On April 30, 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal ...

One of the biggest misconceptions in government contracting is that the government automatically owns all IP developed under a federal contract. In reality, contractors typically retain ownership of ...

Federal contracting offers businesses a unique path to stability, growth and purpose by partnering with one of the world’s largest and most reliable clients—the U.S. government. Each year, billions of ...

A contracting firm called Leidos took in more than $16 billion in revenue last year, most of it through contracts with federal agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs. So when the Trump ...

President Donald Trump won a nonconsecutive second term promising to cut government waste to the bone. He formalized the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as a governmental organization in an ...

This story was updated to add additional comments from the General Services Administration on March 20, 2025 at 3:30 p.m. After a recent change by the Trump administration, the federal government no ...

The president’s executive orders calling for an end to DEI across the federal government is set to change the way tens of billions of dollars in federal contracts are awarded. The White House’s ...

Elon Musk and his team of budget cutters have claimed credit for billions of dollars in canceled government contracts. But their initiative, the Department of Government Efficiency, has so far barely ...

President Donald Trump has directed executive departments and agencies to insert a clause in federal contracts and subcontracts requiring these partners to agree they will “not engage in any racially ...

A sign in Jackson, Miss., in May 1961. The contract clause deleted from federal regulations last month dated back to the mid-1960s and specifically said entities doing business with the government ...

After a recent change by the Trump administration, the federal government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains. While ...