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Rex Tillerson's $12 million army of consultants
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Apr 05, 2018 05:39pm |
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| Author | NAHAL TOOSI |
| News Date | Thursday, April 5, 2018 10:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | It was one of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s core goals: radically reshaping the State Department to make it leaner, cheaper and modernized to the standards of a former private-sector CEO.
Now that Tillerson has been fired, the vaunted "Redesign" initiative he launched faces an uncertain future, but at least one clear legacy: around $12 million spent just for private consultants who in some cases charged the State Department more than $300 an hour.
Congressional aides and former State Department officials noted that, despite months of work, Tillerson’s redesign initiative has had few, if any, tangible accomplishments. Some pointed out that the spending on consultants happened amid cost-cutting measures at State, including efforts to downsize its staff. Some also said that rather than rely on an army of high-priced consultants, Tillerson could have turned to public sources that would cost taxpayers nothing. One, for example, was the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, launched under then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It suggested, among other things, ways to streamline workloads and improve technology. |
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