Department of Defense Managed Print Services Utilization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-773
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2017-01-31
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense spending

Department of Defense

Executive agency funding and structure

Government studies and investigations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Department of Defense Managed Print Services Utilization Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to pursue managed print services within DOD.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 773 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31, 2017 Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To require the Department of Defense to utilize managed print services.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Defense Managed Print Services Utilization Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) On December 5, 2016, Craig Whitlock and Bob Woodward of the Washington Post published an article entitled Pentagon Buries Evidence of $125 Billion in Bureaucratic Waste ( Article ). (2) In this article, Whitlock and Woodward made public the Defense Business Board report Transforming DOD’s Core Business Processes for Revolutionary Change ( Report ). (3) Recommendations on page 22 of the report state that a move to managed print services presents a 20–30% savings opportunity which would save the American taxpayer millions of dollars annually. 3. Managed print services The Secretary of Defense shall, to the extent practicable, pursue managed print services within the Department of Defense.