The Department of Defense Overhead Cost Savings and Transparency Act would declassify the entirety of a report from the Pentagon which revealed $125 billion in administrative waste. The Pentagon commissioned the report in 2015 and subsequently covered up its findings. The report lays out suggested ways to cut through bureaucracy and obsolete technologies at the department, ultimately saving $125 billion over five years in administrative waste. This bill calls on the Department of Defense to release the report in full to Congress and provides for expedited consideration of legislation to implement the report’s recommendations to cut or reallocate excess in their spending. This approach will reduce waste and hold the Pentagon accountable, while finding smart ways to use our tax dollars. Congressman Schrader first introduced this bill in December 2016 after the Washington Post first reported on the cover up.
