Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte
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Re: Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte
#2Finally they actually cut something that should be cut.
Re: Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte
#3Is this like in Eastern Europe/Balkans, like when someone new comes to power they terminate the contracts(aka the grifts) signed by the previous regime, so they can give them to their own friends instead, then rinse and repeat at the next election cycle?
Re: Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte
#4It probably did not need DOGE to find out that these contracts where overpriced ;-)
Re: Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte
#5Is this like in Eastern Europe/Balkans, like when someone new comes to power they terminate the contracts(aka the grifts) signed by the previous regime, so they can give them to their own friends instead, then rinse and repeat at the next election cycle?
Unfortunately that's the direction we are likely headed in.
However, I suspect that in this case, the contracts were overpriced and faced an endless series of delays and extensions.
Of course, the next set of contracts will probably have the same issue. So meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Re: Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte
#6On the face of it cutting huge IT govt contracts sounds like a good choice to reduce waste, but with this administration I'm expecting any savings to be funneled to Grok/xAI/Elon.
Re: Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte
#7Finally they actually cut something that should be cut.
I'll believe it when they cut Palantir contracts
Re: Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte
#8All fine and dandy until one realizes that the pentagon's budget is measured in the trillions, and this sort of deal probably doesn't even deal with mission critical stuff.
That said, we do waste a ton of money on consultants, and the pentagon needs to trim its budget. Should also be noted that Pete Hegseth is a fucking moron, and some of these cuts probably hurt our national security readiness.
Re: Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte
#9It probably did not need DOGE to find out that these contracts where overpriced ;-)
...but it took DOGE to actually get them cut.
Re: Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte
#10Finally they actually cut something that should be cut.
The cut in the current context, and future consequences, are likely going to cut much more than the contracts though.