Pentagon reportedly buried study exposing $125 billion in waste

Fox News ^ | December 6, 2016

[Little Ray]

That is what good staff does; the CO gives to make it official the Staff and their minions are already executing.

[Gil4]

My experience is that the DOD has a table of allowances regulation which says people in this rank are authorized furniture with these NSNs and people in that rank are authorized furniture with those NSNs. A unit can go for many years without having the furniture that’s authorized by regulation. You submit the paperwork to HHQ so that if there’s any “fallout money,” money from elsewhere in the organization that’s excess to the needs of that section for the fiscal year, you might be able to get a fraction of the amount you requested to buy a desk or two. That’s the view from a worker bee perspective.

I don't think I have seen anyone care about a TA for furniture since they were taken off the CA/CRLs in the late 80s. Now, if you submit for furniture (or nearly anything else) at EOY and you are ready to execute the contract on short notice, there is a good chance you will get it.

If you need a desk or a couple of chairs, you won't get it, but if you put in for $50k in furniture you will, because at EOY they need to get it spent fast, and spending $50k helps them a lot more than $500, and it requires about the same amount of effort.

[ridesthemiles]

Dr. Carson had better have some serious forensic accountants on his staff.

The Inspector General for HUD reported that 47% of the HUD budget was UNACCOUNTED for & there were lots of CASH payments.

No receipts. I am not talking about petty cash- I am talking about BILLIONS of missing dollars.

HUD is a disaster & the accountants have to stop the bleeding.

[Secret Agent Man]

I can from an i/c bkgnd.

Money is wasted well. Many folks who are program managers on the govt side, are not really good program managers. Never really trained to be in the first place and people rotate to other jobs every few years.

[NYer]

This is why we need a professional business man to oversee the government spending.

[HollyB]

Did this administration ever draw up an official fiscal budget?