The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Friday that federal agencies have canceled or reduced 55 contracts over the past three days with a combined ceiling value of $1.6 billion, claiming $542 million in savings.
DOGE, whose name refers to Elon Musk’s high-profile involvement, was launched during the opening days of President Donald Trump’s second administration as part of a broader effort to reshape federal spending and the bureaucracy.
Although Musk has since stepped back from the project, elements of the DOGE framework remain active across all federal agencies.
In a post on
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The post listed several examples, including what it described as “a $47 million program support contract for ‘Africa/Djibouti, Somalia Armored Personnel Vehicles and Somali National Army Crews,'” and “a $19.5 million HHS IT Services contract to support the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in designing, creating, updating, maintaining and archiving online communications.”
DOGE also referenced “a $151,000 DoW education services contract for a ‘Director’s Development Program in Leadership – Partnership course to be held at Northwestern University,'” according to the post.
Screenshots shared with the DOGE post show federal contract details matching the descriptions and dollar amounts mentioned.
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DOGE announced a series of cuts via an X-post on Friday evening. (Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket)
One screenshot shows a contract record associated with Somalia, which lists professional program management support under a federal services code and where Somalia is the country of origin of the service. The contract description refers to support related to Somali National Army armored personnel carriers and crews in Djibouti and Somalia.
A second screenshot shows a contract for IT management support services based in the United States, categorized under computer systems design services. The description outlines work for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences focused on maintaining and managing online communications, including websites, web pages, mobile tools and social media platforms.
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The DOGE post did not provide additional details on when the contracts were originally awarded, how much funding had already been committed or spent, or what agency actions produced the savings figure mentioned in the post.
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The announcement comes amid heightened investigations this week into several government-funded daycare centers in Somalia, which are accused of fraudulently collecting millions of dollars in taxpayer money.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House, DOGE, State Department and HHS for additional information.
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