The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said that over two days this week, federal agencies canceled 239 “wasteful spending” contracts that saved more than $400 million.
“Over the last two days, agencies terminated 239 wasteful contracts with a total ceiling value of [roughly $1.7 billion] and total savings” of around $400 million, DOGE said in a March 13 post on the social media platform X.
It added that one of the contracts was for consulting. The contract, it said, was regarding “fiscal stewardship to improve management and program operations in order to drive innovation and improve efficiency and effectiveness of business services; rethink, realign and reskill the workforce; and enhance program delivery through a number of transformational initiatives.”...
