The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued its third annual report exposing unnecessary duplication and overlapping programs throughout the federal government.(i) The report outlines more than $95 billion spent per year on duplicative programs and inefficient practices that is more than enough to offset the costs of sequestration. GAO identified 17 areas in which evidence of fragmentation, overlap, or duplication among federal programs or activities exists, covering a broad range of government missions and functions, including international affairs, science and the environment, training, defense, information technology, agriculture, and energy.
