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Follow onContract update!
Over the last two days, agencies terminated 226 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $1.03B and savings of $555M, including a $5.4M IRS consulting contract for “exploring emerging issues within the IRS”, and a $20k NSF "management development" contract for
Over the last two days, agencies terminated 226 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $1.03B and savings of $555M, including a $5.4M IRS consulting contract for “exploring emerging issues within the IRS”, and a $20k NSF "management development" contract for


11:40 PM · Apr 25, 2025
Great work by @NSF canceling 701 wasteful DEI grants ($203M in savings), including “Building Racial Equity in Marine Science.” This brings the total to over $325M saved in the past 2 weeks.
See the NSF's update linked below, re-emphasizing that grant awards will be based on
See the NSF's update linked below, re-emphasizing that grant awards will be based on
At NSF, our mission is to advance science, health & prosperity for all. Today, we terminated additional awards that did not align with our priorities. This decision reflects our commitment to funding research opportunities for all Americans everywhere.
10:45 PM · Apr 25, 2025
RT @SecretaryLCD: I'm committed to ensuring @USDOL enforces the law and carries out @POTUS' directives. We will hold states accountable for…Read more

Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer@SecretaryLCD
09:33 PM · Apr 25, 2025
RT @SecRollins: At my direction, the @USDA has taken action to ensure illegal aliens DO NOT receive federal benefits paid for by hardworkin…Read more

Secretary Brooke Rollins@SecRollins
At my direction, the @USDA has taken action to ensure illegal aliens DO NOT receive federal benefits paid for by hardworking American taxpayers.
11:24 AM · Apr 25, 2025
BREAKING: As Secretary of the Navy, I'm focused on ensuring accountability, cutting waste and strengthening our fighting forces.
Today, I'm canceling IT contracts that are ineffective and over-budget. I'm also canceling 45 grants and awards funding non-essential activities like
Today, I'm canceling IT contracts that are ineffective and over-budget. I'm also canceling 45 grants and awards funding non-essential activities like
02:20 AM · Apr 25, 2025
For the past 7 weeks, @SocialSecurity has been executing a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 11 million numberholders, all listed age 120+, have now been marked deceased. Another ~1.4 million to go with expected completion in 2 weeks.

For the past two weeks, @SocialSecurity has begun a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 3.2 million numberholders, all listed age 120+, have now been marked as deceased. More work still to be done.
09:49 PM · Apr 24, 2025
Contract and grant update!
Over the last several days, agencies have terminated 269 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $845M and savings of $255M, including a $50k @Interior consulting contract to “provide facilitation and collaborative problem solving services”.
Over the last several days, agencies have terminated 269 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $845M and savings of $255M, including a $50k @Interior consulting contract to “provide facilitation and collaborative problem solving services”.

02:34 PM · Apr 24, 2025
Great work by @AGPamBondi @TheJusticeDept

Attorney General Pamela Bondi@AGPamBondi
The Department of Justice has started cutting millions of dollars in wasteful grants. Some of the greatest hits include:
$2M for “national listening sessions of individuals with lived experience”
$695k for “a parallel convergent mixed-methods case study research design to
$2M for “national listening sessions of individuals with lived experience”
$695k for “a parallel convergent mixed-methods case study research design to
11:28 PM · Apr 23, 2025
Great work by @NSF canceling 402 wasteful DEI grants ($233M in savings), including $1M for “Antiracist Teacher Leadership for Statewide Transformation”.
See the NSF update below. Grant awards will be based on merit, competition, equal opportunity, and excellence.
See the NSF update below. Grant awards will be based on merit, competition, equal opportunity, and excellence.
Today, NSF announced it is terminating awards not aligned with agency priorities, ensuring current & new awards are consistent with our mission. We are committed to creating opportunities for all Americans everywhere, without exclusion of any groups. More:
01:26 AM · Apr 19, 2025
RT @SecretaryBurgum: The Endangered Species Act has become like the Hotel California: once a species enters, they never leave!
https://t.…Read more
https://t.…Read more

Secretary Doug Burgum@SecretaryBurgum
The Endangered Species Act has become like the Hotel California: once a species enters, they never leave!
09:59 PM · Apr 18, 2025
Credit Card Update!
The program to audit unused/unneeded credit cards has been expanded to 30 agencies. After 7 weeks, ~470k cards have been de-activated.
As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active cards/accounts, so still more work to do.
The program to audit unused/unneeded credit cards has been expanded to 30 agencies. After 7 weeks, ~470k cards have been de-activated.
As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active cards/accounts, so still more work to do.

03:53 AM · Apr 16, 2025
Contract update!
Today, agencies terminated 57 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $1.6B and savings of $1.5B, including a $120K USDA contract for an “Indonesia environmental policy and law enforcement specialist”
Today, agencies terminated 57 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $1.6B and savings of $1.5B, including a $120K USDA contract for an “Indonesia environmental policy and law enforcement specialist”

02:02 AM · Apr 16, 2025
RT @SecScottBessent: The IRS has removed non-technical people from technical leadership roles in engineering and replaced them with experie…Read more

Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent@SecScottBessent
The IRS has removed non-technical people from technical leadership roles in engineering and replaced them with experienced engineers.
Going forward, skilled engineers will drive technical decisions. The IRS has its fair share of software talent. These men and women, who have
Going forward, skilled engineers will drive technical decisions. The IRS has its fair share of software talent. These men and women, who have
09:35 PM · Apr 15, 2025
RT @SecScottBessent: The IRS has successfully saved $2 billion without any operational disruptions by eliminating wasteful contracts, such…Read more

Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent@SecScottBessent
The IRS has successfully saved $2 billion without any operational disruptions by eliminating wasteful contracts, such as auto-renewed licenses unused for years.
09:34 PM · Apr 15, 2025
Great job by @SecRubio @StateDept
In addition to the ones below, they also cancelled these wasteful grants:
-$1.4mm for “Preventing Internet Fragmentation” in Brazil
- $750k for “Enabling Civil Society Resilience and Adaptation” in Kyrgyzstan
- $1mm for “Building Trust and
In addition to the ones below, they also cancelled these wasteful grants:
-$1.4mm for “Preventing Internet Fragmentation” in Brazil
- $750k for “Enabling Civil Society Resilience and Adaptation” in Kyrgyzstan
- $1mm for “Building Trust and
@SecRubio continues to scrutinize @StateDept foreign assistance, today cancelling 139 wasteful grants worth $215M including:
- $5.2mm to “Media Diversity” for programs like “Get the Trolls Out!” - “an anti-disinformation program” in the United Kingdom
- $2.5mm for “advancing
- $5.2mm to “Media Diversity” for programs like “Get the Trolls Out!” - “an anti-disinformation program” in the United Kingdom
- $2.5mm for “advancing
03:27 PM · Apr 15, 2025
@SecRubio continues to scrutinize @StateDept foreign assistance, today cancelling 139 wasteful grants worth $215M including:
- $5.2mm to “Media Diversity” for programs like “Get the Trolls Out!” - “an anti-disinformation program” in the United Kingdom
- $2.5mm for “advancing
- $5.2mm to “Media Diversity” for programs like “Get the Trolls Out!” - “an anti-disinformation program” in the United Kingdom
- $2.5mm for “advancing
02:30 PM · Apr 15, 2025

03:54 AM · Apr 15, 2025
Great work by the @DeptVetAffairs cancelling an unreasonably priced multi-year $15.3M services contract for “salary survey data and analysis.”
The service was replaced at market price of ~$5K/year vs. the contracted $3.9M/year, saving $11.1M over the remaining life of the
The service was replaced at market price of ~$5K/year vs. the contracted $3.9M/year, saving $11.1M over the remaining life of the

11:16 PM · Apr 14, 2025
Great work by @SecretaryWright.
New @Energy policy caps university grant overhead at 15%, consistent with for-profit, non-profit, and state/local government awardees.
This saves taxpayers >$400M/yr.
More money available for research, and less money to administrative bloat.
New @Energy policy caps university grant overhead at 15%, consistent with for-profit, non-profit, and state/local government awardees.
This saves taxpayers >$400M/yr.
More money available for research, and less money to administrative bloat.

