White House touts $20 billion reduction in drop in contract spending for government
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-touts-20-billion-reduction-in-drop-in-contract-spending-for-government/2012/12/05/e61dbf22-3f29-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html
White House touts $20 billion reduction in drop in contract spending for government
By Josh Hicks, Published: December 5
The White House budget office on Thursday reported the federal government had reduced contract spending by 4 percent in the past fiscal year, an accomplishment that it said was the largest drop for a single cycle on record.
The Obama administration said it cut contract spending by more than $20 billion during fiscal 2012, largely by increasing coordination betweeen agencies buying together instead of independently.
Contracts accounted for about 14 percent of all federal government spending during the past cycle, representing the lowest level since 2003.
President Obama issued a memo in November 2011 directing all government agencies to contract more efficiently, especially for management support services, which include engineering, program management and development of information-technology systems. The administration calculates that contract spending quadrupled in that area during the previous administration.
unhappycamper comment: You can see 'defense' contracts at: http://www.defense.gov/contracts/