BrianKrebsA lot of Trump/Elon boosters at the Beltway Bandits are about to find out what cheering for the clown parade gets you. I don't normally link to Business Insider stories, but this is a good piece that I haven't seen elsewhere yet.
"The Trump White House's DOGE office has been shaking up the public sector in its mission to slash spending and improve efficiencies — a job that's usually left to consulting firms.
After prompting the layoffs of federal workers and claiming to have cut billions in spending, DOGE is now turning its attention to the consultants themselves.
The General Services Administration, the US government's main procurement arm, has told federal agencies to review and justify their contracts with 10 major consultancies.
They have until Friday to provide the GSA with a list of which contracts they deem essential and those that can be cut.
"As part of the Trump-Vance Administration's efforts to weed out fraud and waste, GSA initially asked agency partners to write a short explanation about why consulting contracts were essential for them to fulfill their statutory purposes," a GSA spokesperson told Business Insider.
BI understands the 10 firms on the list are Deloitte, Accenture Federal Services, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics, Leidos, Guidehouse, HII Mission Technologies, Science Applications International, CGI Federal, and IBM.
The federal government spends tens of billions annually on consulting services and is the largest client for many of the firms on the list."
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