On Tuesday morning, the Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ) unveiled an” Agency Efficiency Leaderboard” that highlights government agencies that have saved the most money by achieving the most significant cost savings through contracts cancelled and other financial efficiency measures.
According to a report released on Monday, DOGE, led by billionaire Elon Musk, who also serves as President Donald Trump’s senior advisor, estimated total savings of$ 65 billion.
According to Expand, these savings stem from numerous actions, including fraud detection and removal, renewal or cancellation of contracts and leases, property sales, give cancellations, workforce reductions, regulation savings, and program adjustments, reports , Fox Business.
On its website, Expand stated that it is committed to providing all of this information with a clear and transparent structure, as well as ensuring that our hypotheses are well documented and compliant with applicable laws and regulations.
The Federal Procurement Data System ( FPDS ) provides a list of publicly accessible contracts that the department has compiled. Depends pointed out that it may take up to a month for ultimate termination notices in FPDS to appear.
The department speculated that there may be differences between the data published on FPDS and the numbers we’ve provided because agency contracting officials ‘ information is immediately sourced.
Leading the” Agency Efficiency Leaderboard” in cost benefits are the Department of Education, General Services Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Labor, and Office of Personnel Management.
Previous Department of Defense established Steve Simoni believes it’s “unsurprising” that DOGE may now focus on the Pentagon to detect inefficiencies, predicting that the Musk-led effort will discover significant wasteful spending.
” When I worked at the Department of Defense, we were paying$ 10, 000 for’ ruggedized’ HDMI cables that could have been purchased for$ 20 or$ 30 at a retail store like Best Buy”, Simoni recalled. ” We need to increase spending effectiveness, particularly given the growing risk of drone warfare on contemporary soldiers. The new administration, along with Secretary]Pete ] Hegeth, recognizes this challenge”.
As a former Navy nuclear expert, Simoni suggested that cash recovered through DOGE’s work may be redirected to modernizing defense technology, especially for counter-drone advancements.
On the other end of the spectrum, companies with the lowest described benefits include the Department of State, National Institutes of Health, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, and Department of Commerce, according to DOGE.
