Business News follows the organizations paid to deliver public services: contractors, nonprofits, consultancies and technology vendors. Coverage includes award values, performance clauses, subcontracting, penalties and renewal decisions. Aimed at procurement officers, provider executives, auditors and readers tracing where program budgets eventually end up.
Vendors and nonprofits running public services: contract awards, performance penalties, subcontracting chains and margins earned on program delivery.
The State Department is still quoting 4 to 6 weeks for routine passport service and 2 to 3 weeks for expedited, a pace it has kept since shortening routine processing after the pandemic backlog.