US Cancels 54 Contracts, Saves $804 Million in 2 Days: DOGE

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Federal government agencies terminated 54 contracts over two days that netted $804 million in savings, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said in a July 5 post on social media platform X.

The canceled โ€œwasteful contractsโ€ had a ceiling value of $1.8 billion, it said. These include an โ€œ$842k USAID professional services contract for a โ€˜director of the Armenia innovation hub within the USAID/Armenia Economic Growth Officeโ€™ and a $33k USAGM contract for โ€˜24/7 FM broadcast services to the Togolese Republic.โ€™โ€

DOGEโ€™s announcement follows Secretary of State Marco Rubioโ€™s confirmation of the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on July 1, arguing that the foreign assistance provided by the agency failed to deliver results for Americans.

USAID was part of a โ€œglobe-spanning NGO industrial complexโ€ funded by U.S. taxpayers, he said, using the abbreviation of โ€œnongovernmental organization.โ€

In a July 6 post on X, DOGE commended the Office of Personnel Management for having cut its annual spending on federal contracts by 50 percent while โ€œimproving both the quality and scope of its services.โ€

For instance, the agency saved $5.9 million through restructuring the IT helpdesk while also instituting efficiency measures.

โ€œAs a result, the average ticket backlog dropped by 30 percent,โ€ DOGE said.

According to a June 29 update by DOGE, the initiative has so far saved $190 billion in taxpayer funds through measures such as contract/lease cancellations and renegotiations, fraud and improper payment deletion, cancellation of grants, and asset sales.

This translates into roughly $1,180 saved per American taxpayer.

Some of the โ€œstrangest, most baffling usesโ€ of government funding uncovered by DOGE include a $2.8 million grant to address โ€œhistoric and systemic racial inequitiesโ€ in STEM education and a $6.9 million grant for teaching social and emotional learning from an โ€œantiracist approach.โ€

Agencies that have generated the most savings under DOGE include the Department of Health and Human Services, General Services Administration, Department of Education, and the Office of Personnel Management.

DOGE has been operating for more than a month without Elon Musk at its head. Musk left the initiative in May after his tenure as a special government employee expired.

By Naveen Athrappully

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