Dod report potential $125 Billion in savings.

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The report found $125 billion that the Defense Department could save over five years by following a plan that relied on using early retirements and attrition to streamline the bureaucracy, getting rid of pricey contractors, and using information technology more effectively. The recommendations did not require laying off civil servants or making cuts to military personnel.

Many military leaders found favor with pieces of the study that showed how the $125 billion could be used for weapons, troops, and rebuilding the nuclear arsenal. They also learned that just by renegotiating contracts and opting to hire more affordable workers, they could save some $75 billion.

The Defense Business Board voted to move forward with the $125 billion plan, expecting positive responses from top officials who had sought to solve some of the department’s financial woes through the plan. But Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work, the Pentagon’s second-highest-ranking official who had ordered the Defense Business Board to conduct the study, became fearful of its repercussions and began a set of moves to suppress the findings, deeming that move in the Pentagon’s best interest.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/did-pentagon-waste-125-billion-taxpayer-money-164242168.html


Sounds like the report was buried because it left opportunities for people in congress to play games.

You have several gaps in capability that you are trying to address, but congress it busy playing political games with funding.
You have a study that says you can save X amount of dollars.
You know that you can apply that to help address current needs.

Boss says "Wait....don't show anyone that or else you can have vultures looking to grab that for BS projects that impact their district. You'll also get the hippies who think that we should be buying condos and internet for homeless people instead of PEW-PEW-PEW stuff. Bury that report but lets put a plan in place that incorporate the findings. Let me work on the presentation.

This leaks out to the news and everyone and their mother is breaking out the "$640 toilets seat" nonsense they read on the internet.

Repost.