Secretary Chris Wright@SecretaryWright
12:23 AM · Apr 13, 2025
Follow-up on Defend the Spend:
Since the system was launched, over $700M in daily payments have been subject to payment justifications (ie “What is this?”) from recipients and agency leads.
Thanks to the great work by @HHSGov, for the first time ever, the American people will
Since the system was launched, over $700M in daily payments have been subject to payment justifications (ie “What is this?”) from recipients and agency leads.
Thanks to the great work by @HHSGov, for the first time ever, the American people will
The Program Support Center (PSC) in @HHSGov processes ~$215B/year ($860M/business day) in grant payments. When those payments are made:
- If the grantee is directly drawing, no documentation, receipt, or explanation is required
- If the agency is approving, there is no
- If the grantee is directly drawing, no documentation, receipt, or explanation is required
- If the agency is approving, there is no
12:04 AM · Apr 13, 2025

06:40 PM · Apr 12, 2025
06:39 PM · Apr 12, 2025
RT @SBA_Kelly: Last month, @DOGE uncovered more than $630M in SBA loans distributed to “borrowers” over the age of 115 or under the age of…Read more

Kelly Loeffler@SBA_Kelly
Last month, @DOGE uncovered more than $630M in SBA loans distributed to “borrowers” over the age of 115 or under the age of 11.
This week, SBA implemented a suite of new applicant verification measures – to make sure it never happens again.
This week, SBA implemented a suite of new applicant verification measures – to make sure it never happens again.
04:31 PM · Apr 12, 2025
Good work by @USGSA for inking its first consolidated deal following the President’s Executive Order: Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement.
With this deal, GSA effectively used government-wide buying leverage to secure a 71% price
With this deal, GSA effectively used government-wide buying leverage to secure a 71% price

04:15 PM · Apr 11, 2025
California, New York, and Massachusetts accounted for most of these improper claims, totaling $305M in unemployment benefits.
Additionally, California accounted for 68% of the unemployment benefits paid to parolees identified by CBP on the terrorist watchlist or with criminal
Additionally, California accounted for 68% of the unemployment benefits paid to parolees identified by CBP on the terrorist watchlist or with criminal
An initial survey of Unemployment Insurance claims since 2020 revealed the following:
- 24.5k people over 115 years old claimed $59M in benefits
- 28k people between 1 and 5 years old claimed $254M in benefits
- 9.7k people with birth dates over 15 years in the future claimed
- 24.5k people over 115 years old claimed $59M in benefits
- 28k people between 1 and 5 years old claimed $254M in benefits
- 9.7k people with birth dates over 15 years in the future claimed
09:48 PM · Apr 10, 2025
Under the Biden administration, it was routine for Border Patrol to admit aliens into the United States with no legal status and minimal screening. So far, CBP identified a subset of 6.3k individuals paroled into the United States since 2023 on the FBI's Terrorist Screening

Reagan Reese@reaganreese_
SCOOP: The Trump admin is revoking the parole of 6,300 immigrants who they have found to be on the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center watchlist or have a criminal record, a senior White House official told @DailyCaller.
Many identified were receiving Medicaid, collecting
Many identified were receiving Medicaid, collecting
09:12 PM · Apr 10, 2025
An initial survey of Unemployment Insurance claims since 2020 revealed the following:
- 24.5k people over 115 years old claimed $59M in benefits
- 28k people between 1 and 5 years old claimed $254M in benefits
- 9.7k people with birth dates over 15 years in the future claimed
- 24.5k people over 115 years old claimed $59M in benefits
- 28k people between 1 and 5 years old claimed $254M in benefits
- 9.7k people with birth dates over 15 years in the future claimed
03:16 AM · Apr 10, 2025
On the website, the "log in" button was not in the top right on the navbar like it is on most websites. It was weirdly placed in the middle of the page below the fold.
An IRS engineer explained that the *soonest* this change could get deployed is July
An IRS engineer explained that the *soonest* this change could get deployed is July


08:29 PM · Apr 9, 2025


04:03 PM · Apr 9, 2025

01:44 AM · Apr 9, 2025
RT @RapidResponse47: NBC goes inside the literal underground mine "where a few hundred federal employees process all retirement paperwork f…Read more

Rapid Response 47@RapidResponse47
NBC goes inside the literal underground mine "where a few hundred federal employees process all retirement paperwork for the entire federal government" — stored in 26,000 filing cabinets.
@DOGE is working to make it more modern, efficient, and cost effective.
@DOGE is working to make it more modern, efficient, and cost effective.
02:12 AM · Apr 8, 2025
The US African Development Foundation has terminated $51M in grants, including:
-$229,296 for marketing 100% organic shea butter in Burkina Faso
-$84,059 for a business incubator for spa & wellness entrepreneurs in Nigeria
-$239,738 for marketing pineapple juice in Benin
-$229,296 for marketing 100% organic shea butter in Burkina Faso
-$84,059 for a business incubator for spa & wellness entrepreneurs in Nigeria
-$239,738 for marketing pineapple juice in Benin
10:13 PM · Apr 7, 2025
RT @SecRubio: Important and historic reforms.
Now our incredible Foreign Service Officers will be evaluated on true merit, not on arbitra…Read more
Now our incredible Foreign Service Officers will be evaluated on true merit, not on arbitra…Read more

Secretary Marco Rubio@SecRubio
Important and historic reforms.
Now our incredible Foreign Service Officers will be evaluated on true merit, not on arbitrary immutable characteristics.
Now our incredible Foreign Service Officers will be evaluated on true merit, not on arbitrary immutable characteristics.
09:51 PM · Apr 7, 2025
Under the previous administration, @StateDept made DEI 20% of Foreign Service Officer performance, assessing diplomats by whether they:
- Avoided“gendered adjectives” or “faint praise”
- Asked local organizations to “promote DEIA training/programs/lectures” and “annual DEIA
- Avoided“gendered adjectives” or “faint praise”
- Asked local organizations to “promote DEIA training/programs/lectures” and “annual DEIA


09:14 PM · Apr 7, 2025
Contract update!
Today, agencies terminated 63 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $124M and savings of $39M, including a $1.25M @HHSGov marketing consultant contract for “Google AdWords management” and a $1.9M @StateDept consulting contract for “global advisory and
Today, agencies terminated 63 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $124M and savings of $39M, including a $1.25M @HHSGov marketing consultant contract for “Google AdWords management” and a $1.9M @StateDept consulting contract for “global advisory and

05:02 AM · Apr 5, 2025
The @USGSA IT team just saved $1M per year by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes (70 yr old technology for information storage) to permanent modern digital records.
08:52 PM · Apr 4, 2025
Good work by @US_IMLS @Sonderling47 cancelling $25M in wasteful DEI grants for $15M in savings, including:
-$265K for Queens College in New York to research “why BIPOC teens” read Japanese comic books
-$250K to erect “LGBTQ+ historical markers” across Ohio
-$140K for the
-$265K for Queens College in New York to research “why BIPOC teens” read Japanese comic books
-$250K to erect “LGBTQ+ historical markers” across Ohio
-$140K for the
03:04 PM · Apr 3, 2025
Contract update!
Agencies cancelled 47 wasteful contracts today with $87.5M ceiling value and $30.2M in savings, including a $3.4M @StateDept management consulting contract for “aviation advisors in Kenya”.
Agencies cancelled 47 wasteful contracts today with $87.5M ceiling value and $30.2M in savings, including a $3.4M @StateDept management consulting contract for “aviation advisors in Kenya”.

03:05 AM · Apr 3, 2025
Good work by @DeptVetAffairs
VA was previously paying ~$380,000/month for minor website modifications. That contract has not been renewed and the same work is now being executed by 1 internal VA software engineer spending ~10 hours/week.
VA was previously paying ~$380,000/month for minor website modifications. That contract has not been renewed and the same work is now being executed by 1 internal VA software engineer spending ~10 hours/week.
04:58 PM · Apr 2, 2025
Contract update!
Agencies terminated 80 wasteful contracts today with a ceiling value of $203.6M and savings of $139.1M, including a $2.1M @StateDept management consulting contract for a “senior advisor in the Democratic Republic of Congo”.
Agencies terminated 80 wasteful contracts today with a ceiling value of $203.6M and savings of $139.1M, including a $2.1M @StateDept management consulting contract for a “senior advisor in the Democratic Republic of Congo”.

04:59 AM · Apr 2, 2025
Update: the $13M in taxpayer dollars (referenced below) has been returned to the Treasury.
Each year, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) receives $55M in congressional (taxpayer) funds.
- Prior management would sweep excess funds into its private Endowment (zero congressional oversight).
-In the past 10 years, USIP has transferred ~$13M to its private
- Prior management would sweep excess funds into its private Endowment (zero congressional oversight).
-In the past 10 years, USIP has transferred ~$13M to its private
12:30 AM · Apr 2, 2025
RT @AntonioGracias: Your data is apples to oranges. The data you show for the 2016 to 2020 period is enumeration for all immigrants in ALL…Read more

agracias@AntonioGracias
Your data is apples to oranges. The data you show for the 2016 to 2020 period is enumeration for all immigrants in ALL forms. The data we showed in our slide last night in Wisconsin was just Enumeration Beyond Entry ("EBE") immigrants. The difference is Enumerations at Field
01:31 AM · Apr 1, 2025
Contract update!
Today, agencies cancelled 109 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $1.1B and savings of $420M, including a $3.1M @ENERGY contract for “website development services” and a $2.7M @CommerceGov contract for “marketing consulting services outreach and
Today, agencies cancelled 109 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $1.1B and savings of $420M, including a $3.1M @ENERGY contract for “website development services” and a $2.7M @CommerceGov contract for “marketing consulting services outreach and


01:12 AM · Apr 1, 2025
For the past 4 weeks, @SocialSecurity has been executing a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 9.9 million numberholders, all listed age 120+, have now been marked deceased. Another ~2 million to go.

