Tom Coburn: “The Federal Government spends $80 billion a year on IT. Forty billion…”

On the recordMay 12, 2014

The Federal Government spends $80 billion a year on IT. Forty billion of it is wasted every year.

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Coburn highlights the significant waste in federal IT spending.

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Tom Coburn: “The Federal Government spends $80 billion a year on IT. Forty billion of it is wasted every year.”