February 26, 2025 Update
As discussed in our February 4 and 10, 2025, updates, U.S. District Court Judge Loren AliKhan issued on February 3, 2025, a TRO prohibiting the Trump Administration “from implementing, giving effect to, or reinstating under a different name OMB memorandum M-25-13 freezing all federal financial assistance under open awards.” On February 25, 2025, Judge AliKhan granted a preliminary injunction, ordering as follows:
- Enjoining the Trump Administration “from implementing, giving effect to, or reinstating under a different name the unilateral ...
February 24, 2025 Update (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion)
The evening of February 21, 2025, Judge Adam B. Abelson, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, issued a preliminary injunction enjoining certain provisions of Executive Order 14151 (Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing) (EO 14151) and Executive Order 14173 (Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity) (EO 14173). Specifically, with respect to EO 14151, the Judge enjoined the federal government from terminating “‘equity-related’ ...
On January 14, 2025, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a new final rule to end its longstanding waiver of Buy America requirements for “manufactured products” used in Federal-aid highway projects.
By way of background, FHWA’s Buy America statute was enacted in 1983 and required FHWA to ensure that all federally funded projects use only steel, iron, and manufactured products that are produced in the United States. However, at the time, FHWA determined that it would be in the public interest to waive the Buy America requirements for manufactured products ...
Hot on the heels of the financial close of the Presidio Parkway, the first California transportation public-private partnership (P3) availability payment deal and only the fourth in the United States, Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Innovative Program Delivery has issued guidance regarding the eligibility of periodic availability payments for reimbursement from federal aid funds. Federal-Aid Funding and Availability Payments
Recognizing that availability payment concessions can offer the benefits of enhanced performance and project cost savings ...
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