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Acting GSA administrator, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius confronted over waste...
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It's good luck to them since we were introduced to the love spending and their culture of waste it -- -- it.
We can pick out things -- cure whatever makes highlight and -- it would ever put forty or look for breakfast.
I'm a big man I can't spend 44 bucks for breakfast somebody at that argue it.
Big government doesn't work -- doesn't work this is not the way the private sector works.
And I think what we need to be talking about -- What are we -- instead -- the -- and the department calls to post a -- Yesterday audience follow.
-- You are so quick to.
Every one I don't follow the rules and you can't.
-- your -- rule 800000 dollars spent on a conference in Vegas.
Regional directors and hot tubs with glasses -- -- in Iraq video mocking at all every time.
Moment on.
Isn't he one -- on well.
There's fifteen.
You know.
This from the very agency whose job it is to save the taxpayers money.
So we tracked down acting administrator -- tiger leaning at a town hall honoring public service recognition week.
To find out what they're doing to fix the problem.
What else have you -- in hindsight about how it happened.
In -- going forward do you mean did you find real savings -- -- the public's trust.
I appreciate in acting in that in the couple weeks since the hearings.
In talking -- that it TSA employees and I've been doing a series of virtual town hall traveling in using technology.
He -- it agents.
And and in that way also modeling frankly for the employees that there are other ways that we can actually make those connections are elation.
-- is that there is as much.
Anger disappointment and frustration with the TSA employees as there is in the American public congress -- what took place it really doesn't represent the values and the leafs.
And and the commitment of those employees -- to delivering services.
And what's happened -- -- we've been able to spark a conversation.
Among employees with their supervisors with general about great ideas how we can save even more money for the American taxpayer.
That's really our challenge now is to take those great ideas convert them into action and deliver great services to my agency partners here.
Who frankly need it now more than -- -- -- You mentioned in the beginning here that you know that government savings agency I think you said.
Is there one specific example -- that you know you're already looking at now that you can kind of get to work -- that deal with -- right in the media -- like this is what we're gonna do and we're gonna save money with this you know.
Already he's -- not on airplanes.
There it's there right now -- -- you know I three or three top priorities -- budget budget budget and it's really it's really helping solve the budget problems of -- our agency partners.
We're looking at at things about how the government travels now we going to air travel reservations we're looking at.
Talking to the agencies about the ones that don't have therefore be managed -- In a cohesive unified way we're trying to find ways that we can provide strategic sourcing -- for curing is one government.
Using the power and size of the government to get the best possible price.
And then doubling down things like sustainability so that we can build buildings.
-- actually reduce the costs of operations.
And so that's the that's the kind of work we found -- a bunch of momentum and are being developed around it.
Question is how do we discontinue that sentiment and -- -- -- -- Thank -- very much neck and you know mr.
-- you've taken a lot of heat would either of the other secretaries like to weigh in on and on him in the job he's now got to do at.
Well we got here this morning we all we also that's what we know it -- pain.
