Funding shortfalls, furloughs, and the threat of closures have forced contractors and nongovernmental organizations to rethink their relationship with the federal government, after the US Agency for International Development cut off payments.
USAID broadly halted payments and credit to its partner organizations as part of a 90-day funding pause issued by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Far from a normal funding review, the chaotic stoppage could permanently alter the federal government’s relationship with organizations that do work overseas, contractors and NGO leaders told Bloomberg Government.
The agency has stiffed companies for work they did months ago, to the tune ...