Originally published in Washington Technology on March 12, 2025
Contractors are under more pressure than before to justify value and embrace innovation as the DOGE seeks radical efficiencies through cuts and process reforms.
The Trump administration is following a two-pronged approach in their efforts to reduce budgets and shrink the size of the federal government.
First, there are the top-down agency reductions like what happened at the U.S. Agency for International Development and what has started at the Education Department.
“They’re coming top-down at some agencies and they’re basically collapsing them to the minimum allowed by law,” said Kevin Brancato, a senior vice president at TechnoMile, a provider of tools that help contractors track opportunities and manage contracts.