Good Article from The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal today highlights the savings that cabinet secretaries have found within their budgets. You’ll remember that earlier this year, President Obama ordered the cabinet secretaries to find $100 million in budget cuts. I think Brian Reidl at the Heritage Foundation appropriately sums up their efforts when he says, “Some of these cuts are so small that they would be a rounding error of a rounding error in the federal budget.” Check out the entire article here.
Excerpt:
In a Savings Shocker, the Government Discovers That Paper Has Two Sides
Front-and-Back Copies, Other Wonders Help Agencies Save $102 Million -- .006% of Deficit
By JONATHAN WEISMAN
WASHINGTON - With the budget deficit soaring toward $2 trillion, the Department of Justice has figured out how to play its part: double-sided photocopying.
There are other acts of national sacrifice. The Forest Service will no longer repaint its new, white vehicles green immediately upon purchase. The Army will start packing more soldiers onto R&R flights. The Navy will delete unused email accounts….
