Marcus Aurelius: President Trump Executive Order on Shrinking the Federal Government

Presidential Executive Order on a Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch The proposed plan shall include, as appropriate, recommendations to eliminate unnecessary agencies, components of agencies, and agency programs, and to merge functions.  The proposed plan shall include recommendations for any legislation or administrative measures necessary to achieve the proposed reorganization. The Director shall …

Berto Jongman: Sorcha Faal (David Booth) on Donald Trump as Andrew Jackson Reprise, Battle to the Death with Federal Reserve, Vatican, CIA, and the Deep State

Freemasonic Forces Led By Donald Trump Launch “Soon To Be Deadly” American Coup d’état …Freemasonic forces (for the first time in 188 years) led by American billionaire Donald Trump, and aided by secretive elements within both the Sicilian and American mafia, are presently engaged in a “soon to be deadly” all-out battle against the US …

Yoda: US Federal IT — $100 Billion in Flames

Systemic mess. Federal IT Spending Slashed In Proposed 2015 Budget Obama’s 2015 budget request cuts 2.9%, gives agencies $79 billion for IT, including $13 billion for cyber security. Phi Beta Iota: Not being discussed: holistic analytics, true cost economics, or open source everything engineering. See Also: Internet Of Things: 8 Cost-Cutting Ideas For Government

Stephen E. Arnold: Federal Agencies Suffering Constant Connectivity Losses — “Dark Fiber”?

Federal Agencies Perpetually Battle Connectivity Loss This may be stating the obvious, but ComputerWorld declares that “IT Outages Are an Ongoing Problem for the U.S. Government.” The article cites a recent report sponsored by Symantec and performed by MeriTalk, which runs a network for government IT workers. Though the issues that originally plagued HealthCare.gov were …

Berto Jongman: John Whitehead Reviews the the US Budget and What It Says About America and Americans

Why Are Americans Paying to be Searched, Spied On, Shot At, and Robbed Blind by the Government [and the Oligarchs Behind the Government]? John Whitehead OpEdNews, 7 April 2014 The State Department wants $400,000 to purchase a fiberglass sculpture of a camel looking at a needle for its new embassy in Pakistan. They’ve already spent …

Winslow Wheeler: Pentagon’s $1 Trillion a Year Budget — We Do Not Make This Stuff Up!

America’s $1 Trillion National Security Budget by Winslow T. Wheeler March 13, 2014 The Pentagon’s current leadership and most on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees in Congress describe President Obama’s 2015 defense budget request as painfully austere, if not dangerously inadequate.  The defense trade press is full of statements from generals, admirals and …