That's A Lotta Contracts!
John Kamensky of the IBM Center for the Business of Government, whose blog is required reading, has a great post about the myriad contracting-related difficulties that stand in the way of actually Welcoming Our New Stimulus Overlords -- including this little factoid:
Last year, the IBM Center co-sponsored with George Mason University a series of acquisition reform seminars with leading figures in the federal acquisition community. They found that “the federal government spends almost half a trillion dollars a year on contracted support. This comprises over two-fifths of all discretionary spending.” The Stimulus Bill will nearly double that activity.
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