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President Trump Signs Executive Order Mandating Fixed-Price Contracting In Federal Procurement
On April 30, 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) titled “Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting,” directing executive branch agencies to make fixed-price contracts the default and preferred method of federal procurement. But the EO not only establishes a priority for fixed-price contracts; it mandates renegotiation of the 10 largest existing cost-type contracts at each agency within 90 days.
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Arnold & Porter
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FMCSA’s New Motus System: What Every USDOT-Registered Entity Needs To Know And Do Before May 14th
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is launching Motus, a revolutionary centralized registration platform that will permanently replace all existing FMCSA registration systems on May 14, 2026. Companies holding USDOT numbers must verify their portal accounts, confirm their Company Official designations, and update their information before the hard deadline to avoid operational disruptions and compliance issues.
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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
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DOD Extends Foreign Ownership, Control, Or Influence Disclosure Requirements To Unclassified Contracts And Subcontracts Greater Than $5 Million
On May 6, 2026, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) published a proposed rule that would extend the current prohibition on awarding classified contracts to a company subject to foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI), absent satisfactory FOCI-mitigation measures, to awards of noncommercial defense contracts valued at $5 million or more, regardless of whether the work requires access to classified information.
United States Government
AP
Arnold & Porter
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Battery Storage For Data Centers In 2026: FEOC Compliance, FERC Co-Location, And The Deals Getting Done Now
Battery energy storage systems, or BESS, have become essential infrastructure for data center development. The data center industry’s global electricity consumption is set to surge by more than 300 percent by the end of this decade, according to several industry forecasts, and the grid cannot absorb that demand without dispatchable, flexible capacity at scale. Battery storage is no longer simply backup equipment at the edge of a data center’s power strategy.
United States Energy
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Davis Graham
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US Government Equity And Equity-Linked Investments In Critical Minerals
Federal agencies are deploying equity and equity-linked capital instruments across the critical minerals sector, fundamentally reshaping how mining and processing projects are capitalized, governed and exited. This structural shift introduces new considerations for sponsors and strategic investors navigating transactions where national security priorities intersect with private capital formation.
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Mayer Brown
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