As someone who used to equip field agents it also is very obvious none of their gear fits and all looks spanking new - it's almost as if they're finding mall cops and elevating them

In the UK, you have to wear a powdered wig during the whole bidding process. It's so itchy and then you have to bring out the sow for their certifications, it's a whole thing. I honestly don't know how they buy anything from Fujitsu in time.

In a lot of ways yes, a form based exchange that should take minutes may take hours, days, or never now. But in some very sadly dangerous and impossible to ignore ways -- a lot of people are going to suffer loss of life, property, and more. It's going to be real bad...
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Because it's the federal government there always seemed to be more money in the banana stand. What mattered was improving the lives and outcomes of fellow govies, the public at large, and the missions for each agency -- a lot of that is gone now and everyone is gonna find out the hard way

This was one of the points of @bluesky.sboots.ca original meeting cost calculator meetingcostcalculator.ca I stopped my personal tally at 18F after cross $5 billion because I can't celebrate or get an award for it (I have medals for saving $250+ million on the face of contract awards)

This is part of the challenge with this work, and why GAO has a hard time counting "actual savings," because it's not as easy as just terminating a contract -- that can cost more in the long run. Can we account for halving transaction costs with a more efficient solicitation process? etc.

Billions actually, on one of my last projects at 18F, our team helped a state achieve over $300 million in cost "avoidance" and that was just another Tuesday

Thank you friend.

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Thank you friend!

We'll never see "normal" again my friend