Pentagon reportedly buried study exposing $125 billion in waste
"Senior defense officials suppressed a study documenting $125 billion worth of administrative waste at the Pentagon out of fears that Congress would use its findings to cut the defense budget, the Washington Post reported late Monday.
The report, which was issued in January 2015 by the advisory Defense Business Board (DBB), called for a series of reforms that would have saved the department $125 billion over the next five years.
Among its other findings, the report showed that the Defense Department was paying just over 1 million contractors, civilian employees and uniformed personnel to fill back-office jobs. That number nearly matches the amount of active duty troops — 1.3 million, the lowest since 1940."
I'm a little tired of only knowing "Senior DoD Officials" are to blame. Name their names. Call them out and then throw them out. On top of that, revoke their security clearance and bar them from civil service or presidential appoint ment in the federal government.
Do that to a few (or a lot) and the practice of hiding info will stop.
The report, which was issued in January 2015 by the advisory Defense Business Board (DBB), called for a series of reforms that would have saved the department $125 billion over the next five years.
Among its other findings, the report showed that the Defense Department was paying just over 1 million contractors, civilian employees and uniformed personnel to fill back-office jobs. That number nearly matches the amount of active duty troops — 1.3 million, the lowest since 1940."
I'm a little tired of only knowing "Senior DoD Officials" are to blame. Name their names. Call them out and then throw them out. On top of that, revoke their security clearance and bar them from civil service or presidential appoint ment in the federal government.
Do that to a few (or a lot) and the practice of hiding info will stop.
After I retired, I went to work in Washington DC as a defense contractor. I tried to fight against a system that was a glorified body shop, with senior government officials eager to grow their herd of minions as a sign of their own importance. I was definitely glad to leave that place when I retired.
Oklahoma Senator James Lankford has taken up the banner from his predecessor, Tom Coburn, producing an annual waste book outlining duplication, wasteful spending, and seriously inefficient practices in all Federal agencies, not just the Pentagon. You can get a copy if you go to his website.
https://www.lankford.senate.gov/imo/m...
Par for the Pentagon course over the years..
It's a bit fuzzy but old dino recalls long ago this particular outfit having a bunch of boobs who got caught spending $500 for a hammer or something along those lines.
I'm not saying that some defense contractors or even most don't gouge a bit at time, but sometimes it is the stupidity of the government that forces the costs up.
I suppose the stupid mindset is that they are spending some kinda magical unicorn "government money" as if the revenue was not paid by taxpayers.
Paid? Well, that word works concisely well in the above sentence for the idea I'm trying to express.
"Shaken down" or "extorted from" is what "paid" means when April 15 comes around.
We have generations of people who have been schooled by the left, on campuses and in the media. Unlearning all the false premises and narratives will take considerable time, even by those willing to consider reality.
Probably not much more than a Pentagon toilet seat.