For the past 3 weeks, @SocialSecurity has been executing a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 7 million numberholders, all listed age 120+, have now been marked as deceased.
Another ~5 million to go.
Another ~5 million to go.
12:00 AM · Apr 1, 2025
Each year, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) receives $55M in congressional (taxpayer) funds.
- Prior management would sweep excess funds into its private Endowment (zero congressional oversight).
-In the past 10 years, USIP has transferred ~$13M to its private
- Prior management would sweep excess funds into its private Endowment (zero congressional oversight).
-In the past 10 years, USIP has transferred ~$13M to its private
11:17 PM · Mar 31, 2025
RT @epaleezeldin: The Biden Admin spent $4M in tax dollars on a museum to tell a selective story of @EPA history. It costs $600K per year t…Read more

Lee Zeldin@epaleezeldin
The Biden Admin spent $4M in tax dollars on a museum to tell a selective story of @EPA history. It costs $600K per year to operate even though only 1,909 external visitors came through in the last 9 months. Today we are closing it.
07:50 PM · Mar 31, 2025
As of Friday, $4.3B of COVID era funds remained unused and mostly dormant. Thanks to the work of @SecretaryLCD and @Sonderling47 @USDOL, $1.4B was recovered and returned directly to the Treasury general account, and team is moving urgently to return the remaining $2.9B.
This
This
07:47 PM · Mar 31, 2025
Contract update!
Over the last 3 days, agencies terminated 121 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $351M and savings of $156M, including a $1.6M DEI contract for “strategies for implementing ‘social emotional’ learning”, and a $143K Dept. of Transportation contract for
Over the last 3 days, agencies terminated 121 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $351M and savings of $156M, including a $1.6M DEI contract for “strategies for implementing ‘social emotional’ learning”, and a $143K Dept. of Transportation contract for

03:33 AM · Mar 29, 2025
RT @SecretaryBurgum: Tyler and the @Interior @DOGE team work tirelessly every day (including weekends!) to save taxpayer dollars and help b…Read more

Secretary Doug Burgum@SecretaryBurgum
01:54 PM · Mar 28, 2025
Great work today by @USDOL @SecretaryLCD @Sonderling47 cancelling $577M in “America Last” grants for $237M in savings, including:
- $10M for "gender equity in the Mexican workplace"
- $12.2M for "worker empowerment in South America"
- $6.25M for "improving respect for Worker's
- $10M for "gender equity in the Mexican workplace"
- $12.2M for "worker empowerment in South America"
- $6.25M for "improving respect for Worker's
08:18 PM · Mar 26, 2025
Contract update!
Yesterday, agencies terminated 113 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $4.7B and savings of $3.3B, including a $145K USDA consulting contract for “Peru climate change activities”.
Plus, the DOGE leaderboard has been updated:
Yesterday, agencies terminated 113 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $4.7B and savings of $3.3B, including a $145K USDA consulting contract for “Peru climate change activities”.
Plus, the DOGE leaderboard has been updated:

12:47 PM · Mar 26, 2025
Up to ~315,000 de-activated cards! Great work by @USDA

Weekly Credit Card Update!
Pilot program with 16 agencies to audit unused/unneeded credit cards. After 5 weeks, ~298,000 cards have been de-activated.
As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active cards/accounts, so still more work to do.
Pilot program with 16 agencies to audit unused/unneeded credit cards. After 5 weeks, ~298,000 cards have been de-activated.
As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active cards/accounts, so still more work to do.
01:20 AM · Mar 26, 2025
Fitness update! As a follow-on, there was a larger $32.1M purchase agreement for government-wide consulting on “fitness center services,” which has been canceled.
Contract update!
Today, agencies terminated 105 contracts with a ceiling value of $935M and $580M in savings, including a $1.03M National Science Foundation consulting contract for “fitness center services”.
Today, agencies terminated 105 contracts with a ceiling value of $935M and $580M in savings, including a $1.03M National Science Foundation consulting contract for “fitness center services”.
09:46 PM · Mar 25, 2025
For the past 3 weeks, @SocialSecurity has been executing a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 7 million numberholders, all listed age 120+, have now been marked as deceased.
Another ~5 million to go.
Another ~5 million to go.

For the past two weeks, @SocialSecurity has begun a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 3.2 million numberholders, all listed age 120+, have now been marked as deceased. More work still to be done.
02:38 AM · Mar 25, 2025
Weekly Credit Card Update!
Pilot program with 16 agencies to audit unused/unneeded credit cards. After 5 weeks, ~298,000 cards have been de-activated.
As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active cards/accounts, so still more work to do.
Pilot program with 16 agencies to audit unused/unneeded credit cards. After 5 weeks, ~298,000 cards have been de-activated.
As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active cards/accounts, so still more work to do.

02:41 AM · Mar 24, 2025
As of Friday, @SBAgov now:
- Requires date of birth collection for all direct loan applications
- Pauses the direct loan process for those under 18 and above 120 years old
Basic sanity checks like these are initial steps towards minimizing fraud in government payment programs.
- Requires date of birth collection for all direct loan applications
- Pauses the direct loan process for those under 18 and above 120 years old
Basic sanity checks like these are initial steps towards minimizing fraud in government payment programs.


In 2020-2021, @SBAgov issued 3,095 loans, including PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) and EIDL (Economic Injury Disaster Loan), for $333M to borrowers over 115 years old who were still marked as alive in the Social Security database.
In one case, a 157 years old individual
In one case, a 157 years old individual
02:14 AM · Mar 24, 2025
Core HR systems (onboarding, job histories, org chart, benefits, etc.) are not consolidated in the federal workforce.
From a March 2025 @USGSA survey of 29 agencies, there are 111 instances of 59 unique HR software products offered by 19 commercial vendors and 11 federal
From a March 2025 @USGSA survey of 29 agencies, there are 111 instances of 59 unique HR software products offered by 19 commercial vendors and 11 federal
05:11 PM · Mar 23, 2025
Great work by @SecDef
Over $580M in wasteful contracts and grants terminated this week, including an HR IT development program called DCHRMS that is $280 million (780%) over budget and 5 years behind schedule, with at least 2 more years to go.
Over $580M in wasteful contracts and grants terminated this week, including an HR IT development program called DCHRMS that is $280 million (780%) over budget and 5 years behind schedule, with at least 2 more years to go.

DOD Rapid Response@DODResponse
05:53 AM · Mar 22, 2025
Good work by @NASA this week:
-Eliminated their unused Purchasing Cards (~80%)
-Terminated ~$420M in unneeded contracts, including $45M ($15M each) to three separate consultants, all for "Change Management Support Services”
-Eliminated their unused Purchasing Cards (~80%)
-Terminated ~$420M in unneeded contracts, including $45M ($15M each) to three separate consultants, all for "Change Management Support Services”
03:19 AM · Mar 22, 2025
RT @GovRonDeSantis: For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings att…Read more

Ron DeSantis@GovRonDeSantis
For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings attached by the Biden Administration—but they couldn't even figure out how to accept it. Today, I met with @elonmusk and the DOGE team, and we got this done in the
02:42 AM · Mar 22, 2025
The IRS has the transaction volume of a mid-sized bank, running similar infrastructure. Those banks typically have an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) budget of ~$20M/yr.
The IRS has a ~$3.5B O&M budget (which doesn’t include an additional $3.7B modernization budget). ~80% of
The IRS has a ~$3.5B O&M budget (which doesn’t include an additional $3.7B modernization budget). ~80% of
There is a pattern across all agencies where IT “modernization” contracts do not pay for outcomes/performance; instead, they pay for time. Therefore, the incentive is for contractors to “never finish,” resulting in incredible waste.
As an example, IRS modernization started in
As an example, IRS modernization started in
01:28 PM · Mar 21, 2025
There is a pattern across all agencies where IT “modernization” contracts do not pay for outcomes/performance; instead, they pay for time. Therefore, the incentive is for contractors to “never finish,” resulting in incredible waste.
As an example, IRS modernization started in
As an example, IRS modernization started in
01:25 PM · Mar 21, 2025
Contract update!
Today, agencies terminated 105 contracts with a ceiling value of $935M and $580M in savings, including a $1.03M National Science Foundation consulting contract for “fitness center services”.
Today, agencies terminated 105 contracts with a ceiling value of $935M and $580M in savings, including a $1.03M National Science Foundation consulting contract for “fitness center services”.

