DOGE claims it saved $8B in one contract, but it was only $8M: NYT

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Of the $16 billion announced in savings, half would come from a single contract, estimated at $8 billion by the Department of Government Efficiency... while it would actually be worth only $8 million.

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Official Admits DOE Is Dodging DOGE Oversight

"'What are you going to do if they put you on leave?' I’m like, 'Go to the beach on the taxpayer’s dime.'"

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Did Elon Musk's DOGE really save $8 billion by canceling one contract?

DOGE’s claim of saving $8 billion was debunked after a clerical error was found in a federal contract. The savings were revised to $8 million, but DOGE’s $55 billion claim remains unverified.

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Exclusive: Trump HUD secretary cancels $4M in DEI contracts after launching DOGE task force

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner announced Thursday that his agency will be canceling $4 million in DEI contracts after working with Elon Musk's DOGE.

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DOGE claimed it saved $8 billion in one contract. It was actually $8 million - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

The Department of Government Efficiency, the federal cost-cutting initiative championed by Elon Musk, published Monday a list of government contracts it has canceled, together amounting to about $16 billion in savings itemized on a new “wall of receipts” on its website.

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Elon Musk, head of the government efficiency department (DOGE), announced on Monday that he had broken a series of contracts allowing the US administration to realize $16 billion in savings.