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Federal grantmaking transformed: Executive Order brings sweeping changes to grant process and oversight

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On August 7, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14332, “Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking”, a sweeping directive that reshapes the federal grantmaking process. Framed as a move to improve accountability and...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Efforts to Effectively Dismantle the Department of Education Move Forward

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We previously examined President Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education (DOE, or Department) and, in his words, return “education back to the states.” Since that time, two significant...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

Chemical Safety Board Marks First Enforcement Action Under Reporting Rule

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Despite the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) not requesting a budget in its FY 2026 Budget Request – instead stating that “[t]he President’s Budget proposes $0 for CSB’s FY 2026 budget with the...more

Haynes Boone

Executive Order Seeks to Reshape Federal Grantmaking Policy and Oversight

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On Aug. 7, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14332, titled “Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking.” The executive order marks a new direction for federal grantmaking policy and oversight. In recent months, the...more

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Viva ‘Contractification’: New Executive Order Promises Changes to Grant Oversight

In its continuous drive to alter business as usual, the federal government has made many changes this year to the way it manages financial assistance (grants and cooperative agreements). Executive Order 14332, “Improving...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Unpacking the Trump administration’s new EO on Federal grantmaking: What applicants and recipients need to know

On August 7, 2025, the White House issued an executive order (EO) titled “Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking.” The EO calls for significant changes to the process of making and administering grants, cooperative...more

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Trump Administration Imposes New Restrictions on Federal Grant Funding and Suggests Potential Use of “March-In” Rights to License...

In an effort to ameliorate perceived problems with the manner in which the federal government issues federal grant funding and the nature of the grants that it funds, President Trump recently announced a sweeping new grant...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

What to Know About the Executive Order on “Improving” Federal Grantmaking

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Last week, President Trump issued Executive Order 14332, Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking. The order imposes a new review process to realign discretionary grant awards and ensure that any future grants issued under...more

Wiley Rein LLP

New Executive Order Calls for Reforming Federal Grant Oversight

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WHAT: On August 7, 2025, President Trump released an Executive Order (EO), “Improving Oversight Of Federal Grantmaking.” Citing a study from 2024 that claimed more than a quarter of the new National Science Foundation (NSF)...more

Perkins Coie

Trump Increases Oversight of Discretionary Federal Funding Awards in Executive Order to Advance Administration Priorities

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Key Takeaways - - Executive Order (EO) 14332 on “Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking” reshapes the federal discretionary grant landscape by embedding ideological oversight, performance accountability, and political...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB responds to GAO letter on budget authority

On July 30, the CFPB’s Chief Legal Officer, Mark Paoletta, responded to a June GAO letter which raised several questions about the Bureau’s authority to request or decline funding. In particular, the CFPB focused on GAO’s...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

President Signs EO to Restore Gold Standard for Science, Calls for Reevaluation of Biden Administration’s Scientific Integrity...

On May 27, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on “Restoring Gold Standard Science.” 90 Fed. Reg. 22601. The EO states that the Trump Administration “is committed to restoring a gold standard for science to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

‘I Really Wanted to Stay’: Amid Success, Regrets, OHRP’s Kaneshiro Hopes Agency Will Be Rebuilt

When Jerry Menikoff retired at the end of 2022 after leading the HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) for 14 years, he left behind an agency limping along with 20 employees, less than half of what it needed. For...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

NASEM Releases Quadrennial Review of NNI, Recommends Renewed and Expanded Infrastructure

On May 20, 2025, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) announced the release of a report entitled Quadrennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (2025): Securing U.S. Global...more

Lathrop GPM

Trump Executive Order Restricts Funding for “Dangerous Gain-of-Function Research”

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On May 5, the Trump administration issued Executive Order 14292, “Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research,” which effectively ends federal funding for “dangerous gain-of-function research” and other life...more

King & Spalding

CMS Will Likely Stop Funding Certain State Medicaid Programs

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CMS announced this month that it does not anticipate using federal funds to match state funds for designated state health programs (DSHP) and designated state investment programs (DSIP) under its section 1115 demonstration...more

Alston & Bird

VA Announces Wind Down of VASP Program and VA Home Retention Waterfall

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What Happened? On April 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued Circular 26-25-2 (the Circular), which announces that the VA’s Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program is winding down. As of...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

VA Winding Down VASP Program

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As previously reported, last year the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program, which VA characterized as a “last-resort tool” for VA home loan borrowers facing...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

NIH’s Mandatory 15% Indirect Rate – Next Steps Following Preliminary Injunction

On March 5, 2025, a US district court in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction blocking the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from implementing a February 7, 2025, “Supplemental Guidance” notice that would establish...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

President Trump Issues Executive Order Directing Agencies to Review Spending Through Government Contracts and Grants

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Agencies must cooperate with DOGE to review certain government contracts and grants, including examination of whether the government should terminate or modify such contracts or grants to reduce or reallocate spending,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Court Issues “Pause” in NTEU Lawsuit Against CFPB

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As discussed here, on February 9, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), which includes members employed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), filed a lawsuit in the District Court for the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Congressional Financial Services Committee members pen letter to CFPB requesting explanation for a $0 funding request

On February 11, the ranking members from both the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions sent a letter to CFPB Acting Director Russell Vought expressing concerns regarding...more

Baker Donelson

OMB Soon To Release Updates To Uniform Grant Regulations

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) held a webinar on April 4, 2024, which was followed by a White House announcement of the impending launch of revised regulations at Title 2 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (2...more

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