USDA Retirement: USDA employees have until 8 Apil to decide whether to participate in the administration's so-called deferred resignation program. USDA employees were sent an email last night titled “Deferred Resignation Program 2.0,” which says they must make a decision by the deadline. A federal judge ended a temporary pause in the program in February at which point about 75,000 federal employees had accepted the White House’s buyout offers, according to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). That number was less than the administration had expected and lower than the annual attrition rate for federal workers in FY 2023. HHS Retirements: Layoffs began widely this morning at the Department of Health and Human Services...
From WPI Consulting
Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.