Pentagon Plans 20,000 New Jobs To Manage Arms-Buys -- The Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's Defense Department plans to create 20,000 new jobs to manage a revamp of the way the United States buys billions of dollars of weapons each year, the Pentagon's No. 2 official told Congress.
The Pentagon also plans to tie more contract fee structures to performance and will make sure that multiyear contracts are awarded only when "real, substantial" savings result to taxpayers, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn told the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.
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My Comment: On the one hand 20,000 bureaucrats are going to be hired to manage Pentagon purchases and procurement, on the other hand big cuts in procurements and purchases for the Pentagon are being outlined.
I understand the thinking that is involved. There is a belief in the White House and their Pentagon allies that these thousands of bureaucrats will save a considerable amount of money .... money that will then be used to improve the military.
Sigh .... in all my years of following how governments work, I have yet to find one government program that has improved efficiency, cost, and time of delivery. I repeat .... not one program.
Hiring these 20,000 civil servants will just be a waste of time. It will increase paperwork and hence date of deliveries. Costs will skyrocket. And efficiency .... that word will just become a joke in both the Pentagon and contractor community.
They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions .... this program when implemented will make the Passport Office and the License Bureau models of efficiency .... a sure descent into Hell if there ever was one.
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