No Sympathy

It appears that the big consultancies has a sad over losing contracts as a results of Trump spending cuts.

Executives at some of the biggest U.S. consulting firms are meeting with Trump administration officials to defend their projects ahead of this coming week’s deadline for government agencies to justify major consulting contracts.

In recent days, top executives at professional services firms including Ernst & Young and Guidehouse have met with officials including Josh Gruenbaum, the Federal Acquisition Service commissioner within the General Services Administration, according to people familiar with the discussions. A Booz Allen MMBAHMM executive has also been in touch with Gruenbaum, who is a former director at the private-equity firm KKR.

The flurry of meetings comes amid a Trump administration review of consultants and government contracts as part of a push to rein in federal spending. The General Services Administration, or GSA, has asked procurement officials at federal agencies to list and justify consulting contracts from 10 companies—including Booz Allen, Accenture, MMACNMM Guidehouse and others—that the agencies intend to keep. The responses are due on Friday.

Won't someone please think of the consultants?

Amid all the carnage raining down on the government and society it is inevitable that some of the casualties would actually be deserving of such a fate.