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Resources on the 2025 Presidential Transition

As of January 20, 2025, the Trump administration brings new leadership, priorities, and policies. The Coalition has created this page to keep members informed of executive orders relevant to contractors, agency guidance, and analysis provided by our member law firms.

Executive Orders Relevant to Contractors:

Acquisition

Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base (4/9/2025)

Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement (3/20/2025)

Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Cost Efficiency Initiative (2/26/2025)

DEI

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects Civil Rights and Merit-Based Opportunity by Ending Illegal DEI (1/21/2025)

Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (1/21/2025)

Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (1/20/2025)

Federal Workforce

Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy (2/19/2025)

Hiring Freeze (1/20/2025)

Return to In-Person Work (1/20/2025)

Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce (1/20/2025)

Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives (1/20/2025)

Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit To Government Service (1/20/2025)

Policy Review

Directing the Repeal of Unlawful Regulations (4/9/2025)

Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers (4/9/2025)

Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Regulatory Initiative (2/19/2025)

Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies (2/18/2025)

Radical Transparency About Wasteful Spending (2/18/2025)

Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation (1/31/2025)

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Launches Massive 10-1 Deregulation Initiative (1/31/2025)

Regulatory Freeze Pending Review (1/20/2025)   

Establishing And Implementing The President’s “Department Of Government Efficiency” (1/20/2025)

Reversal of Previous Administration Orders

Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions (3/14/2025)

Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws (2/10/2025)

Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions (1/20/2025)

Vetting of Foreign Nationals

Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats (1/20/2025)

Tariffs and Trade

Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports from the People’s Republic of China (4/8/2025)

Presidential Actions Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports (4/2/2025)

Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits (4/2/2025)

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security (4/2/2025)

Amendment to Duties to Address the Situation at our Southern Border (3/6/2025)

Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across our Northern Border (3/6/2025)

Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China (3/3/2025)

Amendment to Duties to Address the Situation at our Southern Border (3/2/2025)

Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across our Northern Border (3/2/2025)

Addressing the Threat to National Security from Imports of Timber, Lumber (3/1/2025)

Addressing the Threat to National Security from Imports of Copper (2/25/2025)

Progress on the Situation at our Northern Border (2/3/2025)

Progress on the Situation at our Southern Border (2/3/2025)

Imposing Duties to Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China (2/1/2025)

Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across our Northern Border (2/1/2025)

Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border (2/1/2025)

Agency Guidance and News

GSA

VA

OPM

NASA

DOL

SBA

DoD

Member Publications

Executive Order Tracker

DEI

IT Modernization

Trade Policy

Stop Work Orders

Leadership and Policy Changes

Vetting of Foreign Nationals

FCPA

AI

Federal Workforce

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