We should work to use the same methods in federal procurement. In addition, we should no longer allow agencies to exempt themselves from competitive pressures. Today, there are hundreds of thousands of full-time federal employees that are performing tasks that could be done by companies in the private sector. I will put as many of these tasks as possible up for competitive bidding. If the private sector can do a better job, the private sector should get the contract.
Government likes to begin things - to declare grand new programs and causes.
But good beginnings are not the measure of success, in government or in any other pursuit. What matters in the end is completion. Not just making promises, but making good on promises. In my Administration, that will be the standard from the farthest regional office of government to the highest office in the land. Only in this way is public confidence restored.