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Biden signs executive order on Tuesday PHOTO: White House
Tuesday morning President Joe Biden announced that he is issuing an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage to hundreds of thousands of workers who are working on federal contracts. The previous minimum wage for these workers was $10.95 an hour.
According to the White House, These workers are critical to the functioning of the federal government: from cleaning professionals and maintenance workers who ensure federal employees have safe and clean places to work, to nursing assistants who care for the nation’s veterans, to cafeteria and other food service workers who ensure military members have healthy and nutritious food to eat, to laborers who build and repair federal infrastructure.
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This edition of the “Government Contracts Regulatory and Legislative Update” offers a summary of and insight into the relevant industry developments that occurred during the month of February.
Executive Orders
President Biden Issues Executive Order to Strengthen America’s Supply Chains
On February 24, President Biden signed the Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains, to deliver on his campaign promise to strengthen critical supply chains and bolster domestic manufacturing capabilities. The Executive Order (EO) calls for a 100-day, whole-of-government assessment of four critical supply chains: semiconductors, large-capacity batteries, critical minerals and pharmaceuticals. In addition, it directs federal agencies to conduct broader, year-long reviews of six additional supply chains to include the defense industrial base; public health, information technology, communications technology, energy, transportation
President Biden Issues Executive Order on Supply Chains
In response to continued and growing concerns about the reliance of the U.S. industrial base on China for materials vital to critical industries, the president issued an Executive Order on February 24 focused on supply chains for critical goods, including high-capacity batteries for electric vehicles and the rare earth elements that go into them. The order will require a 100-day supply chain review of government contractors and the private sector, including those in the energy and transportation industries. Following that initial analysis, over the next year federal agencies, including the National Security Council, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Justice, will be tasked with additional review and actions focused on steps the U.S. can take to domestic production and ways the U.S. can work with allies on a coordinated response to supply chokeholds.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
President Biden Issues Executive Order on Supply Chains
In response to continued and growing concerns about the reliance of the U.S. industrial base on China for materials vital to critical industries, the president issued an Executive Order on February 24 focused on supply chains for critical goods, including high-capacity batteries for electric vehicles and the rare earth elements that go into them. The order will require a 100-day supply chain review of government contractors and the private sector, including those in the energy and transportation industries. Following that initial analysis, over the next year federal agencies, including the National Security Council, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Justice, will be tasked with additional review and actions focused on steps the U.S. can take to domestic production and ways the U.S. can work with allies on a coordinated response to supply chokeholds.