03:57 AM · Mar 21, 2025
This post is inaccurate. @SocialSecurity is not closing any field sites in Georgia or elsewhere.
The confusion likely arises from the closure of 5 permanent remote hearing sites (PRSs)—single rooms within field sites used for hearings. Since most hearings are now virtual, these
The confusion likely arises from the closure of 5 permanent remote hearing sites (PRSs)—single rooms within field sites used for hearings. Since most hearings are now virtual, these

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock@SenatorWarnock
DOGE closed 5 social security offices in GA a couple weeks ago. Now, they’re telling Georgia seniors they can't use the phone to claim benefits either.
Let's call this what it is: An intentional attempt to stop folks from claiming benefits they've EARNED. I will fight this.
Let's call this what it is: An intentional attempt to stop folks from claiming benefits they've EARNED. I will fight this.
03:06 AM · Mar 21, 2025

06:34 AM · Mar 19, 2025
Contract update!
Today, agencies cancelled 47 contracts with a ceiling value of $185M and savings of $90M, including:
-$3.1M for “healthy relationships social media presence”
-$3.5M for consultants “to provide professional IT cloud, software, hardware expertise, and expertise in… Read more
Today, agencies cancelled 47 contracts with a ceiling value of $185M and savings of $90M, including:
-$3.1M for “healthy relationships social media presence”
-$3.5M for consultants “to provide professional IT cloud, software, hardware expertise, and expertise in… Read more

06:17 AM · Mar 19, 2025
For the past two weeks, @SocialSecurity has begun a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 3.2 million numberholders, all listed age 120+, have now been marked as deceased. More work still to be done.

06:25 AM · Mar 18, 2025
@SocialSecurity has been working on a major cleanup of their records. In the last two weeks, ~3.2 million numberholders, all listed age 120+, have been marked as deceased. More work still to be done.

06:19 AM · Mar 18, 2025
Mr. Moose denied lawful access to Kenneth Jackson, the Acting USIP President (as approved by the USIP Board). @DCPoliceDept arrived onsite and escorted Mr. Jackson into the building. The only unlawful individual was Mr. Moose, who refused to comply, and even tried to fire USIP’s… Read more


Nick Schifrin@nickschifrin
.@USIP Acting President and CEO George Moose: “@DOGE has broken into our building.”
01:38 AM · Mar 18, 2025
Contract update!
Today, agencies terminated 44 contracts today with a ceiling value of ~$5.2B and savings of ~$640M, including:
-$465K DoD contract for “non-personal services, to serve as the Maxwell Air Force Base installations horticulturalist, landscape designer, and… Read more
Today, agencies terminated 44 contracts today with a ceiling value of ~$5.2B and savings of ~$640M, including:
-$465K DoD contract for “non-personal services, to serve as the Maxwell Air Force Base installations horticulturalist, landscape designer, and… Read more

01:16 AM · Mar 18, 2025
Excellent job by @CBP @Sec_Noem. These 21 contracts had a total ceiling value of ~$4.3B with total resulting savings of ~$600M.

CBP@CBP
UPDATE 🚨 Illegal border crossings have plummeted, leading to the closure of several temporary processing facilities along the southwest border. Each facility shutdown saves $5-$30M/month. More resources for border security, less taxpayer money spent.
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01:12 AM · Mar 18, 2025
Here is the Inspector General reporting this problem in 2008. The good news is that it is now actively being fixed.

03:21 PM · Mar 16, 2025

emptywheel (check)@emptywheel
The richest man in the world, @elonmusk, took over $5,000 out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was saving money, by falsely claiming he was dead.
02:57 PM · Mar 16, 2025
Great job by @SecretaryLCD @USDOL
These program cancellations included $3M for “transparency and accountability in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry”.
These program cancellations included $3M for “transparency and accountability in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry”.

Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer@SecretaryLCD
We're working with @DOGE to root out waste, fraud, & abuse.
@USDOL just saved taxpayers $30M by eliminating “America Last” programs in foreign countries like Indonesia, Colombia, Guatemala, Chile, & Brazil.
Under @POTUS, the American Worker ALWAYS comes First.
#AmericaFirst 🇺🇸
@USDOL just saved taxpayers $30M by eliminating “America Last” programs in foreign countries like Indonesia, Colombia, Guatemala, Chile, & Brazil.
Under @POTUS, the American Worker ALWAYS comes First.
#AmericaFirst 🇺🇸
10:45 PM · Mar 14, 2025
09:40 PM · Mar 13, 2025
Contract update!
Over the last two days, agencies terminated 239 wasteful contracts with a total ceiling value of ~$1.7B and total savings of ~$400M, including an $8.5M consulting contract for “fiscal stewardship to improve management and program operations in order to drive… Read more
Over the last two days, agencies terminated 239 wasteful contracts with a total ceiling value of ~$1.7B and total savings of ~$400M, including an $8.5M consulting contract for “fiscal stewardship to improve management and program operations in order to drive… Read more
07:49 PM · Mar 13, 2025
RT @SecRollins: 🚨@USDA was funding a $397K grant in the San Francisco Bay to educate queer, trans, and BIPOC urban farmers and consumers ab…Read more

Secretary Brooke Rollins@SecRollins
🚨@USDA was funding a $397K grant in the San Francisco Bay to educate queer, trans, and BIPOC urban farmers and consumers about food justice and values-aligned markets…🤦🏻♀️
This grant has been CANCELLED.
@DOGE @DOGE_USDA
This grant has been CANCELLED.
@DOGE @DOGE_USDA
01:08 AM · Mar 13, 2025
RT @SocialSecurity: To protect you from fraud, we will no longer accept changes to bank account information over the phone. Check out today…Read more

Social Security@SocialSecurity
To protect you from fraud, we will no longer accept changes to bank account information over the phone. Check out today’s blog to learn how you can change your direct deposit:
11:02 PM · Mar 12, 2025
This is inaccurate and misleading.
@SocialSecurity is protecting our seniors by ensuring bank accounts aren’t changed with little to no authentication.
Approx. 40% of Social Security direct deposit fraud is associated with fraudsters calling SSA on the phone and changing the… Read more
@SocialSecurity is protecting our seniors by ensuring bank accounts aren’t changed with little to no authentication.
Approx. 40% of Social Security direct deposit fraud is associated with fraudsters calling SSA on the phone and changing the… Read more

Karen Tumulty@ktumulty
SCOOP: Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service. Agency considers ending phone program that helps with claims processing and is used by millions, by @hannah_natanson @FedGirlWaPo @lizzadwoskin @faizsays :
07:58 PM · Mar 12, 2025
03:01 AM · Mar 12, 2025

04:12 AM · Mar 11, 2025
Great work by @epaleezeldin @EPA
These cancellation of non-essential grants/contracts included $3.2M to a consulting firm to “develop a reporting system to collect data on Justice40, the EJ scorecard, and other EJECR reporting asks.”
These cancellation of non-essential grants/contracts included $3.2M to a consulting firm to “develop a reporting system to collect data on Justice40, the EJ scorecard, and other EJECR reporting asks.”

Lee Zeldin@epaleezeldin
UPDATE: I am cancelling over 400 DEI and Environmental Justice grants across 9 grant programs totaling $1.7 BILLION, bringing @EPA's total savings to over $2 BILLION!
This fourth round of EPA/@DOGE cuts was our biggest yet.
This fourth round of EPA/@DOGE cuts was our biggest yet.
01:09 AM · Mar 11, 2025
RT @marcorubio: After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.
The 5200 contracts that are now cancell…Read more
The 5200 contracts that are now cancell…Read more

Marco Rubio@marcorubio
After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.
The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States.
In… Read more
The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States.
In… Read more
12:09 PM · Mar 10, 2025
Striving for maximum government transparency.
All payments (and soon the justifications) will be posted publicly at The first 37,207 grant payments (3 days worth) have now been posted!
04:45 AM · Mar 10, 2025
All payments (and soon the justifications) will be posted publicly at The first 37,207 grant payments (3 days worth) have now been posted!
04:43 AM · Mar 10, 2025
04:42 AM · Mar 10, 2025
More info on IAF:
In 2024, ~45% of spend went to administrative overhead. Only ~55% went to the grants, which then have multiple additional layers of overhead.
Other grants which were cancelled during the process of reducing IAF to its statutory minimum:
- $523,000 for avocado… Read more
In 2024, ~45% of spend went to administrative overhead. Only ~55% went to the grants, which then have multiple additional layers of overhead.
Other grants which were cancelled during the process of reducing IAF to its statutory minimum:
- $523,000 for avocado… Read more
The Inter-American Foundation, an agency whose primary action was to issue foreign grants ($60M budget), has been reduced to its statutory minimum (1 active employee). Examples of grants that were cancelled in the process:
- $903,811 for alpaca farming in Peru
- $364,500 to… Read more
- $903,811 for alpaca farming in Peru
- $364,500 to… Read more
09:44 PM · Mar 9, 2025
Contract update!
On Friday, there were 162 cancellations of non-essential contracts with a ceiling value of ~$205M and savings of $90M.
This included @USDA cancelling a $10.3M unnecessary contract which, ironically, was for identifying unnecessary contracts.
On Friday, there were 162 cancellations of non-essential contracts with a ceiling value of ~$205M and savings of $90M.
This included @USDA cancelling a $10.3M unnecessary contract which, ironically, was for identifying unnecessary contracts.

