As President Donald Trump imposes taxes on imports that he says will strengthen domestic manufacturing, his administration is terminating federal contracts focused on strengthening domestic manufacturing.
Signal Mountain veteran Adam Barford’s supply chain management and consulting company, Battra, is among the federal contractors targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency, which terminated four of Battra’s contracts with the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Battra’s contracts are focused on supply chain management, data analysis, manufacturing support, logistics services and emerging leader support for the institute’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership program.
In addition to the DOGE website, records of the terminated contracts can be found at USAspending.gov, the official open data source for federal spending information, as well as the federal procurement data system. Barford did not respond to phone calls requesting comment, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology has not provided requested records related to the contracts’ termination.
Established under then-President Ronald Reagan in 1988, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership includes a national network of partnership centers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The centers work with small and medium-sized manufacturers to develop new products and customers, expand and diversify markets, adopt new technology and enhance value within supply chains, according to the program’s website.