Trump administration contracting freeze puts vendors out of business
Trump administration contracting freeze puts vendors out of business In today’s Federal Newscast, the Trump administration’s contracting freeze has caused several contractors to go out of business. Eric White@FEDERALNEWSCAST March 28, 2025 12:56 pm < a min read The Trump administration’s contracting freeze has caused several contractors to go out of business. The Professional Services […]
Trump signs executive order to end collective bargaining at agencies involved with national security
Trump signs executive order to end collective bargaining at agencies involved with national security WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump moved Thursday to end collective bargaining with federal labor unions in agencies with national security missions across… DARLENE SUPERVILLE March 28, 2025 6:30 pm 2 min read WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump moved Thursday […]
DLA Awards Combined $150M MRO Contract to Supplycore, ASRC Federal
“Seal of the Defense Logistics Agency,” by the Defense Logistics Agency, Licensed under Public Domain Supplycore and ASRC Federal have received contracts with a combined maximum value of $150 million from the Defense Logistics Agency for maintenance, repair and operations, or MRO, support services. DLA’s MRO Contract Details The Department of Defense said each company was awarded a potential […]
Time to restore some rationality to government purchase card policy
When the White House froze the government’s credit cards, it really gummed up the works. The long running purchase card program has saved untold millions of paperwork hours and saved the government billions of dollars. Here to inject some rational thinking about card usage, long-time federal procurement executive, and now a consultant, Shauna Weatherly. Tom […]
Agencies need to operationalize data where it lives
Data is at the heart of nearly every federal agency initiative. Without high quality data, the 1,700-plus agency artificial intelligence use cases will struggle to find success. Without analysis of structured and unstructured data, agency cybersecurity efforts, especially around zero trust, will not prevent and mitigate the ever-increasing number of cyber threats. For years, the […]
Cuts loom for agency funding libraries and museums, as Trump installs new leader
The largest source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country is facing major cuts to its operations. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a small, independent agency with approximately 75 employees, is expected to soon lose more than about half its workforce, and will be reduced to only core statutory […]
Draft EO would make GSA the center of most common buys
The White House wants to bring centralized procurement back to the government, returning agencies to the pre-acquisition reform days of the 1990s for most common services and products. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order in the coming days that would put the General Services Administration in charge of buying all products […]
The VA’s leadership is making things happen for veterans
The VA’s leadership is making things happen for veterans Tens of thousands of veterans like me receive amazing care from the VA, in my case due to lung damage from a deployment during the first Gulf War. Henry Stoever March 21, 2025 6:14 pm 3 min read More than a decade after reports exposed gaping […]
ICE Issues Recompetition Notice for Analysis Services Contract
The Enforcement and Removal Operations division of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced a recompete for the firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of professional deployment, transformation and analysis services. Contract Scope According to a notice published Wednesday on the Acquisition Planning Forecast System, the ICE directorate is seeking a contractor capable of conducting analytical tasks […]
Hiring freeze to extend ‘at least’ through 2025, GSA tells employees
The White House’s Department of Government Efficiency has deployed teams to agencies across the federal government. But the acting head of the General Services Administration told employees there’s no DOGE team at the agency, contradicting reporting from many news outlets and observations from multiple agency employees. During a question-and-answer segment in an all-hands meeting Thursday, […]