Tag: Orders
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Trump orders federal procurement overhaul
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: President Donald Trump last week ordered federal agencies to overhaul their procurement systems and regulations. It’s the biggest effort to modernize how federal agencies buy products and services since Congress passed the Federal Acquisition Streamlining…
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Trump orders permitting agencies to embrace tech
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: As the White House continues to overhaul the environmental review and permitting process, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on April 15 that will require federal agencies to integrate technology into their review workflows in…
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Trump orders review of wood supply chain
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered a broad review of the wood supply chain, arguing that bolstering domestic production is vital for national security. The president signed two executive orders focused on lumber, timber and their derivative…
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How are C-suites reacting to Trump’s DEI orders?
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Only 8% of C-suite leaders surveyed say they are seriously considering changing their diversity, equity and inclusion programs as a result of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI, according to a Feb. 26 report from Littler.…
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Despite Trump’s orders, DBE not dead yet
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Programs that carve out participation goals for traditionally underrepresented workers on federal construction contracts may be under fire, but they’re not dead yet. That was the take from an attorney who focuses on these kinds of government…
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Trump orders agencies to target private-sector DEI
Dive Brief: The White House published an executive order Tuesday that directs the heads of agencies, in cooperation with the attorney general, to submit a report by May 21 with recommendations to “encourage the private sector to end illegal discrimination and preferences, including DEI.” Per the order, the report should include key sectors of concern…
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Trump orders NEPA changes, faster energy project permits
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump took steps Monday to cut back the White House’s National Environmental Policy Act rulemaking powers and to speed up permits for energy infrastructure projects powered by oil, gas, nuclear, coal, hydropower and biofuel, as…
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Trump orders GSA to advance ‘beautiful’ federal buildings
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. On his first day, President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders to immediately carry out his agenda. Many — such as ending birthright citizenship — were greeted with mixed reactions, including pushback and legal challenges,…
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Class 8 Truck Orders End 2024 on High Note
FTR reported preliminary North American Class 8 net orders in December totaled 31,900 units, down 7% month-over-month (m/m). However, there was a 23% increase year-over-year (y/y). This figure slightly outperformed seasonal expectations, surpassing the seven-year December average of 29,716 net orders. Despite a sluggish truck freight environment, the 2025 order season (September through December 2024)…