# 2025-05197: White House Mandates Smarter Fed Shopping to Save Billions

2025-05197, Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-03-25, effective 2025-03-20 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-05197
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-05197
- Title: Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 13671
- Published: 2025-03-25
- Effective: 2025-03-20
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

White House Mandates Smarter Fed Shopping to Save Billions

## Summary

The federal government spends nearly $490 billion a year buying common goods and services, but right now, many agencies do this on their own, which wastes money and time. This new order says all these purchases will be handled by the General Services Administration (GSA) to save taxpayer dollars and make buying smarter and faster. Starting soon, agencies will focus on their main jobs while GSA handles the buying, cutting down on waste and duplication.

## Effects PRIA read

- Consolidate Federal Buying to Save Taxpayers: benefit, low. If you are a taxpayer, the President ordered on March 20, 2025 that common federal purchases—about $490 billion per year—be consolidated under the General Services Administration. The order says this consolidation will eliminate waste and duplication and save taxpayer dollars by having GSA conduct…

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## Sources
- [2025-05197 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/25/2025-05197/eliminating-waste-and-saving-taxpayer-dollars-by-consolidating-procurement)
- [2025-05197 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-25/pdf/2025-05197.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-05197 (as of 2026-11-04).