Former Senate Majority Leader William Frist, right, offers his views on how to make the federal government more efficient. Listening is former Rep. Harold Ford Jr.
Despite decades of debate about making government more efficient and effective, big-time problems persist. Government procurement has failed to produce hoped-for savings, government response to disasters, such as Katrina, have been shown to be inadequate. In some cases military procurement has gone backwards from the 1990s when the call was for inexpensive "open architecture" rather than expensive proprietary architecture for systems design. What should policy makers and procurement officers do to make government more efficient and effective? What can be done to turn previously empty promises about government reform into real action that will save taxpayers' money and force government agencies to respond more quickly - and more effectively - to changing conditions?
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.
