US President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Monday evening order from the White House Office of Management and Budget sparked uncertainty over … Read more
Broadband program still in doubt As we’ve previously reported, US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and other Republicans want to overhaul the BEAD funding plans. Cruz accused the NTIA of “technology bias” because the agency decided that fiber networks should be prioritized over other types of technology, and Republicans objected to the Biden administration’s enforcement of … Read more
On January 21, 2025, President Trump rescinded Executive Order 11246 (the race/ethnicity and gender portion of affirmative action compliance for federal contractors). This is a major change for federal contractors, who have been subject to the Executive Order since President Johnson signed it in 1965. Federal contractors have a 90-day … Read more
