A quick win for DOGE? Make procurement competitive again

Steve Weber, Commentary, Federal News Network, April 10, 2025

The Government Accountability Office has given DOGE a number of options to help save billions after updating its High Risk List in February 2025. Among the 38 critical areas listed, an easy and important target would be the federal government’s costly process for IT acquisitions and management, starting with the low-hanging fruit of software procurement.

Software procurement may be technical and arcane, but like many seemingly complex activities, can be simplified with a question familiar to enemies of the status quo like Musk: Are federal agencies locked into certain vendors with arcane contracts that harm choice, accountability and performance?

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