- December 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
As Washington prepares to shut down for the Christmas holiday, it’s time to look back to the past year and look ahead to the next. Unfortunately, many issues that dominated this year will likely dominate at least the beginning of 2022, especially as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads rapidly across the country.
The virus has wreaked havoc on the global supply chain, driving up costs and delaying weapons projects. Over the past year, some projects started recovering from 2020 COVID-related lockdowns, but the highly contagious Omicron and its rapid spread are sure to test the resiliency of U.S. manufacturing.
Another pandemic-related item: vaccine mandates. With the Biden administration’s federal contractor vaccine mandate tied up in the courts, companies including Boeing and Huntington Ingalls Industries have suspended enforcement of the quickly approaching Jan. 18 deadline.
We’re nearly one year into the Biden administration and we still…
