The Trump administration has taken numerous steps to reform how the Department of Defense (DOD) buys services and equipment. The latest effort was signaled in DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth’s November 7, 2025, speech in which he announced a slew of reforms designed to increase speed and competition in contracting. The new acquisition policy will look […]
The federal government annually spends more than $100 billion for information technology (IT), 80 percent of which is used to operate and maintain existing systems, some of which are more than 50 years old. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) first placed IT modernization on its High Risk List in 2015, and Citizens Against Government Waste […]
The Trump administration has made improving efficiency and cutting waste across the federal government a top priority. On March 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14240 on Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement. The order’s goal is to consolidate $400 billion of domestic “federal procurement for common goods and […]
The M10 Booker embodies fundamental failures of with Department of Defense acquisition, including the lack of critical analysis and when to stop wasting the taxpayer’s money. Start with what the Army first envisioned in 2013: A light tank to replace the retired M551 Sheridan that could support infantry with two of them airdropping from a […]
