Consolidate DoD Research Laboratories
Directed Energy
Information Technology
Propulsion
Munitions
Human Research
Sensors
Space Vehicles
Materials
By bringing these three labs under one DoD Research Laboratory, redundancy in research objectives could be eliminated. Furthermore, many of the directorates and programs... more »
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Consolidate Law Enforcement and Security to Treasury
Currently Treasury components such as the Mint, BEP, FinCen, IRS and others have separate enforcement and security functions. It would be better create a Treasury Law Enforcement and Security arm to standardize equipment, training and policy; consolidate patrols; and use economy of scale thinking to reduce costs and achieve better efficiency with implementation of security measures.
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Consolidate Combatant Commands
Recommend OSD consider co-locating non-geographical commands. Co-location of USSTRATCOM, USTRANSCOM and USSOCOM would generate savings by eleminating duplicative staff support functions.
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Consolidate DHS Federal Operations Centers in the NCR
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Consolidation of Resource Components
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Consolidate Regional offices
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Consolidate Anit-Virus Software Purchases
The Department of Justice (DOJ) could save from $300,000 to $500,000 from consolidating anti-virus software purchases. Currently DOJ uses at least 5 different anti-virus software products across the DOJ Component organizations. If that were replaced with 1 or 2 enterprise licenses, the advanatages would be significant cost savings as well as standardization of software.