In total, more than $200 billion in taxpayer funds have been saved by the DOGE initiative.
Government agencies terminated and descoped 103 wasteful contracts over the past five days, with a ceiling value of $4.4 billion and savings of $103 million, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) stated in an X post on Nov. 1.
Contracts Update!
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) November 1, 2025
Over the last 5 days, agencies terminated and descoped 103 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $4.4B and savings of $103M, including a $13.4M VA consulting contract for “coaching support and dashboard services”, a $43k State Dept. educational training… pic.twitter.com/CEhz5CuRyo
The canceled contracts included “a $13.4M VA consulting contract for ‘coaching support and dashboard services’, a $43k State Dept. educational training contract for ‘crucial influence and getting things done courses’, and a $44k State Dept. educational training contract for ‘crucial conversations and power of habit courses,’” the department said.
According to the official DOGE website, the initiative has saved an estimated $214 billion for taxpayers as of Oct. 4, through actions such as asset sales, deletion of improper and fraudulent payments, and contract/lease calculations and renegotiations.
This comes to $1,329 saved per American taxpayer.
The agencies that have registered the most savings include the Department of Health and Human Services, the General Services Administration, the Social Security Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Small Business Administration.
According to DOGE, among some of the “strangest, most baffling” uses of government funding uncovered include a $620,000 grant for adopting an LGBT inclusive teen pregnancy prevention program for transgender boys, and an $841,000 grant to examine the influence of “intersectional stigma” on blood pressure.
During an Oct. 31 interview with Joe Rogan on his podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience,” former DOGE head Elon Musk discussed the challenges faced in running the initiative.
DOGE continues to reduce waste and fraud, Musk said, adding that the initiative has become less publicized because people who oppose it no longer have a singular individual to target following his exit.
“They applied immense pressure to me to just stop it. So then the best thing for me is to just cut out of this. In any case, as a special government employee, I could only be there for 120 days anyway, something like that,” Musk said.
Musk exited DOGE in May after his 130-day mandate as a special government employee ended.
