GSA Memo Orders Cancellation Or Justification Of 'Non-Essential' Consulting Contracts

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Source: HuffPost

WASHINGTON — The General Services Administration has asked another federal agency to either terminate or justify all of its “non-essential” consulting contracts.

In a Thursday letter acting GSA administrator Stephen Ehikian said the GSA “has taken the first steps in a Government-wide initiative to eliminate non-essential consulting contracts,” which the letter defines as “any contract that merely generates a report, research, coaching, or an artifact.”

The letter represents the Trump administration’s latest salvo in a broad assault on federal spending, which has included an attempt to freeze all federal financial assistance grants, an effort to push federal employees into retirement, and the wholesale downsizing of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Many of the administration’s early moves have been stymied by lawsuits alleging the administration has overstepped its authority, since the Constitution gives federal spending decisions to Congress, not the president.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gsa-letter-non-essential-consulting-contracts_n_67a67f84e4b0016bd5b25501

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. No, they are not.

Many of the administration’s early moves have been stymied by lawsuits...

They just ignore them. There are a few that have been stopped, but some have been ordered to operate as normal and people are still getting turned away.

Once we figure out what kind of mechanism we need to enforce this stuff, then we will see some 'stymied' actions.