Cost-Cutting

McKinsey Proposes 'Detention Savings Opportunities': Cuts to Food, Medical Care, and Guard Supervision for Migrants

2017-03-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

McKinsey consultants propose controversial ‘detention savings opportunities’ to ICE that include reducing spending on food for migrants, medical care, and supervision of detainees. An internal ICE email dated March 30, 2017 documents that McKinsey is ’looking for ways to cut or …

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McKinsey Redirected from Obama-Era ICE Reform to Trump Immigration Crackdown Consulting

2017-02-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Just days after President Trump takes office in January 2017 and issues executive orders to shift ‘all legally available resources’ to border detention facilities and hire 10,000 new immigration officers, ICE quickly redirects McKinsey & Company - originally brought on under the …

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McKinsey's ICE Contract Redirected Toward Trump's Immigration Crackdown and Detention Cost-Cutting

2017-01-20 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Just days after Trump takes office in January 2017, he issues executive orders directing ‘all legally available resources’ to be shifted to border detention facilities and calls for hiring 10,000 new immigration officers. ICE quickly redirects McKinsey’s existing organizational …

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Flint Switches to Corrosive River Water to Save Money, Poisoning Entire City

2014-04-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

Officials in Flint, Michigan switch the city’s water supply from treated Detroit water (sourced from Lake Huron) to the polluted Flint River as a cost-cutting measure, beginning one of the worst public health disasters in modern American history. The decision, made by state-appointed emergency …

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Boeing Abandons New Aircraft Design, Chooses to Re-Engine 737 to Compete with Airbus

2011-08-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Boeing’s Board of Directors approved the launch of the re-engined 737 MAX on August 30, 2011, abandoning plans to develop an entirely new aircraft design. The decision came after Airbus launched the A320neo in December 2010 and captured 1,029 orders by June 2011, including a historic defection …

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