WSJ: This Company ( Booz Allen Hamilton) Gets 98% of Its Money From the U.S. Government. DOGE Is Coming for Firms Like It

Looks like no one gets away

From the article:
Key Points

What’s This?

  • Booz Allen Hamilton, a company that generates 98% of its revenue from U.S. government contracts, is facing potential cuts as the Trump administration reviews federal spending.

  • The General Services Administration has identified 10 consulting firms, including Booz Allen, that are set to receive over $65 billion in fees in the coming years, and is asking agencies to justify why these contracts are mission critical.

  • Booz Allen CEO Horacio Rozanski says the company is well-aligned with the Trump administration’s priorities and is already talking to officials about how to deploy its technology in areas such as space defenses and fraud reduction.

https://www.wsj.com/business/this-company-gets-98-of-its-money-from-the-u-s-government-doge-is-coming-for-firms-like-it-79db9dc7

From Google AI

Booz Allen and BES were alleged to knowingly submit fraudulent claims to the United States through task orders slated to supply computer military training simulators and systems to DoD agencies from 2016 to 2024.
Feb 11, 2025

Google’s source:

Fort Belvoir, Va. –
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (Booz Allen) agreed to pay the United States over $15 million to resolve allegations against Booz Allen’s subsidiary, Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering Services LLC (BES). . . .

Booz Allen and BES were alleged to knowingly submit fraudulent claims to the United States through task orders slated to supply computer military training simulators and systems to DoD agencies from 2016 to 2024. . . . .

Don’t we already have government oversight of stuff liker this? Inspectors General? Bureaucrats of some sort or another? Congress?

Why should we need DOGE?

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Do you have any idea how many contracting officers are setting in Levenworth after getting caught in contractor fraud that they were supposed to prevent? A large chunk of the officer prisoners are in for just this type of corruption.

I was being sarcastic, of course.

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