No Kidding: Gov’t Issues Study of Study of Studies
The Pentagon was inundated with so many studies in 2010 that it commissioned a study to determine how much it cost to produce all those studies.
Now the Government Accountability Office has reviewed the Pentagon’s study and concluded in a report this week that it’s a flop.
The study of a study of studies began in 2010 when Defense Secretary Robert Gates complained that his department was “awash in taskings for reports and studies.” He wanted to know how much they cost.
Two years later, the Pentagon review is still continuing, which prompted Congress to ask the GAO to look over the Pentagon’s shoulder. What they found lacked military precision....
Luade wrote: "Two years later, the Pentagon review is still continuing, which prompted Congress to ask the GAO to look over the Pentagon’s shoulder" Typical bureaucrats!! If your average bureaucrat had to go and get a real job in the private sector it would kill them. This ongoing study of a study of studies is a typical waste of tax payers money. But it is what we have come to expect in bureaucracy pointless exercises in time wasting costing even more money, for scant end results. And they get paid for it.
Where can I get a cushy job like that? I would love to have a cushy job like that that pays high bucks.
"Two years later, the Pentagon review is still continuing, which prompted Congress to ask the GAO to look over the Pentagon’s shoulder"
Typical bureaucrats!!
If your average bureaucrat had to go and get a real job in the private sector it would kill them.
This ongoing study of a study of studies is a typical waste of tax payers money. But it is what we have come to expect in bureaucracy pointless exercises in time wasting costing even more money, for scant end results. And they get paid for it.
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