Pentagon Establishes New Team to Target Waste, Bureaucracy Across DOD

Pentagon creates new office to reduce duplicate programs, wasteful spending

The Pentagon on Friday announced a new organization to cut waste at the Department of Defense by identifying inefficient spending, unnecessary administrative systems and duplicate programs.

Pentagon establishes new team to target waste, bureaucracy across DOD

The Pentagon is establishing a permanent organization within the comptroller's office to identify and recommend changes to wasteful, inefficient and duplicative programs and processes across the department, according to a memorandum signed by Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg. The Force Agility and Streamlining Team, or FAST, will serve as the “foundation of an enduring institutional mechanism” for eliminating waste and inefficiency, accor…