Trump Signs Order to Simplify Regulations for Federal Procurement

Another executive order calls for prioritizing the procurement of ‘commercially available products and services’ rather than noncommercial, custom alternatives.

President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office on April 9, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 15 that aims to simplify and streamline regulations for the federal government’s procurement of goods and services.

The order directs the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) within 180 days and remove provisions it has deemed not “required by statute or essential to sound procurement.”