Plus, it wastes a ton of money. You know, in the Federal Government, we spend $64 billion a year on IT, and, essentially, 50 percent of it is wasted, because we don't assess risks, and we don't contract appropriately.
Coburn emphasizes the financial waste in federal IT spending due to poor risk assessment.
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We have something we call 'maintenance of effort' that we use in other programs, educational programs, when there is Federal money, we say to States, 'You have to maintain effort.'
As stewards of the Federal purse, we should be ensuring that we are doing all that we can to save taxpayer dollars and create efficiency in Government.
I am proud of the really collegial effort that we are privileged to take part in.
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