Federal contractors have new insight into how the government may implement and enforce Executive Order (EO) 14398, which aims to prevent federal contractors and subcontractors from engaging in discriminatory diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) activities related to race and ethnicity. Recent Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council guidance and its request for emergency approval for
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Revocation of EO 11246 and Prohibition of Certain DEI Practices by the Trump Administration
By Matthew Camardella, K. Joy Chin, Michael R. Hatcher, Samia M. Kirmani, Lisa B. Marsh, Laura A. Mitchell & Michael D. Thomas on
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President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (EO). Its stated purpose is to end illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (together, DEI). The EO does not change existing law, but it signals the Administration’s focus on targeting organizations that violate…