There is no need to create another new program instead of improving what already exists, except that GAO is non-partisan so it won’t cut whatever the new administration says it should, and Musk wouldn’t join it unless he’s at the top.
There is no need to create another new program instead of improving what already exists, except that GAO is non-partisan so it won’t cut whatever the new administration says it should, and Musk wouldn’t join it unless he’s at the top.
Here's them in 2022 saying $247B [1] got lost in that year due to "payment errors".
Looks like their job is to only make recommendations on spending and nothing more.
[0] https://www.gao.gov/blog/gaos-scorecard-how-we-saved-federal...
[1] https://www.gao.gov/blog/federal-payment-errors-known-improp...
The new department will do exactly the same. Congress controls spending, so recommendations are all any executive department can do. If GAO should be able to find more inefficiencies, or should be given the power to cut stuff on its own (it shouldn’t), then the focus ought to be on making them do that. Adding a whole new redundant department seems…inefficient.