The First 100 Days: Assessing the Contractor Impacts of the Second Trump Administration

Over the last several decades or more, there has been a growing interest in the actions and initiatives taken by a new president in the initial weeks of the administration, as an indication of their priorities and potential impact on the direction of the nation. By all counts, the second Trump Administration’s first one hundred days provides much to consider, especially from a federal contractor’s perspective.

Deltek’s report, Trump Administration 2.0: The First 100 Days, explores the actions and policy initiatives the second Trump Administration has taken in its first 100 days and the contracting marketplace implications for the future. The report provides analysis of administration activities across their high priority areas, including defense, immigration and homeland security; government efficiency and workforce; economic and trade policy; energy and critical resources; equity and civil rights; education and healthcare; deregulation, acquisitions and technology policy; and others.

Assessing Contractor Implications

The GovWin Federal Market Analysis team has been rigorously following and assessing the historic number of Executive Orders (EO), memoranda, and policy directives that the President and other officials have issued in the early days of the administration . . . and in particular, evaluating potential implications for government contractors.

Several executive orders have a direct and significant impact on contractors, including:

• Establishing and Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” – created DOGE teams now embedded within each federal agency
• Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers – directed elimination of regulations that impede competition and procurement
• Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement – establishes GSA as executive agent for common goods and services, IT GWACs and IT IDIQs
• Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement – directs the overhaul of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
• Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base – establishes a DOD-wide acquisition reform initiative
• Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts – establishes a new justification process to increase procurement of commercial solutions

Our first 100-days analysis also covers agency-specific priorities and policy responsibilities as well as highlights from the Trump Administration’s proposed discretionary budget for FY 2026. (More analysis on the FY 2026 budget blueprint available here.)

For our complete perspective on the new administration’s actions and implications, get the full report, Trump Administration 2.0: The First 100 Days.

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For even more resources and analysis on the second Trump Administration, check out GovWin’s First 100 Days Resource Center.