Federal Government Could Save Billions with Efficiency Improvements

A recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that efficiency improvements in several areas could produce significant cost-savings opportunities for the federal government. The report listed 51 issues across several different program areas, from defense and homeland security to revenue collection and currency production. GAO looked for areas of duplication, overlap, and fragmentation, as well as other cost savings and revenue enhancement opportunities. It estimated that improvements in these areas could save the government tens of billions of dollars annually.