Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP

This EO directs various types of review, to include security clearances, contracting, and racial discrimination within Perkins Coie LLP. Specifically, the Director of National Intelligence is directed to take steps to suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at Perkins Coie pending review and review any sensitive government information provided to Perkins Coie and cease such provision. Further, agencies shall disclose any government contracting business done with Perkins Coie and review all current contracts or entities that disclose doing business with Perkins Coie, and take appropriate steps to terminate any contract for which Perkins Coie has been hired to perform any service. Further, the Chair of the EEOC shall review and the AG shall investigate the practices of large law firms for consistency with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including whether large law firms: reserve certain positions for individuals of preferred races; promote individuals on a discriminatory basis; permit client access on a discriminatory basis; or provide access to events, trainings, or travel on a discriminatory basis. Heads of agencies shall provide guidance limiting official access from Federal Government buildings to employees of Perkins Coie when such access would threaten the national security of or otherwise be inconsistent with the interests of the United States and provide guidance limiting Government employees acting in their official capacity from engaging with Perkins Coie employees to ensure consistency with the national security and other interests of the United States. Agency officials shall refrain from hiring employees of Perkins Coie, absent a waiver from the head of the agency.

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Immediate, 30 days.

All agencies shall submit to OMB an assessment of contracts with Perkins Coie or with entities that do business with Perkins Coie effective and any actions taken with respect to those contracts in accordance with this order (30 days).

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