The Government Accountability Office’s third annual report on government duplication revealed 17 areas of government fragmentation and overlap and 14 areas of potential cost savings.
Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn said that the amount of overlap revealed in the report and in previous years could serve to cover the cost of the sequester.
“While millions of Americans have been doing more with less, the federal government continues to do less with more,” Coburn, who passed an amendment three years ago requiring this annual report, said in a statement. ”The $95 billion in overlap identified in this report, combined with the $200 billion in overlap identified in GAO’s previous two reports, could easily cover the costs of sequestration. Yet, instead of preventing furloughs, reopening air traffic control towers and restoring public access to White House, Congress and the administration continue to defend billions of dollars in duplicative programs that are little more than monuments to the good intentions of career politicians in Washington.”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/09/coburn-gao-report-reveals-95-billion-in-government-overlap/#ixzz2PzjQ4IdF
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