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Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) Department of Defense (DOD)

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Key Legal Issues Facing U.S. Government Contractors in 2025

As the regulatory environment continues to evolve in the new administration, U.S. government contractors are facing an increasingly complex array of legal challenges. Staying compliant and competitive requires close attention...more

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Keeping Your Defense Contract: Combating Recent Government Contract Cuts

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The Department of Defense (DOD) cut another batch of government contracts and grants on March 20th. The DOD is just one of many executive agencies advancing the policies of President Trump and the Department of Government...more

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Nichole Atallah Speaks with Federal News Network: DoD No Longer Requires Equal Employment Opportunity Clauses In Contracts

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A new policy directs all Defense Department components not to include Equal Employment Opportunity provisions and clauses in new contracts and solicitations. In a memo released on March 4, John Tenaglia, the defense pricing,...more

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DOD and GSA Announce FAR Class Deviations to Implement DEI-Related Executive Orders

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Government contractors and subcontractors should be on the lookout for contract modifications as agencies begin implementing DEI-related Executive Orders....more

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DOD to Begin Terminating DEI Contracts and Requirements

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The Department of Defense (DOD) is taking steps to comply with President Trump’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)-related Executive Orders (EOs). In a memorandum dated January 28, 2025, DOD’s Acquisition and...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – February 2025 #2

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Federal Judge Clarifies Scope of TRO Enjoining Federal Spending Freeze - As we recently outlined, on January 31, 2025, U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) that blocks the...more

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DoD issues Memorandum Implementing Trump Executive Order Banning DEI Programs and Directing the Termination of Certain Agreements

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The Department of Defense (DoD) is moving forward with eliminating Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs under Executive Order Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, dated January 20,...more

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DOD Issues Guidance to Contracting Officers Regarding Solicitations and Contracts with DEIA Requirements

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When a new presidential administration results in a new party occupying the White House, taxpayers often expect myriad government and public policy changes will soon follow. Hewing that truism, President Trump began his...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – January 2025 #5

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Trump’s Executive Order on IIJA and IRA Contracts: Maximizing Cost Recovery for Government Contractors - On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order entitled “Unleashing American Energy” (the Executive...more

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Restoring America's Fighting Force (Trump EO Tracker)

Summary - This order abolishes every Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office within the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security with regard to the U.S. Coast Guard,  respectively, including any...more

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Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness (Trump EO Tracker)

Summary - This order directs the Secretary of Defense to promptly issue directives for DoD to end invented and identification-based pronoun usage to best achieve high standards for troops. Absent extraordinary operational...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Proposed rule on federal contractor salary information requests, comp information on job postings is withdrawn

On January 8th, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council withdrew a proposed rule that would have (1) prohibited federal government contractors and subcontractors from requesting or using compensation history in the hiring...more

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