CNN20d
DOGE’s claim that it saved $8 billion by canceling an $8 million contract raises questions about its ‘wall of receipts’
But the list of contracts, published to a DOGE website Monday night, raises questions about the accuracy of that tally. The website appears to have used erroneous federal data to claim that DOGE ...
The New York Times20d
DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.
But the DOGE list vastly overstated the actual value of that contract. A closer scrutiny of a federal database shows that a recent version of the contract was for $8 million, not $8 billion.
Mint15d
DOGE can’t really help the US dodge its debt overload problem
Enter the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The stated goal of this extra-constitutional entity is to eliminate waste and fraud in the way the US government operates and in so doing cut ...
ABC News21d
DOGE claims $55 billion in government cuts so far -- but the figure is hard to verify
As DOGE acknowledges, only a portion of their records have been disclosed. Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, tasked by President Donald Trump with slashing the federal government ...
Politico17d
DOGE shared its receipts — and some of them don’t match
DOGE has already corrected its website twice: once around the time The New York Times published an article about an $8-million contract listed as $8 billion, and once by removing a duplicative $ ...
The Washington Post18d
Musk’s DOGE says it has saved $55 billion. Not so fast.
Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service claimed this week to have saved an estimated $55 billion through a combination of layoffs, canceled contracts, lease renegotiations and other actions. But a list ...