04:22 AM · Mar 9, 2025
In 2020-2021, SBA granted 5,593 loans for $312M to borrowers whose only listed owner was 11 years old or younger at the time of the loan. While it is possible to have business arrangements where this is legal, that is highly unlikely for these 5,593 loans, as they all also used… Read more
04:10 AM · Mar 9, 2025
RT @SBA_Kelly: This week I signed a new policy that will require SBA lenders to conduct citizenship verification for loan applications - to…Read more

Kelly Loeffler@SBA_Kelly
This week I signed a new policy that will require SBA lenders to conduct citizenship verification for loan applications - to end the flow of taxpayer benefits to illegal aliens.
As of today, it’s official. America First!
As of today, it’s official. America First!
11:08 PM · Mar 8, 2025
RT @SecRollins: 🚨CANCELLED: $600,000 grant to study “menstrual cycles in transgender men”
Keep sending us tips. THANK YOU, @approject! The…Read more
Keep sending us tips. THANK YOU, @approject! The…Read more

Secretary Brooke Rollins@SecRollins
🚨CANCELLED: $600,000 grant to study “menstrual cycles in transgender men”
Keep sending us tips. THANK YOU, @approject! The insanity is ending and the restoration of America is underway. 🇺🇸💪❤️
Keep sending us tips. THANK YOU, @approject! The insanity is ending and the restoration of America is underway. 🇺🇸💪❤️
02:45 AM · Mar 8, 2025
The VA cancelled a $56,000 contract to water ~8 plants for 5 years. This is ~$1400/plant/year. The contract has been canceled and DOGE will water the plants free of charge.


04:20 AM · Mar 7, 2025
247 cancellations of wasteful contracts today, with a ceiling value of ~$999M and savings of ~$390M, including a $3.5M Dept. of VA consulting contract for outsourced “enterprise mail management program support services” which the agency determined could be handled internally with… Read more

10:32 PM · Mar 6, 2025
10:17 PM · Mar 6, 2025
HUD completed the same audit. Initial findings on paid software licenses:
- 35,855 ServiceNow licenses on three products; only using 84
- 11,020 Acrobat licenses with zero users
- 1,776 Cognos licenses; only using 325
- 800 WestLaw Classic licenses; only using 216
- 10,000 Java… Read more
- 35,855 ServiceNow licenses on three products; only using 84
- 11,020 Acrobat licenses with zero users
- 1,776 Cognos licenses; only using 325
- 800 WestLaw Classic licenses; only using 216
- 10,000 Java… Read more
Agencies often have more software licenses than employees, and the licenses are often idle (i.e. paid for, but not installed on any computer). For example, at GSA, with 13,000 employees, there are:
- 37,000 WinZip licenses
- 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple… Read more
- 37,000 WinZip licenses
- 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple… Read more
01:48 AM · Mar 6, 2025
RT @SecVetAffairs: The days of kicking the can down the road are over. We owe America’s Veterans solutions!

VA Secretary Doug Collins@SecVetAffairs
The days of kicking the can down the road are over. We owe America’s Veterans solutions!
09:33 PM · Mar 5, 2025
Weekly Credit Card Update!
Pilot program has been expanded to 16 agencies to audit unused/unneeded credit cards. After 2 weeks, ~146,000 cards have been de-activated.
As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active cards/accounts, so still more work to do.
Pilot program has been expanded to 16 agencies to audit unused/unneeded credit cards. After 2 weeks, ~146,000 cards have been de-activated.
As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active cards/accounts, so still more work to do.

Credit Card Update!
Pilot program across 14 civilian agencies to audit unused/unneeded “P-cards” (~700K accounts with ~$30B of spend in FY24).
After 8 days, ~24,000 cards have been de-activated, which will likely double by end of week.
Credit cards were also addressed in the… Read more
Pilot program across 14 civilian agencies to audit unused/unneeded “P-cards” (~700K accounts with ~$30B of spend in FY24).
After 8 days, ~24,000 cards have been de-activated, which will likely double by end of week.
Credit cards were also addressed in the… Read more
05:15 PM · Mar 5, 2025
Yesterday, @NIH cancelled seven grants for transgender experiments on animals including:
- $532K to “use a mouse model to investigate the effects of cross-sex testosterone treatment”
- $33K to test “feminizing hormone therapy in the male rat”
- $532K to “use a mouse model to investigate the effects of cross-sex testosterone treatment”
- $33K to test “feminizing hormone therapy in the male rat”
01:07 PM · Mar 5, 2025
RT @SecretaryBurgum: Our team at @Interior is working with DOGE to streamline government, eliminate waste, and upgrade our critical infrast…Read more

Secretary Doug Burgum@SecretaryBurgum
Our team at @Interior is working with DOGE to streamline government, eliminate waste, and upgrade our critical infrastructure. This includes reviewing every one of the 36,000 Department of the Interior Grants & Contracts for waste, fraud, and abuse.
04:39 AM · Mar 5, 2025
Nice job @epaleezeldin @EPA
This included a $4M grant to provide materials “to increase workforce diversity in the construction materials sector”
This included a $4M grant to provide materials “to increase workforce diversity in the construction materials sector”

Lee Zeldin@epaleezeldin
12:15 AM · Mar 5, 2025

Elon Musk@elonmusk
According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of people in each age bucket with the death field set to FALSE!
Maybe Twilight is real and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security 🤣🤣
Maybe Twilight is real and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security 🤣🤣
09:41 PM · Mar 4, 2025
Per the Executive Order:
The Inter-American Foundation, an agency whose primary action was to issue foreign grants ($60M budget), has been reduced to its statutory minimum (1 active employee). Examples of grants that were cancelled in the process:
- $903,811 for alpaca farming in Peru
- $364,500 to… Read more
- $903,811 for alpaca farming in Peru
- $364,500 to… Read more
08:38 PM · Mar 4, 2025
The Inter-American Foundation, an agency whose primary action was to issue foreign grants ($60M budget), has been reduced to its statutory minimum (1 active employee). Examples of grants that were cancelled in the process:
- $903,811 for alpaca farming in Peru
- $364,500 to… Read more
- $903,811 for alpaca farming in Peru
- $364,500 to… Read more
08:37 PM · Mar 4, 2025

Secretary Brooke Rollins@SecRollins
BIG WIN! @DOGE, @DOGE_USDA & @Interior worked together to cancel a wasteful $10M/year contract for an outsourced research project on the eating habits of SNAP recipients. $17M has been spent in the last 17 months for *2 consultants.
No actual field research on eating habits was… Read more
No actual field research on eating habits was… Read more
07:40 PM · Mar 4, 2025
GAO report estimates $233B - $521B annually in fraud
Examples of observed improper payments below. This is likely being done at scale.
- After an order for expedited deportation was issued in 2017, a migrant from Honduras used three different SSNs to submit 73 medicare claims totaling $48k.
- Medicare paid $49k for a Rehab Center… Read more
- After an order for expedited deportation was issued in 2017, a migrant from Honduras used three different SSNs to submit 73 medicare claims totaling $48k.
- Medicare paid $49k for a Rehab Center… Read more
05:22 PM · Mar 4, 2025
Examples of observed improper payments below. This is likely being done at scale.
- After an order for expedited deportation was issued in 2017, a migrant from Honduras used three different SSNs to submit 73 medicare claims totaling $48k.
- Medicare paid $49k for a Rehab Center… Read more
- After an order for expedited deportation was issued in 2017, a migrant from Honduras used three different SSNs to submit 73 medicare claims totaling $48k.
- Medicare paid $49k for a Rehab Center… Read more
05:02 PM · Mar 4, 2025
03:39 PM · Mar 4, 2025
Updated data on DEI related contract cancellations (separate from grants) by agency:

Updated data on DEI related contract cancellations with full detail:
05:15 AM · Mar 4, 2025
Great job by @DeptofDefense

