FOX: The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reviewing federal contracts provided for leading consulting firms, which have been tasked with submitting a scorecard explaining the services they’re providing to government agencies before the end of the month.
In a letter sent to the leaders of consulting firms that was reviewed by FOX Business, the Government Services Administration (GSA) explained that it believes it’s “important to undertake this review in partnership with industry,” and will use firms’ responses for comparison against the agency’s government-wide review. The letter was sent by GSA Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum.
GSA is structuring the review as a scorecard, asking consulting firms to identify waste and savings opportunities and noting, “Scorecards that do not identify waste and spending reductions will not be deemed credible and your firm will be seen as unaligned with the Administration’s cost cutting goals.” more
Hot button warning, pet peeve alert!
C’mon, FOX, that’s HOMING IN.
I do love the implied assertion that ALL of the contracts have waste.
Uncle Al
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 9:10 at 9:10 am
“Scorecards that do not identify waste and spending reductions will not be deemed credible…
I do love the implied assertion that ALL of the contracts have waste.”
…that’s the “Mohel Theory Of Cost Management”
You can take 10% off the top of ANYTHING.
I have a language rant HERE if youre interested.
https://iotwreport.com/motorcyclist-who-vanished-into-a-sinkhole-on-monday-found-deceased/#comment-2320844
…lazy reporting is everywhere…
@SNS — A truly righteous rant!
Oh pshaw. Taxpayer money that I steal is never wasted.
Related: Someone posted to X that their niece works for an employment agency in which they’ve been flooded with young, ex-gov’t workers who have no employable skills, can’t describe what they did in their previous jobs and who want only remote work.
Uncle Al: good language tip. I will be honing my homing skills from here on out.
I am of the age where most of my peers have or are retired. In many instances, these folks are contracted as consultants – they do the same thing they did in their careers for the same entity, generally make more money, and work shorter and more flexible hours.
I get it – there are advantages to hiring these ex-employees as consultants. They are a known quantity; they have demonstrated they know what they are doing. Theoretically they are less expensive since they only provide services when asked, although frequently they are more expensive. And they are not employees; consultants are independent contractors and therefore not subject to most of the labor laws of any jurisdiction.
At the government level, consultants have a practice of hanging around for a long time and milking the system. You would think it would be easier to terminate a consulting contract rather than terminating an employee, but many of these contracts are long term, renew automatically, and may have early termination penalties.
As part of its review, I would recommend that DOGE look at whether or not a position should be or has been filled with an employee as opposed to a consultant.
Wyatt, I’m at the age that everything hurts. Especially this morning.
Private consulting agreements aren’t even in the same zip code as fed consulting agreements. That’s a strait up license to steal. Seen it.
too busy homing my steak knives to read articles with ignorant headlines