Agencies brace for exodus of contracting professionals

Federal Times: Agencies are bracing for what could be a mass exodus of seasoned federal contracting professionals.

Of the government’s 36,208 acquisition professionals, 13 percent — or 4,611 — are eligible to retire, according to 2012 data from the Office of Personnel Management. Another 6,386 employees, 18 percent of the workforce, are eligible to retire in one to five years.

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