DOD Rapid Response@DODResponse
Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell on initial @DOGE findings at the DOD.
03:00 AM · Mar 4, 2025
The Office of Personnel Management (~2500 employees) budgeted $370M for IT spending in FY2025. They believe this value can be reduced by ~80% while maintaining equivalent levels of service. Initial reductions include:
-$1.9M for studies on quantum cryptography and quantum… Read more
-$1.9M for studies on quantum cryptography and quantum… Read more
02:28 AM · Mar 4, 2025
The Small Business Admin. completed the same software audit. Initial findings:
-10 software products with 10,000+ licenses. SBA has ~8,000 employees/contractors
- 17,580 unused ServiceNow licenses costing over $2 million annually
- Second year in a row spending $1.2 million on… Read more
-10 software products with 10,000+ licenses. SBA has ~8,000 employees/contractors
- 17,580 unused ServiceNow licenses costing over $2 million annually
- Second year in a row spending $1.2 million on… Read more
Agencies often have more software licenses than employees, and the licenses are often idle (i.e. paid for, but not installed on any computer). For example, at GSA, with 13,000 employees, there are:
- 37,000 WinZip licenses
- 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple… Read more
- 37,000 WinZip licenses
- 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple… Read more
02:28 AM · Mar 3, 2025
Yesterday, agencies cancelled 128 contracts for ~$60M of savings. Total terminations of wasteful contracts has now surpassed 3,000 since DOGE’s inception!
This included a $3.5M consulting contract for “larval fish monitoring” that “the Bureau of Reclamation identified as… Read more
This included a $3.5M consulting contract for “larval fish monitoring” that “the Bureau of Reclamation identified as… Read more

06:53 PM · Mar 1, 2025
Today NIH canceled grants for ~$10.9 million including:
-$1.7M for the “China Health and Retirement Longitudinal study” at Peking University in Beijing, China
-$135K for a research grant to China Medical University in Shenyang, China
-$142K for “using telehealth to improve access… Read more
-$1.7M for the “China Health and Retirement Longitudinal study” at Peking University in Beijing, China
-$135K for a research grant to China Medical University in Shenyang, China
-$142K for “using telehealth to improve access… Read more
01:21 AM · Mar 1, 2025
Since this post, @USGSA took immediate action to reduce IT spend by deleting 114,163 unused software licenses & 15 underutilized / redundant software products — for a total annual savings of $9.6M.
Agencies often have more software licenses than employees, and the licenses are often idle (i.e. paid for, but not installed on any computer). For example, at GSA, with 13,000 employees, there are:
- 37,000 WinZip licenses
- 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple… Read more
- 37,000 WinZip licenses
- 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple… Read more
05:45 AM · Feb 28, 2025
03:48 AM · Feb 28, 2025
Update on the mine!
OPM has successfully executed the first ever fully digital retirement. The process took 2 days and more work is needed, but this is a great improvement from the current paper solution taking multiple months. Great job by the @USOPM team.
OPM has successfully executed the first ever fully digital retirement. The process took 2 days and more work is needed, but this is a great improvement from the current paper solution taking multiple months. Great job by the @USOPM team.
Federal employee retirements are processed using paper, by hand, in an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania. 700+ mine workers operate 230 feet underground to process ~10,000 applications per month, which are stored in manila envelopes and cardboard boxes. The retirement process… Read more
12:35 AM · Feb 28, 2025
US taxpayer dollars were going to be spent on the following items, all which have been cancelled:
- $60M for "Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Colombian empowerment"
- $74M for "inclusive justice" in Colombia
- $79M for "primary literacy" in Kenya
- $37M for "female empowerment" in… Read more
- $60M for "Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Colombian empowerment"
- $74M for "inclusive justice" in Colombia
- $79M for "primary literacy" in Kenya
- $37M for "female empowerment" in… Read more
04:17 PM · Feb 27, 2025
Credit Card Update!
Pilot program across 14 civilian agencies to audit unused/unneeded “P-cards” (~700K accounts with ~$30B of spend in FY24).
After 8 days, ~24,000 cards have been de-activated, which will likely double by end of week.
Credit cards were also addressed in the… Read more
Pilot program across 14 civilian agencies to audit unused/unneeded “P-cards” (~700K accounts with ~$30B of spend in FY24).
After 8 days, ~24,000 cards have been de-activated, which will likely double by end of week.
Credit cards were also addressed in the… Read more

The US government currently has ~4.6M active credit cards/accounts, which processed ~90M unique transactions for ~$40B of spend in FY24.
DOGE is working w/ the agencies to simplify the program and reduce admin costs - we will report back in 1 week.
DOGE is working w/ the agencies to simplify the program and reduce admin costs - we will report back in 1 week.
04:48 AM · Feb 27, 2025
Agreed! Today, lease cancellations on vacant/underutilized buildings are up from ~257 to ~440, with annual rent savings increasing from ~$100M to ~$171M.
Still plenty of available office space for the current workforce.
Still plenty of available office space for the current workforce.

Elon Musk@elonmusk
@MarioNawfal Still *way* too many leases on unused buildings
04:06 AM · Feb 27, 2025
RT @USAEdMartin: Duly noted. We are on it.

U.S. Attorney Ed Martin@USAEdMartin
Duly noted. We are on it.
10:42 PM · Feb 26, 2025
RT @DHSgov: . @EagleEdMartin, please investigate.

Homeland Security@DHSgov
. @EagleEdMartin, please investigate.
10:32 PM · Feb 26, 2025
A former ICE employee and Biden transition team member joined Family Endeavors in early 2021 and helped secure a sole-source HHS contract for overflow housing from licensed care facilities.
As a result, Family Endeavors’ cash and portfolio of investments grew from $8.3M in 2020… Read more
As a result, Family Endeavors’ cash and portfolio of investments grew from $8.3M in 2020… Read more
10:10 PM · Feb 26, 2025
A former ICE employee and Biden transition team member joined Family Endeavors in early 2021 and helped secure a sole-source HHS contract for overflow housing from licensed care facilities.
As a result, Family Endeavors’ cash and portfolio of investments grew from $8.3M in 2020… Read more
As a result, Family Endeavors’ cash and portfolio of investments grew from $8.3M in 2020… Read more


09:34 PM · Feb 26, 2025
RT @USGSAStephenE: Hope we didn't make you wait too long... within 3 hours of @DOGE post, @USGSA is taking immediate action to reduce $5.5…Read more

Stephen Ehikian@USGSAStephenE
08:23 PM · Feb 26, 2025
Great job by @SecVetAffairs
@DeptVetAffairs
This included cancelling a $3M contract for “organizational culture training” to instruct VA leadership on what culture and values they should have.
@DeptVetAffairs
This included cancelling a $3M contract for “organizational culture training” to instruct VA leadership on what culture and values they should have.

VA Secretary Doug Collins@SecVetAffairs
We found nearly $2 billion in @DeptVetAffairs contracts that we’ll be canceling so we can redirect the funds back to Veterans health care and benefits.
No more paying consultants to do things like make Power Point slides and write meeting minutes!
No more paying consultants to do things like make Power Point slides and write meeting minutes!
12:53 PM · Feb 26, 2025
Today, the Federal Government exceeded $100M in annual rent savings through cancellations of 250+ vacant/underutilized leases totaling 3M+ square feet. With ~7,250 current leases, there is plenty of available office space for the current workforce.
01:35 AM · Feb 26, 2025
This audit was repeated at the Department of Labor. Initial results:
- 380 Microsoft 365 licenses with zero users
- 128 Microsoft Teams conference room licenses; only installed in 30 rooms
- 250 VSCode licenses; only using 33
- 129 Photoshop licenses; only using 22.
- 5… Read more
- 380 Microsoft 365 licenses with zero users
- 128 Microsoft Teams conference room licenses; only installed in 30 rooms
- 250 VSCode licenses; only using 33
- 129 Photoshop licenses; only using 22.
- 5… Read more
Agencies often have more software licenses than employees, and the licenses are often idle (i.e. paid for, but not installed on any computer). For example, at GSA, with 13,000 employees, there are:
- 37,000 WinZip licenses
- 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple… Read more
- 37,000 WinZip licenses
- 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple… Read more
12:57 AM · Feb 26, 2025
US taxpayer dollars were going to be spent on the following items, all which have been cancelled:
-$69mm for the Eurasia Foundation to do "digital transformation activity" in Europe
-$32mm to Internews for programs including "media enabling democracy, inclusion, and… Read more
-$69mm for the Eurasia Foundation to do "digital transformation activity" in Europe
-$32mm to Internews for programs including "media enabling democracy, inclusion, and… Read more
08:23 PM · Feb 25, 2025
Introducing the Agency Efficiency Leaderboard. The competition is on!
Also did another contract upload, with more than 2,200 contract terminations now listed on the site. Working on the best way to provide grant termination receipts.
Also did another contract upload, with more than 2,200 contract terminations now listed on the site. Working on the best way to provide grant termination receipts.
06:10 AM · Feb 25, 2025
The Social Security Admin. completed the same software audit. Initial findings:
-4 redundant survey tools, ranging from $118K-$1.8M/year
-Paying for 10,000 UI Path licenses; only using 5,011
-Paying for 20,600 Tableau licenses; only using 11,560
Fixes in work.
-4 redundant survey tools, ranging from $118K-$1.8M/year
-Paying for 10,000 UI Path licenses; only using 5,011
-Paying for 20,600 Tableau licenses; only using 11,560
Fixes in work.
Agencies often have more software licenses than employees, and the licenses are often idle (i.e. paid for, but not installed on any computer). For example, at GSA, with 13,000 employees, there are:
- 37,000 WinZip licenses
- 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple… Read more
- 37,000 WinZip licenses
- 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple… Read more
12:33 AM · Feb 25, 2025
Agencies often have more software licenses than employees, and the licenses are often idle (i.e. paid for, but not installed on any computer). For example, at GSA, with 13,000 employees, there are:
- 37,000 WinZip licenses
- 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple… Read more
- 37,000 WinZip licenses
- 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple… Read more
05:25 PM · Feb 24, 2025
Thanks to the everyone for DM’ing ideas to the DOGE Affiliate accounts. Already having a large impact as seen by the @DOGE_GSA post below.
Please keep sending!
Please keep sending!

