The massive National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2018 contained language requiring the Pentagon to provide more detail on its spending plans for $144 billion in services contracts.
But in the Trump administration’s fiscal 2019 budget released in February, the document that provides the most comprehensive information on services contracting was missing. The omission was spotted by specialists at the American Federation of Government Employees, who pointed out that last year’s submission carried more detail, while this year’s was limited to an “advisory and assistance services” document with simple line items.
“DOD has ignored the contract services budget requirement in its FY 2019 budget request,” the union said in a statement to Government Executive. “Instead, the department only submitted information on “Advisory and Assistance” contracts, which constitute a small fraction of one percent of overall DOD service contract spending. With the Trump Administration perceiving DOD as a piggy bank for non-Defense priorities, this continued lack of accountability for at least $144 billion per year in spending requires immediate congressional attention . . . to protect taxpayer dollars.”
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Both the Army and the Defense Department are making changes in how they evaluate and prioritize the experience and education of the acquisition workforce.
Those results were clear cut – folks hate LPTA. In fact, the report was called 
“Anything less is handing a blank check to the Pentagon to waste [money] on contracted services,” wrote national president J. David Cox in a letter urging that Congress require implementation of Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendations that would establish more detailed long-term projections in spending on such services as information technology, research and development, and facilities maintenance.
