17 April 2025
Preparing for a “Common-Sense” FAR: What Federal Contractors Need to Know About the Trump Administration’s Plans to Streamline the Federal Acquisition Regulation
In a new Executive Order issued on April 15, 2025 titled, “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement,” President Trump has directed his Administration to make major revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation—the voluminous set of rules governing the U.S. Government’s acquisition of products and services—with the stated purpose of making the federal procurement process more “agile, effective, and efficient.”