The Department of Government Efficiency announced that federal agencies have canceled 55 contracts with a total ceiling value of $863 million over the last five days, resulting in approximately $261 million in savings.
Which Government Contracts Were Terminated?
In a post on X Tuesday, DOGE said the canceled contracts include a $4.5 million Department of Health and Human Services consulting contract to coordinate public reporting programs and websites and a $1.6 million support management contract of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to “provide coherent, accurate, comprehensive, timely and current digital news.”
In early December, DOGE said agencies terminated 43 contracts with a ceiling value of $3.5 billion, realizing $222 million in savings.
In November, the department announced that agencies achieved $103 million in savings after canceling 103 contracts worth approximately $4.4 billion combined.
Which Federal Agencies Report the Most DOGE Savings?
As of Oct. 4, DOGE said it has saved approximately $214 billion through asset sales, contract renegotiations and prevention of fraudulent and improper payments, amounting to about $1,329 per American taxpayer.
The top five agencies reporting the most savings are HHS, the General Services Administration, the Social Security Administration, the Office of Personnel Management and the Small Business Administration, according to DOGE.
What Is DOGE?
In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the establishment of DOGE to modernize federal operations and reduce government spending.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, a 2025 Wash100 awardee, was tapped to help lead the department, which is focused on improving federal technology systems, reducing regulations, streamlining the federal workforce and eliminating wasteful or excessive contracts across agencies.
