Report: Redundant federal programs waste billions

USA TODAY: Congressional auditors have found 162 areas with fragmented, overlapping or duplicate spending.

Report says government has fully addressed 22% of recommendations to reduce program creep…

Obama will propose the cutting or consolidating 215 federal programs, saving $25 billion next year, according to an administration source who spoke on condition of anonymity because the budget hasn’t been released. Two specific areas Obama may reorganize: the 220 science education programs spread over 13 agencies, and the more than 40 federal job training programs… (more)

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