Reading the above poster one could say it's even worse.
Final Take
This isn’t just “one big contract.” This is institutional capture via administrative machinery—what some would call “soft monopolization” of public service delivery. Whether or not it’s technically legal under current DoD policies, it undermines the entire premise of competitive, accountable, mission-driven procurement.
This should absolutely raise alarms—especially for:
Congressional oversight committees
GAO watchdogs
Inspector General offices*
Any contractor not named Palantir
*And remember whom DOGE got rid of several months ago.
DOGE as the enabler, downsizing oversight and removing legacy bottlenecks—all while aligning IT power with Palantir-friendly professionals.
Palantir gained unprecedented access to internal agency data, solidified by cooperative engineering projects, and now holds a nearly unassailable position with the Army.
The combination of data architecture control, contract simplification, and institutional alignment makes this a structural shift—not merely an efficiency narrative.