Frequently-Asked Questions

Federal Agency Updates – Links and Memos

Recent Executive Orders (EO)

• 3/13/2025: EO – Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
• 2/26/2025: EO – Implementing President’s Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative

WA Attorney General News & Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs)

WA Office of the Attorney General news releases

• Preliminary Injunction of OMB’s freeze on federal financial assistance
• Preliminary injunction blocking EO targeting diversity, equity and inclusion
  • 3/14/2025: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals – A stay of earlier preliminary injunction
• TRO partially blocking cutting funding for foreign assistance programs administered by USAID and the U.S. Department of State
  • 2/26/2025: Supreme Court imposed a stay on the freeze on foreign aid
  • 3/5/2025: Supreme Court vacates stay; orders lower court to clarify what obligation the Government must fulfill (e.g. pay frozen disbursements).
• TRO prohibiting freeze of federal assistance funding (Rhode Island)
  • 3/6/2025: US District Court for the District of Rhode Island issues preliminary injunction; government enjoined from implementing or giving effect to OMB Memo M-25-13 or otherwise impeding disbursement of appropriated federal funds
• TRO prohibiting freeze of federal assistance funding (DC)
  • 2/25/2025: US District Court for the District of Columbia issues preliminary injunction; government enjoined from implementing or giving effect to OMB Memo M-25-13 with respect to disbursement of federal funds
• TRO blocking proposed NIH indirect cost cap
  • 2/21/2025: Hearing result: Judge Kelley extends block on proposed NIH indirect cost cap; permanent ruling under consideration
  • 3/05/2025: Court issues preliminary injunction blocking proposed NIH indirect cost cap
• TRO halting EO that ends federal funding to medical institutions providing gender affirming care
  • 2/28/2025: Defendant fully enjoined from enforcing or implementing certain sections of Executive Order on gender affirming care within the Plaintiff States (includes Washington)
  • 3/06/2025: Notice of Court Order to Agencies in light of preliminary injunction
  • 3/17/2025:  District Court denies Plaintiff’s Motion for Contempt and grant expedited discovery; Court orders Defendants to correct their too narrow interpretation of the original preliminary injunction.

CDC

• 1/29/2025: Cease DEI Activities on all CDC funded awards- Domestic
• 1/31/2025: Cease All Activities Promoting Gender Ideology
• 2/11/2025: Update – Complying with TRO – rescind communications on 1/29 & 1/31

DoD

• 1/28/2025 – Department of Defense Statement Clarifying Defense Contracting

DOE

• 1/31/2025 – DOE’s Suspension of DEI, CBP or PIER Plan, and Justice 40 Requirements in Financial Assistance Agreements

HHS

• 2/02/2025 – HHS – Notice of Temporary Restraining Order on Funding Pause
• 3/03/2025: DHHS rescinds public participation in rulemaking for matter(s) relating to agency management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts

HRSA

• 1/31/2025 – HRSA Grant funds may not be used for activities that do not align with Executive Orders E.O.s

NASA

• Global Contractor & Grantee Community Memos webpage
  • • 1/23/2025: Initial Guidance Regarding Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEIA) Executive Orders
    • 1/29/2025: Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women
    • 1/29/2025:  NASA Global Contractor and Grantee Community Memo regarding Gender Ideology Extremism
    • 2/06/2025: NASA Global Contractor and Grantee Community Memo regarding Gender Ideology Extremism

NIH

• 2/02/2025 – HHS – Notice of Temporary Restraining Order on Funding Pause
• 2/07/2025 NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
• 3/06/2025: NIH centralizes peer review

NSF

• NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders webpage