My government is mostly privatized. We even hired a consulting firm to figure out how the government could lower consulting fees. The consultants found that if we consult less, we will have lower consulting fees. We paid over half a million for that single report:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-federal-government-kpmg-consulting/

[–] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Next step: hire a consultant to figure out how to consult less.

[–] galloog1@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Government consultant here. The federal government does nothing if it is not military related or medical care in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Everything they produce is done via contract. That includes leadership which is queued up using consulting. Sure, they make the decisions but that's not management or the visionary leadership people think it is. It's all contract management.