Every administration tries to align federal agency budgets with its policy goals. That’s not easy in a government with two million employees and countless departments, agencies, bureaus and…
The General Services Administration has new leadership already in place on day one of the Trump administration. Stephen Ehikian is the new deputy administrator and acting administrator of…
If organizations opt to eliminate the middle manager role, they will need to provide employees with additional training on communication, network building, and self-guided learning. The post Are…
On Monday, the new administration begins with a focus on operational reform as represented by the Department of Government Efficiency (the DOGE). Importantly, the DOGE has already begun…
The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has vowed to help the Trump administration reduce the federal headcount. My next guest says the DOGE might be overlooking another…
Does anyone ever really have a contract with the government or can a customer terminate for convenience? One sole practitioner pushed back and found that even termination for…
Millennials and Gene Zers report lower levels of workplace happiness than Generation Xers or Baby Boomers, according to a recent Checkr survey. The post How Do the Generations…
This week Dr. Evan Loh, Paratek CEO, returns to Off theShelf to share the latest in the biopharmaceutical company’s partnership with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority’s…
Procurement Reform 2025 provides an opportunity to meaningfully reduce regulatory burdens and eliminate barriers to entry for commercial firms seeking to support the federal customer. If the recently…
A clause in the Defense Authorization law for 2025 has procurement attorneys sitting up in their chairs. It calls on the Defense Department and the Government Accountability Office…