MACPA Southern Maryland Government Contractors Conference

GRF is pleased to join the Maryland Association of CPAs’ Government Contractors Committee as it hosts this annual Southern Maryland conference for small business Government Contractors.

Featured Presentation

Regulatory Update: Executive Orders, FAR Overhaul, NDAA, and DCAA

So far, 2025 and 2026 has brought an avalanche of change to the federal contracting world—far more dramatic and sweeping than anything seen in recent years. Executive Orders have abruptly terminated USAID contracts, favored fixed-price contracts, eliminating DEI. DOGE-driven cuts have reduced government civilian personnel impacting DCAA’s retention of institutional knowledge, and last Fall the nation endured the longest government shutdown on record. These abrupt changes and disruptions have left contractors traversing unprecedented uncertainty while trying to maintain compliance and continuity in their operations.

This presentation will unpack the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders on Fixed Price Contracting, Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, including significant reductions in regulatory text, streamlined mandates, and its impact on FAR Part 15 and Subpart 31.2. The 2026 NDAA increased thresholds for CAS and TINA, exemptions for a Non-Traditional Defense Contractor, and left DCAA to pick up the pieces with a reduced workforce.