The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has announced that its cost-cutting initiatives have resulted in savings of more than $1,000 for every American taxpayer.
According to DOGE’s official figures, the agency has now reached an overall savings total of $165 billion. These reductions stem from a range of actions, including “asset sales, contract/lease cancellations and renegotiations, fraud and improper payment deletion, grant cancellations, interest savings, programmatic changes, regulatory savings, and workforce reductions,” as outlined on its website.
Breaking down the total, DOGE calculates a per-taxpayer savings of $1,024.84, based on an estimated 161 million individual federal taxpayers across the country.
DOGE’s “Wall of Receipts,” which tracks specific cost-saving actions, currently lists 9,497 canceled contracts, amounting to $32 billion saved. One of the most significant examples is a Department of Interior contract termination that accounted for $2,902,177,561.72 in savings. The contract in question was described as follows: “Office of Refugee Resettlement Influx Care Facility. Influx Care Facility (ICF) for up to 3,000 unaccompanied alien children (UAC). The contract provided facilities and full wraparound child care and case management services.”
In addition, DOGE shows that 11,654 grants have been terminated, generating $37 billion in savings. The agency has also canceled 592 leases, leading to an additional $291 million in reductions.
Among the federal departments, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has led the way in cost savings, followed by the General Services Administration (GSA), the Department of Education, and the Office of Personnel Management. On the other end, agencies such as the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Energy, NASA, and the Department of Transportation have delivered the least in terms of savings.
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