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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know Deloitte and Booz charges crazy overhead and stop work orders could be issued. Look at the number of Deloitte contract at DOGE site. [/quote]

And Deloitte and Booz contract with numerous 8a contractors around here. Stop work orders are happening across the board.

We, as a country, could have avoided creating the massive federal infrastructure for contract management and internal project management of contractors. There was a solution to this problem and it meant never privatizing mission critical work.

It’s just shocking to me that people want to blame contracting for waste when privatization was sold as a savior for government waste. [/quote]

It is just not blaming contractors and you are right there is no structure because that takes time, efforts, resources etc so it is easier to contact work out. They were also picked so that work could be increased and decreased anytime(such like this) without any repercussions of RIF, severance pay etc. Contractors are for-profit and use the weakness of any agency to gold plate their contracts. What is happening should have been looked into a long time ago but noone cares when Govt just keeps on expanding. It is disgusting even if you consider 20% info coming out for USAID contracts is true. Now, everyone suffers. [/quote]

Two big reasons for contracts - 1. the government cannot make that product, and 2. so they can hire and fire at will which in the past has been near impossible to do for feds.  They can ramp up projects quickly and let people go when its over.[/quote]

In a word, flexibility.  The gov't benefits from the ability to acquire talent as needed instead of permanently.  [/quote]

Regardless, I don’t know why people thought this wouldn’t happen. It’s not just Feds getting nailed here, but they are on the front lines.

The ripple effects are HUGE and everyone running around yelling “but the waste” is going to be shocked when they seem the impact on the economy, innovation, etc.[/quote]

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