Titled “The Government We Need,” the report details ways in which the U.S. government can reduce costs by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years. It also includes real-life examples of companies and government agencies that have met their goals at lower costs by installing new processes.
The report estimates 10-year cost reductions that could be made in a variety of sectors:
- Supply chain and acquisition — $500 billion over the next decade
- Fraud and improper payments prevention — $270 billion
- Big data and analytics/cognitive computing — $205 billion
- IT modernization — $110 billion
- Shared services — $47 billion
- Energy use — $3 billion
- Mobile — improved efficiencies
- Cybersecurity — cost avoidance
Click here to read the complete version of “The Government We Need.”
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