Government Contractors & Grantees

Wiley is helping clients navigate Executive branch developments that impact a range of government contracts and grants, as the Trump Administration moves at an unprecedented pace to implement its priorities and reduce federal spending.

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January 22, 2025 | ALERT

What Contractors and Grantees Need to Know About President Trump’s Day 1 Executive Orders

President Trump issued several Executive Orders (EOs) on January 20, his first day in office, that will impact pending, current, and future contracts and grants. Many of his initial EOs are generally applicable across government agencies, but they will have specific impacts on federal, state, and local awardees (contractors and grant recipients) that support government programs. Many are also reversals from the previous Administration’s EOs, including several policy reversals that we have come to expect over the past few decades whenever the party that controls the White House changes. Below is a brief summary of the Day 1 EOs that contractors and grantees will need to closely analyze and watch over the coming weeks as agencies begin implementation.

Read the full alert here.