WT 360: Key points (and questions too) from Trump’s fixed-price contracting and AI orders

Stephanie Kostro is president of the Professional Services Council, a trade association representing around 400 GovCon companies.

Stephanie Kostro is president of the Professional Services Council, a trade association representing around 400 GovCon companies. PSC photo.

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Stephanie Kostro, president of the Professional Services Council, overviews how industry is looking at what President Trump’s executive orders on fixed-price contracts and artificial intelligence mean for them, among other burning GovCon topics.

The second Trump administration has outpaced the first one in terms of executive orders signed by the president, but this current tenure has put more focus on government contracting than before.

Stephanie Kostro, president of the Professional Services Council, starts out this episode with Nick and Ross by providing historical context to that statement. Then the discussion turns to President Trump’s newest executive orders that focus on fixed-price contracts and artificial intelligence.

Neither of those topics are new to the GovCon ecosystem, but executive orders bring them to the forefront like few other actions can. Kostro explains what contractors are looking to understand from those orders and how they likely will affect work with their customers.

Also on the agenda: the Federal Acquisition Regulation overhaul, small businesses in today’s landscape and the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.

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