Reforming the Federal Contracts and Grants System
Judge: Musk and Trump’s Effort to Disband USAID Is Likely Unconstitutional
Government Executive - U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang found that the Trump administration and Elon Musk likely violated the constitutional separation of powers and...
Don’t Let ‘Efficiency’ Result in Looser Standards for Defense Contractors
Breaking Defense - Christopher Kubasik — CEO of L3Harris Technologies, Inc. and Chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association — recently published an open letter...
Fourth Circuit Terminates Maryland District Court’s DEI Injunction
Bass Berry & Sims - On March 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the government’s motion for a stay...
Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors Eliminated by Executive Order
Smith Currie Oles - After surviving several challenges in the courts, the federal contractor minimum wage enacted under President Biden has been stricken down...
DOGE Is Reshaping Government Contracts, Grants, and Loans—Steps Recipients Must Take to Stay Ahead
Kilpatrick - Summer is still two months away, but for federal contractors, businesses, and state, local, and tribal governments that rely on federal grants...
Fastest 5 Minutes: Executive Order – “Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative”
Crowell & Moring - This week’s episode of The Fastest 5 Minutes" podcast features a deep dive on the President’s Executive Order, Implementing the...
Trump’s ‘Pincer Maneuver’ Reshapes Federal Contracting Landscape
NextGov/FCW - The Trump administration is following a two-pronged approach in their efforts to reduce budgets and shrink the size of the federal government....
Judge Ali Orders the Government to Make At Least 300 Payments Per Day for Work Performed Prior to February 13
On March 10, Judge Ali issued a preliminary injunction against the government. Judge Ali found it likely that Plaintiffs would prevail on claims that...
Trump Administration Scraps Over 80% of USAID Programs, Top Diplomat Rubio Says
The Trump administration has canceled more than 80 percent of all the programs at U.S. Agency for International Development following a six-week review, according...
Trump Administration Considering Criminal Referrals in USAID Fight
The Trump administration is signaling it may bring criminal referrals against employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) or grantee recipients over...
2nd Court Blocks Government Funding Freeze: 5 Takeaways for Contractors
A second federal judge indefinitely blocked the Trump administration’s blanket freeze on appropriated and obligated federal funds for government contractors, reinforcing Congress’s authority over...
Better Data, Not a Review, New Systems Will Fix Acquisition
Federal News Network - As part the U.S. DOGE Service’s offensive, the reviewing and canceling of contracts for things they deem duplicative or unnecessary...
