The Militec Plan will reduce hundreds of billions in Defense spending programs by enforcement of the Defense Streamlining Acquisition Act of 1994 -- that was signed into Law by President Clinton. I witnessed the Rose Garden signing because I believed that this new Law would open up competitive markets.
For the sake of America; Congress must enforce the 1994 law while adopting the lessons learned from America’s Manufacturing Genius during the Second World War, where the U.S. Manufacturing base was vital to our National Security and was called upon for the development and production of a wide variety of products to fulfill this wartime demand. The Singer Sewing Machine Company (as example) did a great job building weapons for the Military, even though they never built them before.
Since we are in a financial crisis, allowing out-sourcing through full and open competition will not only eliminate redundancies, it will eliminate the need (for hundreds of thousands of) federal workers (mostly DoD) and its associated billion dollar programs that will be replaced by the private sector.
There are five basic points:
1. Enforce the Defense Streamlining Acquisition Act of 1994
2. Allow military members to order their basic gear online
3. Allow the free market to decide which products work the best.
4. One-shoe (product) does not fit all sizes anymore as it has for the past 100 years.
5. Milspec management by career bureaucrats for the past three decades has resulted in constant upgrades to the M16/M4 (and they still jam) and its CLP gun oil (still has a 149 degree F. flashpoint-and vapors catch fire) versus allowing a better mouse trap that competition and the enforcement of the Defense Streamlining Acquisition Act will provide.
I could go on forever about the problems with constant upgrades to the gear the average soldier carries and the billions in wasted redundancies by the services. The Army Labs will show off their expensive and redundant facilities and all their neat stuff costing billions in R&D/T&E costs that never reach the rank and file. Plus, in the past 10 years there has been no new technology that was delivered in advance of when it was needed (different armor for example). Sure the MRAPS finally made it and the up-armored Hummers and enhanced vests -- after allot of dead soldiers.
Now, the troops are receiving the proper camouflage pattern on their uniforms that will better hide them from the enemy. Are you kidding me? It took 10 years to get a uniform that blends into the environment of Afghanistan? This simple point here makes my other points on why competition is needed -- to help save America from itself.
Please read the attached Militec Plan that will save (just) the DoD hundreds of billions while at the same time creating millions of new and diverse jobs. Full and open competition is what made America the leader of the free world. Now, our position is threatened and will be forever changed unless bold action is taken now by the simple enforcement of the (Law) Defense Streamlining Act of 1994.
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THE MILITEC PLAN TO SAVE DOD HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS
The time is now for American business to compete for federal programs by allowing military customers choices on what products best fit their needs for their specific assignment, versus being issued gear that does not work properly, or is not needed. Each warfighter would have their own credit limit and would use the internet to order the majority of their gear through approved websites. The Defense Streamlining Acquisition Act was signed into law in 1994 that allows for the use of “commercial- off- the- self- technology” products (COTS) to be purchased and used, without regard to Milspec. This law has not been enforced, since the federal workers did not want to see full and open competition for commercially and industrially approved products that compete for their own jobs elimination. This plan will not have to cut any programs, since competition by the private sector will cause the evaporation of federal—work—programs that are not needed and the layers of redundancies that are driven by turf wars --chasing dollars--disappears since the customer is now the warfighter ordering and using products outside the control of the military civilians and their revolving door which ensures nothing changes.
The large activities such as DLA, AMC, arsenals, and bases could have their workforce reduced 75% since the private sector would absorb the work (and some workforce too) and the remaining 25% of the employees would work from their homes and at the contractor’s facility. The majority of the remaining work would require accounting skills since invoices will be submitted by American business that is responsible for the cradle to grave aspects of the supplied technology. It’s the contractor’s responsibility to insure the goods are received by the customer and are in working condition, prior to submitting the invoice for payment to “the new defense accounting agency”. The individual services would not be involved in this accounting or purchasing process. This will stop redundancies by the services.
The government would turn over control (for a price-over time) of the arsenals and bases to American business and it would be the American’s that would rebuild our economy (versus Wal-Mart) and create millions of new U.S. jobs. The land, hardware and the buildings would be worth trillions for the private sectors benefit and hundreds of billions would also be saved by the evaporation of the federal work force over-time. The other significant cost saving is to allow certain federal employees to work from home.
The government would turn over control (for a price-over time) of the arsenals and bases to American business and it would be the American’s that would rebuild our economy (versus Wal-Mart) and create millions of new U.S. jobs. The land, hardware and the buildings would be worth trillions for the private sectors benefit and hundreds of billions would also be saved by the evaporation of the federal work force over-time. The other significant cost saving is to allow certain federal employees to work from home.
Hundreds of government programs and its federal workforce would evaporate since there’s no longer a demand for their product and/or service. Private sector jobs would soar due to closed markets being made available to American business for the first time and by the USG placing the private sector in charge of inventing, warehousing and distribution of the majority of its products and services. Another big advantage is allowing the troops to perform the necessary field testing of products -- at a cheaper price than USG labs and the testing would be in the actual environment (which prevents abuse) than simulation- make-work- testing and all of its bells and whistles (ensuring all the money is spent) inside a controlled laboratory environment surrounded by career bureaucrats. These same bureaucrats have counter-parts in every service so the wasteful (system wide) redundancies will also evaporate over time.
This artificial and simulation testing that keep thousands employed are seldom neutral, since jobs and military specifications and designs depends on planned outcomes of their in-house and mostly private testing. No secret. The USG is famous at trying to improve the current technology by upgrades, which keeps the same folks in the same place, instead of using a better mouse trap that competition (COTS) will provide. Competition will allow for the best products to be used and the warfighter will have the right products when they need it.
The way to reduce trillions in unneeded spending is by allowing for full and open competition — a win-win for everyone, since we all should agree that competition is what made America Great. The USG needs to enforce the Defense Streamlining Acquisition Act. Full and open competition will decide the winners and losers of products and allows for the evaporation of unnecessary and redundant federal programs that encourage in-sourcing (making government bigger) versus, out-sourcing which reduces the size of government and creates jobs in the private sector.
Thank you for reading the Militec plan.
