The Year in Government Contracting – 2025 Popular Reads on JD Supra

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For your records, here is a look at some of the most widely read news, updates, and commentary covering government contracting and related matters and published on JD Supra during 2025:

  1. UPDATE: President Trump’s Executive Orders Impose Tariffs on Products from Canada, Mexico, and China: The Cost to Government Contractors – by Jacqueline Unger at PilieroMazza
  2. Trump rescinds Executive Order 11246 – by Cara Yates Crotty at Constangy
  3. FAR 2.0 Part 39 in Arcade Mode—How Federal IT Acquisition Just Hit Reset – by Philip Lee and Alexander Major at McCarter & English
  4. DOJ Settlement With Medical Technology Company Signals Expanding Cybersecurity FCA Risk for Life Sciences Companies – by attorneys at Skadden
  5. Federal Cybersecurity Policy in 2025: What to Watch in Changing Times – by attorneys at Wiley
  6. Understanding the Implications of the Temporary Pause on Federal Financial Assistance – by Steven Neeley at Husch Blackwell
  7. [Podcast] ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 18 - The Reshaping of ESG & DEI – by David Colvin and Karen Davis at Fox Rothschild
  8. Key Executive Orders Passed by President Trump and Their Implications for Government Contractors – by Lauren Brier and Jacqueline Unger at PilieroMazza
  9. Client Alert: SBA Final Rule Expected to Spur Increased Small Government Contractor M&A Activity In 2025 – by Ralph Thomas III at Whiteford
  10. President Trump’s Executive Order on “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” – Overview, Open Issues, and Implications for Higher Education – by William Eveland, James Keller, Douglas Sampson, and Megan Warshawsky at Saul Ewing
  11. The New Trump Executive Order 14145 Regarding Equal Employment Opportunity – What It REALLY Means for HR – by Stacie Caraway and Jimmy Daniel at Miller & Martin
  12. OFCCP Reportedly to Reduce Staff by 90% and Continue Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities Enforcement Efforts – by Guy Brenner and Olympia Karageorgiou at Proskauer

  13. Government Contract Tariff Exemptions – by Jay Blindauer at Blindauer Law

  14. The FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act: What’s New for Defense Contractors – by Alexander Canizares and Madison Plummer at Perkins Coie
  15. GSA Expansion under Executive Order “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement" – by Cate Baskin, James Kim, and Olivia Velasco at Polsinelli

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The Year in Government Contracting – 2025 Popular Reads on JD Supra | JD Supra. (2025). JD Supra. https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-year-in-government-contracting-2025-3255154/

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