DOGE GSA@DOGE_GSA
📢PSA📢: your tips make a real difference! Shout out to a follower who tipped us off on a wasteful building services contract. As a result, today, we terminated the contract for convenience and have recorded savings of ~$40mm! Keep ‘em coming, fam! 😤✂️💰
05:08 AM · Feb 23, 2025
Good work by @epaleezeldin @EPA

Lee Zeldin@epaleezeldin
UPDATE: I just cancelled another 21 wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants, with the help of our amazing @DOGE team, racking up $67M more in savings!
07:33 PM · Feb 22, 2025
Today’s contract update:
95 cancellations with savings of ~$115M (ceiling value of ~$235M), including two USDA contracts:
- $265k for a “food and nutrition service 3 day leadership retreat in Atlanta”
- $30K for “Malaysia study tour facilitation services”
95 cancellations with savings of ~$115M (ceiling value of ~$235M), including two USDA contracts:
- $265k for a “food and nutrition service 3 day leadership retreat in Atlanta”
- $30K for “Malaysia study tour facilitation services”


06:36 AM · Feb 21, 2025
The @USGSA sold the old Webster School building in DC for $4,138,000. The building was acquired via condemnation in 2003, remained empty and boarded up ever since, and accrued $24M of deferred maintenance and liabilities.

06:27 AM · Feb 21, 2025

Department of Defense 🇺🇸@DeptofDefense
A Message From @SecDef To The American Warfighter, And The American Tax Payer.
04:41 AM · Feb 21, 2025
Great work @SecRollins @USDA

Secretary Brooke Rollins@SecRollins
Live update from our @DOGE_USDA team’s meeting tonight 👇
Look what we just found (and cancelled!): $324,671 grant for “Increasing DEIA Programming for Integrated Pest Management” … you can’t make this up🤦🏻♀️
cc: @DOGE @elonmusk
Look what we just found (and cancelled!): $324,671 grant for “Increasing DEIA Programming for Integrated Pest Management” … you can’t make this up🤦🏻♀️
cc: @DOGE @elonmusk
03:51 AM · Feb 21, 2025
Schools have spent nearly $200B of COVID-Relief funds with little oversight or impact on students. $393K to rent out a Major League Baseball stadium, $86K in Caesars Palace hotel rooms, $60k in swimming pool passes, and even an ice cream truck. All of this money was drawn with… Read more
12:42 AM · Feb 20, 2025

Treasury Department@USTreasury
We’ve included the project SoW and FPDS entry for full transparency. We look forward to our continued work with the @DOGE team on this critical effort to cut waste!
12:36 AM · Feb 20, 2025
Incredible job by @USTreasury in saving the American taxpayers $1.9 billion.


Treasury Department@USTreasury
Alongside @DOGE, we have been working to identify waste, fraud & abuse. In connection to the effort, the IRS rescinded a previously planned $1.9 Billion contract & has committed itself to be focused & intentional with taxpayer dollars.
12:22 AM · Feb 20, 2025
The Department of Education has terminated 18 grants for $226mm to Comprehensive Centers, which provided consulting services with a large focus on DEI. One Center application stated: “Embedding DEI reviews across all deliverables and materials ensures it is not a one-off task… Read more
11:07 PM · Feb 19, 2025
Note that the DOGE website pulls from FPDS. If there is an error in FPDS, there can temporarily be a display error on the DOGE website until FPDS and the website link are updated. This appears to be rare, but we will strive to point it out when it occurs.
This is inaccurate.
In September 2022, the agency contracting officer mistakenly wrote $8B instead of $8M when logging in the FPDS database. DOGE discovered this error in January 2025, and the agency updated FPDS accordingly. DOGE has always used the correct $8M in its… Read more
In September 2022, the agency contracting officer mistakenly wrote $8B instead of $8M when logging in the FPDS database. DOGE discovered this error in January 2025, and the agency updated FPDS accordingly. DOGE has always used the correct $8M in its… Read more
09:11 PM · Feb 19, 2025
This is inaccurate.
In September 2022, the agency contracting officer mistakenly wrote $8B instead of $8M when logging in the FPDS database. DOGE discovered this error in January 2025, and the agency updated FPDS accordingly. DOGE has always used the correct $8M in its… Read more
In September 2022, the agency contracting officer mistakenly wrote $8B instead of $8M when logging in the FPDS database. DOGE discovered this error in January 2025, and the agency updated FPDS accordingly. DOGE has always used the correct $8M in its… Read more


Ethan Singer@ethanpsinger
DOGE claimed $8 billion in savings from a cancelled contract on their new "wall of receipts." It was actually $8 million.
Around the time we published the story, DOGE removed a screenshot that showed the mismatch, but continued to claim 8 bil. in savings.
Around the time we published the story, DOGE removed a screenshot that showed the mismatch, but continued to claim 8 bil. in savings.
09:01 PM · Feb 19, 2025
Great job by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in saving taxpayers $360M by streamlining its Affordable Care Act Navigator program.
Last year, CMS spent $98M to enroll 92,000 individuals in federally-facilitated health exchanges at a cost of $1,061 per… Read more
Last year, CMS spent $98M to enroll 92,000 individuals in federally-facilitated health exchanges at a cost of $1,061 per… Read more
05:44 PM · Feb 19, 2025
The US government currently has ~4.6M active credit cards/accounts, which processed ~90M unique transactions for ~$40B of spend in FY24.
DOGE is working w/ the agencies to simplify the program and reduce admin costs - we will report back in 1 week.
DOGE is working w/ the agencies to simplify the program and reduce admin costs - we will report back in 1 week.

03:26 AM · Feb 19, 2025
RT @RapidResponse47: President Trump reads aloud a list of some of the ridiculous projects taxpayers have been funding — like $10 million f…Read more

Rapid Response 47@RapidResponse47
President Trump reads aloud a list of some of the ridiculous projects taxpayers have been funding — like $10 million for circumcisions in Mozambique and $25 million for biodiversity in Colombia.
10:35 PM · Feb 18, 2025
@PressSec is correct on both points.

Karoline Leavitt@PressSec
More fake news from the @AP
1. DOGE doesn’t even have a Facebook page
2. No air traffic controllers nor any professionals who perform safety critical functions were terminated
1. DOGE doesn’t even have a Facebook page
2. No air traffic controllers nor any professionals who perform safety critical functions were terminated
10:48 PM · Feb 17, 2025
The Treasury Access Symbol (TAS) is an identification code linking a Treasury payment to a budget line item (standard financial process).
In the Federal Government, the TAS field was optional for ~$4.7 Trillion in payments and was often left blank, making traceability almost… Read more
In the Federal Government, the TAS field was optional for ~$4.7 Trillion in payments and was often left blank, making traceability almost… Read more
10:25 PM · Feb 17, 2025
This is inaccurate. The referenced “classified information” is actually public FedScope data, posted publicly by OPM (Office of Personnel Management) in March 2024.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Kaine: "Yesterday the DOGE guys post classified information on their website, and they had to realize, 'Oh, we didn't realize that agency was a classified agency.' You shouldn't let people rampage through offices that have classified information."
06:01 AM · Feb 17, 2025
Looking into this

Elon Musk@elonmusk
According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of people in each age bucket with the death field set to FALSE!
Maybe Twilight is real and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security 🤣🤣
Maybe Twilight is real and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security 🤣🤣
05:15 AM · Feb 17, 2025
A post on…paper checks!
-Treasury processed 116 million paper checks in FY2024.
-In FY2023, $25 billion in tax refunds were delayed or lost due to returned or expired checks.
-Treasury maintains a physical lockbox network to collect checks for tax (IRS), passport (State… Read more
-Treasury processed 116 million paper checks in FY2024.
-In FY2023, $25 billion in tax refunds were delayed or lost due to returned or expired checks.
-Treasury maintains a physical lockbox network to collect checks for tax (IRS), passport (State… Read more
04:49 AM · Feb 17, 2025
DOGE is looking for help from the general public!
Please DM insight for reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, along with any helpful insights or awesome ideas, to the relevant DOGE affiliates (found on the Affiliates tab). For example, @DOGE_USDA, @DOGE_SSA, etc.
We will add… Read more
Please DM insight for reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, along with any helpful insights or awesome ideas, to the relevant DOGE affiliates (found on the Affiliates tab). For example, @DOGE_USDA, @DOGE_SSA, etc.
We will add… Read more
12:49 AM · Feb 17, 2025
A first step in reforming the FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation)

