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This executive order requires project labor agreements (PLAs)—pre-hire collective bargaining agreements with labor unions—for federal construction projects costing $35 million or more. It revokes a prior Obama-era EO on the same topic and mandates implementing regulations, contracting officer training, and public reporting on exceptions.
This executive order reinstates worker protections for federal service contract employees by requiring successor contractors to offer a right of first refusal to qualified workers from the predecessor contract. It also encourages continuity of work location and revokes a 2019 Trump-era order that had eliminated these protections.
This executive order requires federal contractors and subcontractors to follow COVID-19 workplace safety guidance issued by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force in contracts entered into, extended, or renewed on or after October 15, 2021. The order mandates that agencies include a compliance clause in covered contracts and that the OMB Director approve any such guidance before it takes effect.
This executive order mandates comprehensive cybersecurity reforms across the federal government, requiring adoption of zero-trust architecture, cloud modernization, multi-factor authentication, and encryption. It establishes new software supply chain security standards including Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) requirements, creates a Cyber Safety Review Board for incident review, and removes contractual barriers to threat information sharing between IT/OT service providers and federal agencies.
This executive order strengthens domestic procurement preferences by establishing a new Made in America Office within OMB to centralize and tighten waiver review, requiring agencies to maximize use of U.S.-made goods in federal spending. It mandates regulatory changes to increase domestic content thresholds, creates public transparency for waivers, and revokes several Trump-era executive orders on the same topic.