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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

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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

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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

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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

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Cyber Regulatory Harmonization: The Prospects and Potential Impacts of Current Efforts

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Companies in virtually every critical infrastructure sector have to navigate the maze of duplicative, inconsistent, and fragmented cybersecurity regulations imposed by federal and state governments. For example, as we have...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government (Trump EO Tracker)

Directs all federal agencies to procure only those large language models (LLMs) developed in accordance with two Unbiased AI Principles: truth-seeking and ideological neutrality. Within 120 days, the Director Management and...more

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New Cybersecurity Executive Order Revises Specific Federal Policies While Retaining Core Security Principles

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On June 6, 2025, the Trump Administration issued a new Executive Order, Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144 (the EO) that contains...more

Jones Day

OMB Directs Agencies to Accelerate AI Adoption and Devise Governance Strategy

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The Office of Management and Budget releases highly anticipated guidance to federal agencies on the use and deployment of artificial intelligence and how to manage its risks....more

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OMB Issues Memoranda on Use and Acquisition of AI by Federal Agencies, Part 2: What It Means for Government Contractors

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In Part 2 of this series, we look at OMB Memorandum M-25-22, which addresses the procurement of AI by federal agencies. As noted in Part 1, the memos implement Executive Order 14179, “Removing Barriers to American Leadership...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

All American AI: New OMB Memos Set Priorities for Federal AI Use and Acquisition

On April 3, 2025, OMB released two new memorandums on artificial intelligence (“AI”) as directed by Executive Order 14179, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence. (As a reminder, President Trump...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

National Biotechnology Initiative Act Would Implement Recommendations from NSCEB’s Final Report

As reported in our April 25, 2025, blog item, the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) announced on April 8, 2025, the availability of its final report and action plan, “urging Congressional action...more

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OMB Issues Memoranda on Use and Acquisition of AI by Federal Agencies, Part 1: What It Means for Government Contractors

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On April 3, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued two memoranda addressing the accelerated use and efficient acquisition of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by federal agencies: M-25-21 and M-25-22. The memos...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OMB issues guidance for implementing executive order on agency accountability

On April 17, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum providing guidance for historically independent regulatory agencies to comply with regulatory provisions in Executive Order (EO) 14215. The EO “seeks...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Executive Order Aims to ‘Restore Common Sense’ in Procurement by Reforming the Federal Acquisition Regulation

Yogi Berra once said, “The future ain’t what it used to be.” Those who have spent a career in federal procurement have seen many cycles of well-intentioned procurement reform instead create a system that is more complex,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trump Administration Seeks to Streamline Federal Procurement

Between April 9 and April 16, President Trump issued three executive orders (EOs) calling for reforms to the federal procurement system. The April 9 EO, “Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense...more

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FAR Reform Now Underway

The current administration’s efforts to reform the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) are now officially underway. On April 15, 2025, in an Executive Order titled Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement (EO or...more

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EEOC Submits Request to Eliminate Optional Disclosure of Non-Binary Data for EEO-1 Reporting

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On April 15, 2025, in response to Executive Order 14168, Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, the EEOC filed an Information Collection Request (ICR) with OMB...more

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White House Announces “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul”: What to Know

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Through a duo of Executive Orders (EOs), issued on April 15 and 16 respectively, President Trump announced “a first-of-its-kind overhaul of Federal procurement policy.” The rewrite represents a once-in-a-generation...more

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FedRAMP 20x Initiative Promises Major Changes for Federal Cloud Service Providers

Major changes are coming again to the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program ("FedRAMP"), the federal government's cybersecurity authorization program for cloud service providers ("CSPs")....more

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Revolutionary Changes Ahead: Understanding the Overhaul of Federal Procurement Regulations

The Trump administration recently announced three significant initiatives to reshape the federal procurement landscape. These include three new executive orders aimed at modernizing defense acquisitions, reforming foreign...more

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Client Alert: FAR 2.0: Executive Order Aims to Rewrite the Federal Acquisition Regulation

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On April 15, 2025, the Trump Administration issued executive order “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement,” (the EO), which aims to overhaul the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) “to create the most agile,...more

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Executive Order Directs Major Reform to Federal Contracting Regulations

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The US administration on April 15, 2025 issued an executive order that directs prompt and substantial reforms to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The order, titled Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement,...more

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Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement – The White House

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As both chambers of Congress worked to pass their versions of the budget resolution, tax writers on the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee, along with their respective leadership, had to decide...more

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White House Unveils Updated AI Guidelines for Federal Agencies

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Key Takeaways - - The White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued two new memorandums, which establish new federal policies for the use and acquisition of artificial intelligence (AI) by the federal...more

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Federal Contractors Take Note: What Trump’s Procurement Reforms Mean for You

On April 15, President Trump issued two new executive orders that will have a direct impact on federal contractors: - Restoring Common Sense To Federal Procurement directs federal agencies to eliminate from the FAR any...more

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