Updates and Resources on Federal Executive Actions

February 7, 2025

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Since January 20, 2025, Executive Orders and other guidance issued represent a shift in federal priorities. These changes can potentially impact awarded projects and those awaiting funding from federal agencies or sponsors. UA’s Federal Relations Team, General Counsel, and senior system leadership are aware of the disruptions that these changes are causing, and we are monitoring the situation as it evolves.

For now, we are business as usual:

    • Continue all grant and contract performance as required under the existing terms of awards. Research faculty should continue to follow grant, proposal, or funding deadlines and instructions while remaining prepared to respond to changing agency requirements.
    • Continue all normal billing and cost recovery processes, including any agency-required drawdowns or submissions, in a timely manner.
    • If an award-specific modification, change order, or termination notice is received by an AOR (authorized organizational representative), engage with your university’s grants and contracts office, as well as university leadership, including general counsel as needed, to determine its impacts.
      • While that evaluation is conducted, continue all normal performance and business practices until the regular and compliant process for making the change or termination under the terms of that grant or contract has been completed.
  • Pay close attention to any communications you receive from funding agencies.
  • Stay in contact and work closely with your university’s grants and contracts office.

Remember that executive orders and guidance memos don’t necessarily have an immediate effect - the impacted agencies must first interpret them, and then provide further guidance to contractors or grantees on their implementation. 

  • Even then, impacted organizations will likely have a specified period of time to review and comply with those changes in executive guidance. 
  • While they may be unsettling and create uncertainty, our actions should and will only change once the guidance is clear and is confirmed to be in line with existing federal laws, regulations, and processes.

Finally, if you feel a federal agency is being unreasonable in an award-specific modification, change order, or termination and would like the university to consider reaching out to one of our federal elected officials, please contact the UA Federal Relations Team - John Latini and Denae Benson.