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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

DLA Piper

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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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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update

Good Afternoon! The business of space got a boost on August 13 when the Trump Administration published its EO intended to revamp commercial space regulations. The Administration and Congress continue to square off about...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Intelligence - July 2025

White House Releases America’s AI Action Plan On July 23, 2025, the White House released America’s AI Action Plan. The plan, initiated by President Donald J. Trump's Executive Order 14179, "Removing Barriers to American...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The FAR Part 12 Rewrite: Making Commercial Acquisitions More Streamlined

The Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) continues, with rewrites to FAR Parts 4, 8, 12, and 40 issued August 14, 2025. For our previous alerts on the RFO, see here and here. This alert focuses on...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Comprehensive Guide to Trump’s Executive Actions on ESG, DEI & Environmental Policy

The recent wave of executive orders issued under the Trump Administration marks a dramatic shift in the landscape of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policy, sustainability initiatives, and DEI (Diversity, Equity,...more

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Trump Administration Executive Order Tracker - updated 8.18.25

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Below is a tracker of healthcare-related executive orders (EOs) issued by the Trump administration, including overviews of each EO and the date each EO was signed. We will regularly update this tracker as additional EOs are...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

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

OFPP Green Lights Immediate Use of Revised Procurement Rules

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On August 15, the White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) announced agencies may “immediately begin eliminating one-third of requirements from their future contracts...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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

White House issues executive order: “Democratizing Access for Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors”

On August 7, 2025, the White House issued an executive order called “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors” (Order). The Order focuses on 401(k) plans and other participant-directed defined...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Executive Order Tightens Federal Grant Oversight: What Grant Recipients Need to Know

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The Trump Administration on Aug. 7, 2025, issued a sweeping executive order titled "Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking" (the Order or EO), which is aimed at overhauling the federal grantmaking process. Framed as a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking (Trump EO Tracker)

Directs federal agencies to overhaul their grant processes by requiring senior appointees to rigorously review discretionary grants and funding announcements for alignment with national interests and agency priorities. It...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The Trump Administration’s plan to win the AI race – a legal perspective

Since the beginning of the second Trump Administration, we have seen a dramatic shift in US AI policy away from mitigating AI’s social and physical harms to promoting America’s AI domination on the world’s stage, advancing...more

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How the White House’s AI Action Plan Aims To Ensure American Leadership in AI

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Key Takeaways - - The White House’s recently released AI Action Plan and accompanying executive orders aim to solidify the United States’ position as a global leader in AI and lay out key focus areas that will steer federal...more

Bracewell LLP

Executive Order Enhances Federal Permitting and Incentives for AI-Related Data Centers

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In an effort to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI), President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order (EO) aimed at expediting the federal permitting process for data centers, particularly those...more

K&L Gates LLP

Trump Administration Unveils its Plan for Winning the AI Race

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On Wednesday, 23 July 2025, the Trump administration reaffirmed its commitment to being at the forefront of innovation and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI). The first building block is the release of a “Winning...more

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Trump Administration Releases Action Plan and Executive Orders for “AI Dominance”

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On July 23, 2025, the Trump Administration issued a 28-page action plan (the Action Plan or the Plan) and three corresponding Executive Orders designed to “win the AI race” and achieve “global dominance” in the AI...more

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Powering Tomorrow—The White House AI Action Plan's Ambitious Vision for U.S. Infrastructure

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The White House recently unveiled “America’s AI Action Plan,” a comprehensive strategy designed to secure United States leadership in the global artificial intelligence race. The plan is built on three foundational pillars:...more

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AI Infrastructure, Ideology, and Exports: Inside the White House’s New AI Orders

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On July 23, 2025, the president signed three AI-related Executive Orders (“E.O.s”) to accompany the recently released White House’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan (“AI Action Plan”). These E.O.s seek to add clarity...more

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White House Issues Action Plan, Three Executive Orders on Artificial Intelligence

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July 23 was a big day for Artificial Intelligence in America – the White House released America’s AI Action Plan, and then followed the announcement with the signing of three AI-related Executive Orders....more

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New Executive Order Aims to Accelerate Development of Data Centers

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The White House has issued an executive order dated July 23, 2025, aimed at accelerating the federal permitting process for data center infrastructure. This latest directive from the US administration is intended to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure (Trump EO Tracker)

Accelerates the buildout of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and supporting infrastructure by easing federal permitting, streamlining environmental reviews, and expanding access to federally owned land for...more

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Considerations from America’s AI Action Plan

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On July 23, the White House released “America’s AI Action Plan” (the Plan), a comprehensive federal strategy aimed at ensuring the United States achieves and maintains global leadership in artificial intelligence (AI)....more

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