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COMMENTARY | The new language follows one of President Trump’s first executive orders to eliminate diversity requirements in federal contracts.
The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul’s newest set of changes includes the removal of equal employment opportunity requirements for contractors that have been in place since 1965.
Part 22.8 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation is now deleted. This should not be a surprise, given that President Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office revoking an executive order signed by President Lyndon Johnson that placed several non-discrimination requirements on contractors.
Trump’s executive order told agencies to suspend their enforcement of diversity, equity and inclusion requirements in government contracts.
The newest batch of changes to the FAR came out on Sept. 30 and are intended to enforce the Trump anti-DEI order, but it is still striking to see the entire section deleted. Subpart 22.8 is now marked as “reserved.”
The deleted portions include provisions for fair hiring practices, reporting to the Labor Department, and general requirements aimed at addressing racial and gender discrimination. Those now-deleted regulations prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and national origin.
