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Procurement

General Waste, Procurement, Reform, Tech-Telecom, Technology

GAO Reconfirms Federal IT Must Be Modernized

August 11, 2025 Deborah Collier

The federal government annually spends more than $100 billion for information technology (IT), 80 percent of which is used to operate and maintain existing systems, some of which are more than 50 years old.  The Government Accountability Office (GAO) first placed IT modernization on its High Risk List in 2015, and Citizens Against Government Waste […]

General Waste, Government Waste, Procurement, Reform, Waste

Consolidating Procurement to Drive Efficiency

July 31, 2025 staff

The Trump administration has made improving efficiency and cutting waste across the federal government a top priority.  On March 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14240 on Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement.  The order’s goal is to consolidate $400 billion of domestic “federal procurement for common goods and […]

Army, Defense, General Waste, Government Waste, Procurement

M10 Booker: A Guide to Irrational Aquisition

May 2, 2025 Sean Kennedy

The M10 Booker embodies fundamental failures of with Department of Defense acquisition, including the lack of critical analysis and when to stop wasting the taxpayer’s money. Start with what the Army first envisioned in 2013:  A light tank to replace the retired M551 Sheridan that could support infantry with two of them airdropping from a […]

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