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• Trump’s proposed cuts to the federal workforce could increase dependency on contractors, experts say - January 14, 2025

• By Sean Michael Newhouse, Government Executive

  President-elect Donald Trump’s goal to shrink the government workforce, which is being championed by the advisory Department of Government Efficiency, could give a boost to federal contractors who otherwise face a tough outlook under the incoming administration.
  
  “DOGE has forecast that if they decrease regulations, there'll be less agency activity, so you'll need fewer government employees. But at the same time, there's still going to be certain tasks that the government needs to do,” said Aaron Ralph, a government contracts and disputes partner at Pillsbury law firm, during a Tuesday webinar. “In the past, when we've seen the government cut the federal workforce, we've seen an increase in government contractors.”

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