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Clearing Space for Launch: Trump 2.0 Proposes Regulatory Overhaul to Enhance American Leadership in Space by 2030

The Trump administration’s new Executive Order formally adopts a policy to “enhance American greatness in space.” The EO directs streamlining and reform efforts in four key areas—commercial launch and reentry, spaceport...more

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President Trump Releases Executive Order on Space-Based Businesses

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President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order to “streamline commercial license and permit approvals” for US-based space businesses and ensure that US operators can efficiently launch, conduct missions in space and...more

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Commercial Space Industry Executive Order to Streamline Regulatory Review: Key Implications

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President Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry.” Published on August 13, 2025, the EO aims to streamline commercial space licensing and expedite...more

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Was Major Tom’s Space Mission Reviewed Under NEPA?

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David Bowie’s hit song "Space Oddity," about the fictional astronaut Major Tom, was released as a single in 1969. Environmental impact statements (EIS) for rocket launches in the US were not required at that time. Rocket...more

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Executive Order Seeks to Turbocharge U.S. Commercial Space Industry

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On August 13, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) that is poised to dramatically reshape the regulatory landscape for the U.S. commercial space industry. Titled “Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space...more

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Executive Order Aims to Accelerate Space Launch Licensing, Cut Review Times

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President Donald Trump on August 13, 2025 signed an executive order aimed at streamlining federal review of commercial space launches and establishing a new framework for novel space missions. The order, titled Enabling...more

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Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry (Trump EO Tracker)

Aims to streamline commercial license and permit approvals for United States-based commercial space industry operators. Directs the U.S. Department of Transportation to use all available authorities to streamline or remove...more

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President Trump Orders Divestment of Jupiter Systems, Citing National Security Concerns

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On July 8th, 2025, President Trump issued an order (the “Order”) forcing divestment of U.S.-based Jupiter Systems (“Jupiter”) by its China-based parent company, Suirui Group Co., Ltd. (“Suirui”), more than five years after...more

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Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update - June 2025

Good Afternoon! The past couple of weeks in space policy news have been dominated by defense headlines. In the U.S., a “czar” was appointed to oversee the Golden Dome project and the Pentagon began looking into alternative...more

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Interstellar Insights - April 2025

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The Trump Administration recently issued a new Executive Order titled "Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base." The directive, announced April 9, 2025, aims to reform the...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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Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update | February 7, 2025

Good Afternoon! U.S. Chamber launches space leadership council, Crew 9 has to stay…just a little bit longer, and new executive orders spur reviews, revisions and other activity across U.S. space agencies, and Akin’s Micheal...more

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Proposed regs would ban federal contractors from requesting salary information, require job postings to include comp information...

On January 30, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council, through its constituent agencies (the U.S. Department of Defense, General Services Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Office of...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – October 2023

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Small Business Administration (SBA) Press Release: SBA Administrator Guzman Releases Statement on the Reopening of the 8(a) Application Portal - On Friday, September 29, U.S. Small Business Administrator Isabella Casillas...more

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Biden Executive Order Has Potential To Discourage U.S. Company Participation In Federal Research

A new Biden administration Executive Order proposes to enforce more rigorously U.S. manufacturing requirements attendant to federally funded inventions. While the aim of the Executive Order is to support domestic...more

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CHIPS And Science Act Makes Available Billions Of Dollars For The United States Science And Technology Sectors

Infusing billions of dollars into the U.S. semiconductor industry and appropriating billions more for scientific research and development, what is now colloquially referred to as the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 was signed...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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Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Enforcement Halted in 3 States/Deadline Delayed Nationwide

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Shifting standards and deadlines place additional burdens on contractors seeking to remain in compliance. What to Know - On November 30, 2021, a federal judge granted an injunction barring the government from enforcing the...more

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Untangling the Vaccine Mandate – Updates and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

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Since our October 14, 2021 webinar, much has developed in the rapidly evolving compliance world of Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (“EO” or “EO 14042”). In case you...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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Federal Support for Defense Uses of Advanced Nuclear

Summary of the EO - On January 12, 2021, former President Trump issued an EO on Promoting Small Modular Reactors for National Defense and Space Exploration. The EO directs the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of...more

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A Matter of Consensus: A Preference for “Buy American” Transcends Presidential Administrations

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On January 19, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD), the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration issued a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) concerning...more

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The Artemis Accords Seek to Propel a New Industry

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On May 15, 2020, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) revealed the blueprint for the Artemis Accords (“Accords”), which are to form the basis of NASA’s international partnerships with other...more

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Privacy Tip #74 – What to Do About Customs and Border Patrol

There has been lots of talk about the ripple effects of the Trump travel ban. But here’s a new twist I hadn’t heard before—U.S. Customs and Border Control (CBP) agents are detaining U.S. citizens and requiring them to unlock...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - December 2016 #3

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors - The Department of Defense (“DOD”), General Services Administration (“GSA”), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) have issued an...more

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