The Trump transition team, as it shuffled personnel in the chaotic November-through-January preparations to take over the White House, backed out of contract for training the new administration’s staff and nominees on ethics and management issues pertinent to federal service, Politico reported on Wednesday.
The General Services Administration had put out a bid for the training, similar to training the Obama and Bush administrations received. But in a Jan. 10 letter to bidders, including the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service, GSA contracting officer Matthew Gormley said Trump officials had cancelled the training.
