Eliminating all these duplications could save taxpayers 200 billion dollars (minimum).
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Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities (pg. 26)
Defense-wide
$6.1 billion alone for unmanned aircraft programs (2010).
Other sources of funds:
$27 billion (military intelligence program budget)
$53.1 billion (national intelligence program budget
The lack of collaboration among the services leads to higher costs.
In 2005, the Army initiated a development program with the same contractor for a variant of the Air Force Predator estimated to cost $570 million, although the predator was already successfully providing capabilities to the warfighter.
no single entity at the department level has responsibility, authority, and control over the investments to prioritize resources
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Surface Transportation Programs (pg. 48)
Over 100 separate programs
Department of Transportation
$58 billion in 2010
the number of transportation programs began to grow. This has resulted in a fragmented approach as five DOT agencies with 6,000 employees run 100 separate programs with separate funding streams for highways, transit, and rail and safety functions
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Tax expenditures (tax exclusions, credits, deductions, deferrals, and preferential tax rates) (pg. 75)
173 tax expenditures, some of which have related mission areas as spending programs.
Government-wide
Almost $1 trillion
For fiscal year 2009, the U.S. Department of the Treasury listed a total of 173 tax expenditures, some of which were the same magnitude or larger than related federal spending for some mission areas.
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Electronic health records systems for veterans, service members, and their families (pg. 79)
At least 10 systems or projects, 10 areas of business needs, and over 97 percent of functional requirements for an inpatient electronic health record system.
At least $2.6 billion over the past 13 years and more than $11.3 billion over the next 7 years.
the results of a 2008 study conducted for the departments found that over 97 percent of functional requirements for an inpatient electronic health record system are common to both departments. Nevertheless, both departments have begun separate, costly efforts to modernize their systems.
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Read the freaking article...