President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, joined by White House Coronavirus Task Force Response Coordinator Ambassador Deborah Birx and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, participate in a virtual Fox News Town Hall Tuesday. Shealah Craighead/White House
GovExec Daily: Contractors and the Coronavirus Guidance
Frank Konkel and Courtney Bublé join the podcast to talk about White House directive for firms contracting with the federal government.
The government is supported by contracted firms to fulfill many roles of government, from the cleaning crews in offices in D.C. to the logistics companies in Afghanistan and Iraq. These workers are in nearly all parts of the government and, until this past weekend, they received little to no guidance on how to go forward.
Nextgov’s Frank Konkel and GovExec’s Courtney Bublé are covering the guidance that the White House released over the weekend and joined the podcast to examine it.
