopted a Report & Order (“R&O”) streamlining the application review process for transactions involving foreign investment or participation in U.S. telecommunications companies (commonly known as...more

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Updated List of U.S. National Security Actions Impacting Supply Chains

Pillsbury’s International Trade team is tracking developing U.S. government measures with widespread implications for the tech, telecom and government contracting industries. The Trump administration has long focused on...more

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Executive Order on Essential Medicines: A Timeline and Overview of Key Provisions

On August 6, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States.” The far-reaching EO seeks to ensure the domestic...more

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