Why Congress Should Stop The A76 Game

About the Book

An alternative view for anyone interested to consider the fallacies and risks of the political push to the A-76 Game and “partial privatization” of the United States federal government. A game where politicians use global corporate appointees to influence the U.S. government under the premise that injecting corporate background and practices into the working level of the federal government is going to eliminate inefficiency. Inefficiencies, however, are classically driven at the top leadership levels. They are due to inherent change in our government system, the appointed leaders pushing new agendas, and political relationships between legislative & executive branches. Considering recent runaway budgets, it’s hard to conclude that the leadership infiltration of corporate Six Sigma experts made the federal government efficient? It did provide leadership more ammunition to sell outsourcing. Making it look like federal workers had no idea what efficiency or 6 sigma/quality initiatives were. We knew, but were not heavily trained in this since the federal government (Executive, Legislative, Judicial) was not created to operate as a for-profit corporation. The founders warned this country about the dangers of corporate power running the federal government. Unless the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches became one monolithic entity, injecting the politicized corporate or Six Sigma management will not solve basic inefficiencies. The constant “private driven” political experimentation these last 17 years played a big part in the run up of federal spending recently. “Reasonable man” theory recognizes dialogue on the right government workforce size makes sense but outsourcing is not real privatization when the taxpayer is still spending money for different people. Sovereignty is at stake when the global oriented corporate world (and influence on laws) is going to be the driver for U.S. federal government operations. A last step in pulling us from the constitutional ideals the country was founded under.

About the Author

Mr. Westdown represents an average civil servant who worked in the U.S. Government. His experience covered close to 20 years working programs across the Department of Defense. His journeys through various system commands and DOD oranizations provide a working level viewpoint representative of a decent cross section of the military services and the civil service itself. He has worked within or managed defense programs from Development all the way to Production and Fielding. During this time, he was part of some recognized government sucess stories while also witnessing the very true things that drive waste, inefficiency, and excess expense inside the federal government. The discussion within this book represents his personal views and they are not intended to support any particular political party. It is intended to illustrate real world concerns that were created by years of political action.