US Government IT Outsourcing Is Poorly Managed (cio.com)

itwbennett writes: The U.S. government is spending way more than it has to on IT outsourcing. That's the finding of a report released in September by the Government Accountability Office that studied IT services outsourcing at three military branches within the Department of Defense, along with the Department of Homeland Security and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. According to the report, while efforts to better manage their IT outsourcing had improved, most of these agencies' IT spending "continues to be obligated through hundreds of potentially duplicative contracts that diminish the government's buying power."

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Think we all learned that

[Anonymous Coward]

with Edward Snowden.

You don't have to hate or like the man to know they made a colossal mistake, giving a job away with a high level of access to a contractor.

By Design

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

>> U.S. government is spending way more than it has to on IT outsourcing.

I thought this was by design.

Re:No Shit Sherlock

[amicusNYCL]

The words "IT Outsourcing" in the headline are unnecessary.