Article 51. Legislation for Elimination of Government Waste Leading to Major Reform of the Federal Government

Overview:  

Nearly every person in the US knows that the Federal Government wastes $billions annually and it appears that nothing can be done about it.   This Article refutes that kind of negative thinking by showing how the elimination of government waste can become a reality.  Most Americans want a Balanced budget the best way to bring desperate parties together is to eliminate the waste in government as a starter making a balanced budget just that much closer. Across the board cuts to balance the budget is the worst form of budget management because it punishes efforts of efficient managers and encourages the over staffing that is rampant in government.

One of the major problems Fiscal Conservatives face is that we elect the best of those who agree with us to vote NO on new spending legislation.  We need to do better than that. I suggest that we need to have a plan to guide us in the steps we need to take to get where we want to go.  To do this we should look for common ground, the things we care about that others in government cannot disagree with.  This is why I proposed Article 49. The “Wounded Warrior Government Waste Elimination Project” and Article 52.  Establishment of a Government Wide United States Inspector Generals Office.

The Passing of Legislation enabling these projects could lead to  massive reform of the Federal Government.  See articles 48,49,50 and 52.

Who would vote against hiring and training Wounded Warriors to eliminate government waste?  But it turns out that what the American public wants and what many elected representatives want are not the same.  The elimination of waste should be our primary objective it leads to smaller government.  Where as focusing on smaller government only arouses objection for those who think they are going to be unemployed.   The creation of common ground rather than confrontation is necessary to get key legislation passed.  I suggest that to get the legislation passed that the legislation target only waste in Washington DC and not within the States which many politicians think is desirable and exclude the Politicians themselves for fear of a backlash of investigations into junkets (unnecessary trips). 

The logic of Legislation for eliminating waste in the US Government
 1. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the logical place for an independent reform organization.  The OMB in the last few years has been tasked with only identifying the waste in government.  Congress simply can not resolve the thousands of instances of government waste by enacting laws alone the problem is simply too big. The OMB will have the US Inspector General (a new office) Reporting to it and will have the entire governments OIG analysts at its disposal to implement major reforms.

2.  In my proposal I recommended that the OMB be empowered to not only investigate waste but to proactively eliminate any waste that they encounter.  Presently there is no single Agency in the US Government charged with eliminating waste this legislation would make the OMB that organization.  The OMB will need training in new innovative tools which I provide in my proposal.

3.  Hundreds of so called efficiency tools have been implemented in government over the years and then has been cast aside only to be replaced by the next big so called efficiency tool.  None of these tools provide the success that is desired because they don’t focus on actual cost data.  Many of these tools just add to the waste in government.

This search has now ended with the development of the following tools:
a. Lean Six Sigma
Lean Six Sigma, adapted to DOD operations by the Military is the number one tool of choice for streamlining high level hardware deployment systems.  

b. My General reform Model
The “General Reform Model” is a step by step approach leading to the highest efficiency and effectiveness of subsystems which tie into the high level systems of the Lean Six Sigma studies.  This model is meant to be applied agency by agency, first fixing the subsystems using Enterprise Lean followed by right-sizing the Agency with the proper staffing required with a transparent budget.  The process ends by changing the bureaucratic organization to a Team Managed organization (Team Managed organizations have shown that they reduce fraud and corruption through peer pressure and protection of Whistle Blowers).

c. My Consolidation Model
The “Consolidation Model” consolidates duplicated government services into a single streamlined organization.  A tool which I have developed and used in the Consolidation Model is the “Effectiveness Test” which OIG Analysts can use to confront an organization’s services to determine if the services meet the requirements of its public customers.  With failure to meet its customer requirements, relative to the size of its budget, the OIG is empowered by Congress (legislation needed) to disband the ineffective services and confiscate its budget.  The use of these tools should be a part of the proposed legislation.

4.  With the Hiring and training of Wounded Warriors in the new innovative tools I expect that it will still take ten years to make a significant dent in government waste. Remember that the government has been wasting our tax dollars since it began and government employees almost never get laid off even for fraud.