A new Trump Executive Order promises to send the General Services Administration “back to the future"
A new Trump Executive Order promises to send the General Services Administration “back to the future"  
Podcast: Federal Drive with Tom Temin
Published On: Tue Apr 01 2025
Description: President Trump’s order to Eliminate Waste and Save Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement brings some old procurement practices back into fashion. Over the next 60-90 days, agencies, OMB, and the GSA administrator have a lot of work to do centralize procurement of common items back in GSA. To understand what this means for the procurement system, Federal News Network’s Terry Gerton spoke with former GSA Administrator and current Senior Fellow at the George Mason University Baroni Center for Government Contracting, Emily Murphy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices