Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
The people voted for major reform.
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…
Contracts Update! Over the last 3 days, agencies terminated 80 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $831M and savings of $436M, including a DoT $265k professional services contract for “planning and environment workshop and roundtable discussion”.
Great partnership and collaboration with the @CMSGov team to help eliminate $14B in duplicative Medicaid and ACA enrollment. After identifying the correct databases and validating datasets, the CMS and DOGE teams were able to uncover 2.8 million Americans improperly enrolled in…
CMS found 2.8 million Americans enrolled in two or more Medicaid or ACA plans - wasting over $14 Billion in taxpayer funding! This is exactly why we fought for stronger tools in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. cms.gov/newsroom/press…
Great partnership with @SecAFOfficial and @SecDef. There is more work to do together!
Proud to announce with @SecAFOfficial 10 billion dollars worth of savings @DOGE
Important initiative by @DrOzCMS and the @CMSGov team to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the largest healthcare system in the world!
From fake hospices to aggravated identity theft, Medicare fraud has gone global. We created the Fraud Defense Operations Center to take down these criminals, but it’s also important that Americans play an active role to protect themselves and their loved ones from these schemes.…
Contracts Update! Over the last two days, agencies cut 103 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $6.3B and savings of $4.8B, including a $33k USDA contract for “Guatemala youth conservation corps development consultants”, and a $1.5M EPA consulting contract for “support for…
Contracts update! Over the last week, agencies terminated 230 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $2.8B and savings of $407M, including a $144k USDA contract for a “Mexico sustainable landscapes consultant”, and a $420k Treasury contract for “mentoring, evaluation,…
Weather Radio Update! Since the last update, @NWS has upgraded 44 more sites to wireless, saving an additional ~$160k/mo in copper contracts. See below transmission from Mt. Cheaha, Alabama. ~300 sites to go!
Weather Radio Update! Since the last update, @NWS has upgraded 33 more sites to wireless, saving $118k/mo in copper contracts. See below transmission from Conway Summit, CA. The team has ramped up production of the wireless kits from 9 to 50/wk. ~340 sites to go!
Unused website update! DOGE continues to partner with agencies to delete unused/obsolete websites. In the last few weeks, 69 sites have been deleted, including: -@NASA: deleted 26 sites for total savings of $500k/yr -@NSF: deleted 8 sites for total savings of $868k/yr…
Great work by @USOPM, which has cut its annual spend on federal contracts by 50%—from $484M to $242M—while improving both the quality and scope of its services. On January 20, 2025, OPM had 444 active contracts, and has since taken action on 191 contracts via terminations,…
🇺🇸July 4th Contracts Update!🇺🇸 In the last 2 days, agencies terminated 54 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $1.8B and savings of $804M, including a $842k USAID professional services contract for a “director of the Armenia innovation hub within the USAID/Armenia Economic…
Contracts Update! Over the last 4 days, agencies terminated 256 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $14.3B and savings of $11.5B, including an $850k USAID professional services contract for a “resilience advisor” in Somalia, and a $198k GSA consulting contract for…
Unused phone line update! @SBAgov has continued its phone audit and has now saved ~$2.84M/year in unnecessary spend. This includes: * Traditional Landlines: 96% (661 of 686) terminated, saving ~$650k/year * Mobile Phone: 55% (2,940 of 5,340) deactivated, saving ~$1.7M/year *…
More unused phone lines! @USGSA saved ~$800k/year by eliminating ~1,700 unused plans, switching plans for many of the remaining ones, and eliminating 2,218 unused cellular equipment payments. @SBA reduced its VOIP licenses from 9,195 to 2,690, eliminating 6,505…
Weather Radio Update! Since the last update, @NWS has upgraded 33 more sites to wireless, saving $118k/mo in copper contracts. See below transmission from Conway Summit, CA. The team has ramped up production of the wireless kits from 9 to 50/wk. ~340 sites to go!
The National Weather Service @NWS is collaborating with DOGE to modernize its nationwide Weather Radio system. Of their 1033 transmitter sites, ~380 still rely on copper lines from the 1960s. These lines are expensive ($17M/yr) and faulty. For example, Los Angeles’ T1 line goes…
Outdated contracts & redundancies are being removed as @USGSA sharpens focus on wasteful contracts, efficiency, & taxpayer return––reducing admin burden & strengthening acquisition performance. Thank you for help on this effort @DOGE!
Contracts Update! Over the last 7 days, agencies have terminated 312 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $2.8B and savings of $470M, including a DoD $286k professional and management development contract for an “entrepreneurship course at Harvard University”, and a $485k…
Great work by Texas using the new (and free) federal SAVE database to ensure voter integrity!
BREAKING: I'm opening investigations into 33 noncitizens for illegally voting in the 2024 election. Noncitizens must not be allowed to influence American elections, and I will use the full weight of my office to investigate all voter fraud.
Great work by @USGSA in furthering the implementation of the @WhiteHouse memorandum on “Radical Transparency about Wasteful Spending”. Effective today, the public contracting database, Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS), will now have 3 new data fields to increase…
Nearly $30 BILLION in savings (so far) thanks to @DOGE
Great working with @SecRollins and @USDA in saving $148M terminating wasteful grants including: - $500k for “urban forestry to lead to environmental justice through more equitably distributed green spaces and a more diverse green movement” - $174k to “empower youth of color to…
NONE OF THIS POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR AWESOME @DOGE TEAM! usda.gov/about-usda/new…
As promised, @USDOL has returned billions more in unspent and unusable COVID-era funding to the Treasury — and we will continue to ensure Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars are utilized effectively! Read more ➡️ dol.gov/newsroom/relea…