Podcasts
WT 360: Our first look at GovCon’s agenda for 2025
Stephanie Smith, RSM’s GovCon senior industry analyst, gets this New Year going with an initial overview of key themes and talking points that should dominate the discussion for the next 12 months.
Opinion
2024’s unfinished business that carries over to 2025
These stories started in 2024, but are not even close to the finish line.
Transition
Musk and Ramaswamy to confront Congress in struggle for control of the public purse
The duo will need to garner support from hundreds of members of Congress for any of their suggested spending cuts as co-chairs of the nongovernmental Department of Government Efficiency, to become law. That is an uphill slog many have failed at before.
Opinion
COMMENTARY: Trump’s promise and the chaos ahead
The continuing resolution battle is a preview of an administration that wants to bring reforms into government, as long as it can avoid derailing its own agenda.
Management
Trump wants 10 regulations eliminated for each new one issued. Will it actually work?
Experts argue that a similar policy during Trump’s first term didn’t lead to substantial deregulation but did slow rulemaking.
Transition
What does the U.S. attorney general actually do?
The position is one of the most important in the federal executive branch.
Nextgov
ServiceNow CEO says DOGE has Washington ‘inspired and fired up’
Bill McDermott believes there is genuine momentum building behind President-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.
Management
Will civil service protections hold up against RFK Jr.’s threats to the federal public health workforce?
Kennedy, Trump’s pick to lead HHS, has talked openly about removing swaths of civil servants at FDA and NIH.
Management
USPS privatization again under consideration, Trump says
The president-elect suggested he could bring back an idea from his first term that proved unpopular with both parties in Congress.
Podcasts
WT 360: Unpacking what we can from the Trump 2.0 transition so far
David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, walks us through what government contractors should watch as a second Trump administration moves in and Biden's moves out.
Transition
What does the director of the FBI do?
The role of both the FBI and its leader have dramatically shifted over time.
Transition