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Over the first three weeks of the Trump administration’s “shock and awe” approach to reorder the government, contractors have been unusually quiet. From the canceling of contracts to…

The Department of Government Efficiency has focused heavily on the U.S. Agency for International Development. It sent thousands of employees home and took the agency name off the…

The unprecedented pace at which the Trump administration is issuing executive orders (EO) that have far-reaching impacts on longstanding employment laws and practices has left employers scrambling to…

Tips for successfully managing employee retirements. The post Keep Pending Retirements Secret? appeared first on Training.

Foreign aid starts out as appropriated dollars. The State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development turn the dollars into contracts. Which means the Trump administration’s pullback on…

In keeping with prior FAR & Beyond blogs on ways to improve the efficiency of the federal procurement process, this blog will focus on regulatory burdens that impose costs on…

It is probably an understatement to say that the presidential transition has caught the U.S. Agency for International Development and its community of contractors and recipients by surprise….

When AI is openly discussed as an advantage for both employees and leaders, everyone can get on the same page about adopting it. The post Are Your Leaders…

The Defense Department has issued a formal notice to the contractor on its household goods moving contract, asking the firm to justify recent performance issues that appear to…

Agencies have some new small business contracting goals for fiscal 2025 and they are more in line with traditional targets. The Small Business Administration specifically reset the small…