I heard that on the radio this morning. It sounds great.

How many times have you heard people talk about this kind of Gov waste and wish they would do a better job?

It should have happened years ago.

hmmm, this is funny. ive been attacked by winx and fanta plenty of times and i've never got in touch with the moderator. i wasn't even attacking her. i was picking on her because she keeps calling me a conspiracy theorist and putting me down.

Agreed!

I love intelligent women

Back when, it was pay-offs made passing the envelope.
In this new wireless age, money transfers can be made from across the world. They are all recorded and can be investigated.
I doesn't matter how much the bid is, it's how much is paid, by the Contractor to the folks authorized to accept the bid.
If Gov. cared to investigate, the might find Corps. like Haliburton have paid some Gov. officials some pretty hefty bonuses.
My guess,it's already common knowledge up there in DC, payoffs are more active than Wall Street on it's best day.

Back when, it was pay-offs made passing the envelope.
In this new wireless age, money transfers can be made from across the world. They are all recorded and can be investigated.
I doesn't matter how much the bid is, it's how much is paid, by the Contractor to the folks authorized to accept the bid.
If Gov. cared to investigate, the might find Corps. like Haliburton have paid some Gov. officials some pretty hefty bonuses.
My guess,it's already common knowledge up there in DC, payoffs are more active than Wall Street on it's best day.

There are many programs like this where just trimming the waste will save billions.
Past Administrations were good at creating waste. Just by juggling the books, a president could shave the deficit.


Obama seeks major change in federal contracting

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is moving to overhaul the way the U.S. government awards contracts for work to be done by the private sector, saying there have been too many abuses of taxpayer money.

Obama joined Republican Sen. John McCain, his presidential campaign rival, and other congressional figures Wednesday to put his pen to an executive memorandum. The document essentially commits the administration to new marching orders for awarding such contracts, and Obama said that it could save up to $40 billion to $50 billion a year.

One area in particular that is targeted is no-bid contracts, which the administration is seeking to change so that there will be more competition for government-paid work.

Obama said that "even if these were the best of times, budget reform would be overdue in Washington."

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to change how government contracts are awarded and who can earn them, a move his aides say would save taxpayers about $40 billion a year by making the process more competitive.

Obama is to sign a presidential memo Wednesday that changes government contracting procedures, an administration official said on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss the decision before it was announced.

Obama's directive would order Peter Orszag, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, to work with Cabinet and agency officials to draft new contracting rules by the end of September. Those new rules, officials said, would make it more difficult for contractors to bilk taxpayers and make some half-trillion dollars in federal contracts each year more accessible to independent contractors.

During last week's White House meetings on the nation's financial future, lawmakers and officials bluntly told top Obama aides that government contracts needed to be handled in a better way. The president's own fleet of Marine One helicopters became an illustration of out-of-control spending.

Arizona Sen. John McCain, Obama's Republican rival during last year's presidential election, dryly told Obama, "Your helicopter is now going to cost as much as Air Force One."

Obama said he already had spoken with Defense Secretary Robert Gates about the fleet of 28 Marine One helicopters that is now over budget at $11.2 billion, a price that has almost doubled since the Navy started the project.

"It is an example of the procurement process gone amok, and we're going to have to fix it," Obama said last week.

Obama will say that his administration will stop outsourcing to private contractors many services that should be performed by government employees. He also pledged to open contracts to small businesses and eliminate "unnecessary" no-bid contracts that allow preferred contractors to take assignments even though they might not be the least expensive option.

In his remarks Wednesday, Obama also planned to praise McCain and Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan for their work to curb cost overruns in defense contracts. He also will acknowledge Gates' attention to the procurement process.

The administration official said Obama would not, however, sacrifice national security to save pennies. The official also said the administration plans to increase transparency and accountability provisions in contracts — a major theme of Obama's young administration.

A review of 95 defense projects by the Government Accountability Office, the auditing arm of Congress, found that the projects went over budget by $295 billion over the course of several years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090304/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_waste

Does this include Halibuton?


Yes!

Yes willing,
I hate that.

But, maybe he'll fix it! He says he'll fix the whole system..

I trust he will.
Let's just give him more time.

5 weeks???

I have no disagreement with what you just said willing.
However, I must ask.
Do you ever listen to Obama?
Do you notice the relevancy and connection behind his messages, No more lobbyist, more ethics, and more transparency in Gov?

There are no inconsistency or hypocrisy between his statements and his actions. He is doing, to the best of his ability, exactly what he promised while campaigning.