President Trump Revokes Executive Order 11246
Last night, President Trump revoked Executive Order 11246 with a new Order titled, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity ." This new Order effectively ends affirmative action in employ ment while allowing federal contractors and subcontractors to continue to comply with the regulatory scheme in effect on January 20, 2025, for an additional 9 0 days . T he new o rder focuses on non-discrimination in employment and illegal or unlawful D EI practices. T he White House also issued an accompanying Fact Sheet , which outlines the administration’s priorities around streamlining the federal contracting process , increasin g e fficiency and barring the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) from “pushing contractors to ...