Stephen Ehikian@USGSAStephenE
11:40 PM · Feb 15, 2025
US taxpayer dollars were going to be spent on the following items, all which have been cancelled:
- $10M for "Mozambique voluntary medical male circumcision"
- $9.7M for UC Berkeley to develop "a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise driven skills"
- $2.3M for "strengthening… Read more
- $10M for "Mozambique voluntary medical male circumcision"
- $9.7M for UC Berkeley to develop "a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise driven skills"
- $2.3M for "strengthening… Read more
07:43 PM · Feb 15, 2025
Great kickoff with @DeptofDefense.
Looking forward to working together to safely save taxpayer dollars and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse.
Looking forward to working together to safely save taxpayer dollars and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse.
04:38 AM · Feb 15, 2025
Roses are red, violets are blue,
Today, DOGE and 10 agencies made 586 wasteful contracts bid adieu!
With a ceiling value of $2.1B and $445M in savings secured,
A perfect Valentine’s gift for all taxpayers—well-earned and deserved!
Today’s batch includes a $8.2M USDA… Read more
Today, DOGE and 10 agencies made 586 wasteful contracts bid adieu!
With a ceiling value of $2.1B and $445M in savings secured,
A perfect Valentine’s gift for all taxpayers—well-earned and deserved!
Today’s batch includes a $8.2M USDA… Read more

02:48 AM · Feb 15, 2025
Fixed.


Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok
Online FAFSA application forms for student aid are still listing the option to select "nonbinary" for a student's gender.
The US government only recognizes two sexes: Male and Female.
This needs to be changed immediately
The US government only recognizes two sexes: Male and Female.
This needs to be changed immediately
02:43 AM · Feb 15, 2025
This letter was sent to the departments of education in all 50 states, notifying them they have 14 days to remove all DEI programming in all public schools. Institutions which fail to comply may face a loss of federal funding.
01:56 AM · Feb 15, 2025
In the last 48 hours, the Department of Education terminated 70 DEI training grants totaling $373M.
One trained teachers to “engage in ongoing learning and self-reflection to confront their own biases and racism, and develop asset-based anti-racist mindsets.”
One trained teachers to “engage in ongoing learning and self-reflection to confront their own biases and racism, and develop asset-based anti-racist mindsets.”
01:52 AM · Feb 15, 2025
$1.9 billion of HUD money was just recovered after being misplaced during the Biden administration due to a broken process. These funds were earmarked for the administration of financial services, but were no longer needed. @SecretaryTurner and @DOGE worked together to fix the… Read more


09:04 PM · Feb 14, 2025
$1.9 billion of HUD money was just recovered after being misplaced during the Biden administration due to a broken process. These funds were earmarked for the administration of financial services, but were no longer needed. @SecretaryTurner and @DOGE worked together to fix the… Read more
08:40 PM · Feb 14, 2025
Today’s contract update:
167 cancellations with savings of ~$115M, including a $2.23M contract for HHS for “equity assessments of existing program policies”.
167 cancellations with savings of ~$115M, including a $2.23M contract for HHS for “equity assessments of existing program policies”.


04:37 AM · Feb 14, 2025
The Department of Education terminated grants to the four “Equity Assistance Centers” totaling $33M.
One provided “professional learning around critical race theory and racial literacy”. Video below:
One provided “professional learning around critical race theory and racial literacy”. Video below:
11:27 PM · Feb 13, 2025
Great momentum by @epa @epaleezeldin

Lee Zeldin@epaleezeldin
🚨I just cancelled a $50 MILLION Biden-era environmental justice grant to the Climate Justice Alliance, which believes “climate justice travels through a Free Palestine”.
06:47 PM · Feb 13, 2025
Good start by @usedgov
Verified that these have all been cancelled.
Verified that these have all been cancelled.

U.S. Department of Education@usedgov
Instead of improving outcomes for students, here’s where taxpayer dollars were going:
- $4.6M contract to coordinate zoom and in-person meetings
- $3.0M contract to write a report that showed that prior reports were not utilized by schools
- $1.4M contract to physically observe… Read more
- $4.6M contract to coordinate zoom and in-person meetings
- $3.0M contract to write a report that showed that prior reports were not utilized by schools
- $1.4M contract to physically observe… Read more
04:42 AM · Feb 13, 2025
DOGE website is live!
Initial site:
1. X feed posts
2. Consolidated government org chart - enormous manual effort consolidating 16,000+ offices
3. Summary of the massive regulatory state, including the Unconstitutionality Index (ratio of rules written… Read more
Initial site:
1. X feed posts
2. Consolidated government org chart - enormous manual effort consolidating 16,000+ offices
3. Summary of the massive regulatory state, including the Unconstitutionality Index (ratio of rules written… Read more
04:40 AM · Feb 13, 2025
Awesome job by @epaleezeldin @EPA
EPA also cancelled 3 DEI contracts, saving American taxpayers $45M.
EPA also cancelled 3 DEI contracts, saving American taxpayers $45M.


Lee Zeldin@epaleezeldin
EPA will not be renewing our membership with Politico and Politico E&E, saving the American taxpayers $458,919 per year.
02:01 AM · Feb 13, 2025
Today’s contract update:
58 cancellations with savings of >$150M in categories including Media, DEI, and Consulting. This includes $405K at DHS for “resilience, energy, and sustainability management program support services” and ~4M at DoT for “DEIA program and project… Read more
58 cancellations with savings of >$150M in categories including Media, DEI, and Consulting. This includes $405K at DHS for “resilience, energy, and sustainability management program support services” and ~4M at DoT for “DEIA program and project… Read more

12:47 AM · Feb 13, 2025
While looking into this, the team identified a $25,000 award entitled “Empowering LGBTQIA+ Refugees in Greece” with the description “To provide material, legal and psychological support to LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers and refugees; inform and raise awareness of civil society on issues… Read more

Elon Musk@elonmusk
11:25 PM · Feb 12, 2025

Secretary Kristi Noem@Sec_Noem
I have clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to NYC migrant hotels.
FEMA was funding the Roosevelt Hotel that serves as a Tren de Aragua base of operations and was used to house Laken Riley’s killer.
Mark my words: there will not be a… Read more
FEMA was funding the Roosevelt Hotel that serves as a Tren de Aragua base of operations and was used to house Laken Riley’s killer.
Mark my words: there will not be a… Read more
09:02 PM · Feb 12, 2025
Federal employee retirements are processed using paper, by hand, in an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania. 700+ mine workers operate 230 feet underground to process ~10,000 applications per month, which are stored in manila envelopes and cardboard boxes. The retirement process… Read more


10:14 PM · Feb 11, 2025
Fixed. The Gender Identity section has been deleted.


04:37 PM · Feb 11, 2025
Also today, the Department Of Education terminated 89 contracts worth $881mm.
One contractor was paid $1.5mm to “observe mailing and clerical operations” at a mail center.”
One contractor was paid $1.5mm to “observe mailing and clerical operations” at a mail center.”
Today, the Department of Education terminated 29 DEI training grants totaling $101mm.
One sought to train teachers to “help students understand / interrogate the complex histories involved in oppression, and help students recognize areas of privilege and power on an individual… Read more
One sought to train teachers to “help students understand / interrogate the complex histories involved in oppression, and help students recognize areas of privilege and power on an individual… Read more
12:43 AM · Feb 11, 2025
Today, the Department of Education terminated 29 DEI training grants totaling $101mm.
One sought to train teachers to “help students understand / interrogate the complex histories involved in oppression, and help students recognize areas of privilege and power on an individual… Read more
One sought to train teachers to “help students understand / interrogate the complex histories involved in oppression, and help students recognize areas of privilege and power on an individual… Read more
12:13 AM · Feb 11, 2025
Today, the Department of Agriculture terminated 18 contracts for a total of ~$9mm, including contracts for “Central American gender assessment consultant services”, “Brazil forest and gender consultant services”, and the “women in forest carbon initiative mentorship program.”
10:58 PM · Feb 10, 2025
Great coordination across 35 agencies over the last two days to terminate 199 wasteful contracts saving ~$250mm, including:
-Contract for “Asia Pacific - Sri Lanka climate change mitigation adaption and resilience coordinator services for forest service”
-Workshop for… Read more
-Contract for “Asia Pacific - Sri Lanka climate change mitigation adaption and resilience coordinator services for forest service”
-Workshop for… Read more
02:04 AM · Feb 8, 2025