If all programs were included, decision-makers would have transparency and could better identify potential wasteful or duplicative spending," Dawn Locke said.

Reps. Tim Burchett and Melanie Stansbury are working with the administration on legislation to make it easier to identify and rescind duplicative programs.

The Office of Management and Budget has not fully completed requirements from a 2011 law to create and manage an inventory of all the federal government’s programs, a new report says. A provision in ...