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White House to Save $40 Billion Annually through Contracting Reforms | Redux

White House to Save $40 Billion Annually through Contracting Reforms

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House today formally unveiled contracting and workforce reforms that are designed to save the taxpayers at least $40 billion a year. The reforms, released by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), focuses on three areas: improving acquisition, managing the multi-sector workforce, and contractor performance information. "Today’s guidance is a major step forward in providing the federal government with the capacity to carry out robust and thorough management and oversight of its contracts in order to achieve programmatic goals, avoid significant overcharges, and stop wasteful spending," said OMB Director Peter Orszag. President Obama, in a March 4 memorandum, established his principles for contracting reform, and charged the OMB with identifying the best approaches to accomplish his goals. Today’s guidance will help restore accountability, save taxpayers money, hold contractors accountable for past performance, and end the all-too-common practice of overreliance on contractors.

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