McCarthy Worries About Duplication Among Federal Agencies
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., worries about duplication among federal agencies and sees technology as the silver bullet to address that concern, he said Wednesday in a speech at the Chamber of Commerce. “Are we really in the 21st…
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century when it comes to our government?” McCarthy asked: “Would we really have the agencies we had today if cast in that light? … It’s all top down.” McCarthy plans to “look at every single agency,” pursuing duplication and accountability, he said. He said tech industry stakeholders could help pick an agency to evaluate. “The first thing you want to do is, ‘Do they have correct accounting principles so you can evaluate everything?’” McCarthy said. “How many programs for each department? … Every single one dilutes where it’s going, and why it is in this agency and that.” The answer is not more money, he said. McCarthy favored government agencies embracing digital technology and apps to make their systems more effective, efficient and accountable.