On April 15, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement, directing significant revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulations System with the goal of simplifying and streamlining federal procurement. The White House released an accompanying fact sheet and press release with the order.

On March 27, the U.S. Department of Justice launched the Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force to advocate for the elimination of anticompetitive state and federal laws and regulations that undermine free market competition and harm consumers, workers and businesses.

On March 27, ABC joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of business groups in submitting comments on the Council on Environmental Quality’s interim final rule repealing all National Environmental Policy Act regulations previously issued by CEQ.

On March 14, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that, among other actions, rescinded former President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14026, Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.

On March 12, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will be working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to revise the definition of “waters of the United States” subject to Clean Water Act regulation and permitting.

President Donald Trump has rescinded a controversial Biden administration executive order that attempted to expand the use of government-registered apprentices through federal contracts and grant programs.

President Donald Trump has rescinded a controversial Biden administration executive order that attempted to prioritize the award of federal government grants to private developers and state and local governments seeking federal assistance to build infrastructure, manufacturing and clean energy projects if they adopt project labor agreement requirements and other union-friendly policies.

In the latest development in the ongoing Corporate Transparency Act debate, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced on Feb. 27 that it will cease enforcement of the CTA while it crafts a new set of regulations that will ultimately narrow the scope of the reporting regime. The release comes as the CTA’s reporting requirements were scheduled to take effect once again beginning March 21.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the reversal of a controversial Biden administration policy mandating project labor agreements on solicitations for construction contracts of $35 million or more. The policy change is expected to restore merit-based competition for taxpayer-funded contracts to build VA hospitals, outpatient facilities, office buildings, national cemeteries and other construction projects.

On Feb. 16, the Council on Environmental Quality sent an interim final rule, “Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations,” to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget for final review. The review at OIRA is usually the final step in the process before a rule is officially published in the Federal Register.