(11-09-2016 05:54 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Get the headcount in every department, broken down between administration in the DC area and operations in the rest of country. Cut the DC administrative headcount for every department by 10% per year until you cut it in half. Do the same thing with consultant fees, across the board.

Don't cut the field offices. That's where the benefits, if any, of any program are delivered. Cut the administrative overhead.

The three US counties with the highest average household income, and 7 of the top 12, are in the DC Metro area. That is absolutely nonsensical. There is simply no reasonable justification, because little or nothing of value is produced there.