Podcasts

WT 360: We unpack the 2024 M&A roundup and GovCon’s ongoing adjustment to Trump 2.0

Nick and Ross start out by going over the newest edition of our annual report that catalogs merger-and-acquisition activity, then shift their discussion to how the new administration still leaves contractors guessing roughly 11 weeks in.

Workforce

OPM, OMB nominees praise ‘at-will’ employment at confirmation hearing

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee considered the nominations of Scott Kupor to serve as OPM director and Eric Ueland to serve as OMB’s deputy director for management.

Companies

Industry layoffs mount as cancelled contracts and DOGE efforts take hold

Just shy of 2,500 workers in Maryland and Virginia are poised to lose their jobs as 13 companies issue mass layoff notice.

Transition

Trump fires head of NSA and Cyber Command

Gen. Timothy Haugh’s removal was spurred by far-right activist Laura Loomer, who, earlier Thursday, reportedly urged the president to terminate multiple National Security Council staffers.

Exclusive Management

Some agencies are notifying employees of their ‘Schedule F’ status

Agencies are submitting lists of employees who will lose civil service protections and some are taking a broad approach.

Management

Top oversight Dem files resolution to demand answers from DOGE on AI use

The resolution of inquiry from Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., would make the White House provide Congress with further information about DOGE’s use of federal data and AI.

Workforce

Pro-labor Republicans push Trump to rescind order busting most federal unions

House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced bipartisan legislation to nullify President Trump’s executive order stripping two-thirds of the federal workforce of their collective bargaining rights.

Management

Some USDA RIF plans take shape as department warns employees of major cuts

Some regional offices are expected to be cut as some headquarters offices will be "hollowed out."

Management

Agencies may have to pay more for late contractor invoices due to Trump payment system overhaul

Stakeholders warned that the late payment issue could prompt companies to avoid doing business with the federal government.

Workforce

Judge further protects most fired probationary feds, though some may be newly vulnerable

A federal court has expanded the duration of the firing reversals but narrowed their geographical impact. A related case is sitting before the Supreme Court.

Workforce

As agencies begin a second round of deferred resignations, unions revive legal challenge

The Housing and Urban Development Department became the latest agency to revive the controversial program that offers feds the chance to leave their jobs but continue being paid until Sept. 30.

Contracts

Your contract termination has been reversed. Now what?

Agencies can call, and are calling, contractors back to work after telling them their services are no longer required.

Workforce

Trump administration, unions already trading lawsuits over order outlawing most government labor groups

Federal agencies swiftly sued the American Federation of Government Employees last week, asking a lone Trump-appointed judge to uphold an order banning unions for two-thirds of the federal workforce.

Management

Trump administration moves to shutter mine safety offices in coal country

Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk.

Transition

Musk and DOGE make the case for their efficiency, tech work

The DOGE team made statements that have been contradicted by agencies they're working for during a Thursday night interview on FOX.