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America's AI Action Plan: What's In, What's Out, What's Next

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The White House released "Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan" (Plan) on July 23, 2025, in accordance with President Donald Trump's Jan. 23, 2025, executive order on "Removing Barriers to American Leadership in...more

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WHITE PAPER | The DEI Executive Orders: Considerations for Assessing and Addressing Private Employer and Federal Contractor...

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Following the inauguration, President Trump issued a series of Executive Orders addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ("DEI") and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility ("DEIA") in employment that impact federal...more

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Government-Wide Policy Provides Federal Agencies Governance Structure and Standards for Use of Artificial Intelligence

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Marking the first effort to establish an artificial intelligence (“AI”) governance structure for the federal government, the AI Memorandum contains requirements and recommendations for federal agencies’ AI use that...more

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How President Biden’s Executive Order Aims to Protect Your Personal Data from Countries of Concern

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On February 28, 2024, President Biden announced he was signing an Executive Order intended to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data. The Executive Order focuses on large-scale transfers of (i) genomic data, (ii)...more

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SBA Issues More Guidance on Use of 8(a) Program During Ultima Injunction

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) continues to navigate the impact of the injunction entered in Ultima Servs. Corp. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., No. 2:20-CV-00041-DCLC-CRW, 2023 WL 463348 (E.D. Tenn. July 19, 2023)...more

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Contractors: Direct Employees to Remove TikTok from Personal Cell Phones, Other Devices

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Holland & Knight previously noted an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum prohibiting the use of TikTok on information technology used by federal agencies and contractors. (See Holland & Knight's previous blog...more

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Agency Requirement that Past Performance Occur at Specific Contracting Tier Found Unduly Restrictive

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Procuring agencies have wide latitude in developing requirements for their solicitations.  When provisions are challenged, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) merely evaluates whether the agency’s justification...more

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President Trump Rescinds Nondisplacement of Qualified Worker Executive Order

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On Halloween, President Trump issued an Executive Order rescinding one of the most notable employment-related executive orders from the Obama Administration: Executive Order 13495, commonly known as the Nondisplacement of...more

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Legal Tropics: The Florida Public Records Act: A Primer for Private Entities

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The Florida Public Records Act requires state and local government entities and agencies to make their records available to the public. But the Act also has many implications for private entities that transact business with...more

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Disaster-Response Decision-Making: Is Your Agency Prepared? BB&K Attorneys Mary Beth Coburn and Rebecca Chaparro Write About...

Strategizing best practices around implementing disaster preparedness programs can be challenging. The contracting requirements and statutes associated with utilizing federal emergency funds are fairly straightforward, but...more

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Independent Contractors & Consultants Can be Subject to Conflict of Interest Laws - California Supreme Court Sets New Precedent...

In a watershed decision, the California Supreme Court held that independent contractors and consultants can be considered “employees” and subject to the conflict of interest provisions of Government Code 1090. This includes...more

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House Bill 2: What It Does and Does Not Do (A Private Sector Business Perspective)

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H.B. 2 does not preclude private sector businesses or employers from adopting policies that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity nor regulate their decisions with regard to employee or...more

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