U.S. funds 162 duplicate cost areas

09 Apr 2013 23:25 #1 by Blazer Bob
I will not hold my breath. I think President Clinton tasked Gore to do the same or something similar.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/NEWS/usa ... s_ST_U.htm
"washington — washington Redundant federal programs in 162 areas are wasting billions of dollars, congressional auditors say, and the government is slow to adopt changes to fix the problem"

The White House says President Obama recognizes the problem and will propose eliminating redundant programs in the budget plan he releases Wednesday.

Among the 31 areas of duplicated spending, spelled out in a report by the Government Accountability Office obtained by USA TODAY:

•Government agencies are spending billions on new mapping data -- without checking whether some other government agency already has maps they could use.

•At least 23 different federal agencies run hundreds of programs to support renewable energy.

•Each branch of the armed services is developing its own camouflage uniforms without sharing them with other services.

The report, to be released today at a House Oversight Committee hearing, caps a three-year effort to track wasteful government spending.

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10 Apr 2013 09:19 #2 by ComputerBreath
The camouflage uniforms for each branch...it used to be that the Army was the architect of the woodland style BDU's...they designed them based on no input from any other services and the other services had to use what the Army gave us.

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10 Apr 2013 09:22 #3 by chickaree
The problem with eliminating redundancies is, everyone wants the other guys program eliminated and their own "better" program left in place.

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10 Apr 2013 10:49 #4 by FredHayek
Different uniforms for different service branches comes in handy during drunken bar brawls.

Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.

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10 Apr 2013 11:18 #5 by Blazer Bob
Speaking of uniforms, the sailors underway uniform is cammies.

:sarcasm: Exactly what the well dressed sailor wants to be wearing if they fall overboard.

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