DOGE says it terminated 55 federal contracts worth $1.6 billion in 3 days
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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Friday that federal agencies have terminated or reduced 55 contracts over the past three days with a total cap value of $1.6 billion and claiming $542 million in savings.
DOGE, whose name hints at Elon Musk’s high-profile involvement, was launched as part of a broader effort to reshape federal spending and bureaucracy in the opening days of President Donald Trump’s second administration.
Although Musk has since backed away from the project, elements of the DOGE framework remain active in federal agencies.
In a post on
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Former White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk walks to the White House after landing on the South Lawn of Marine One on March 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Samuel Çorum/Getty Images)
The post listed several examples, including what was described as “a $47 million State Department program support contract for ‘Africa/Djibouti, Somalia armored personnel carriers 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.”
According to the post, DOGE also referenced a “$151K DoW educational services contract for the ‘Executive Development Program in Leadership – Partnership course’ to be held at Northwestern University.”
Screenshots shared with the DOGE post show federal contract records matching the descriptions and stated dollar amounts.
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DOGE announced the spending cuts via an X post on Friday night. (Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket)
One of the screenshots shows a contract record tied to Somalia; professional program management support is listed under the federal services code and the country of origin of the service is stated as Somalia. The contract description refers to support for armored personnel carriers and Somali National Army crews in Djibouti and Somalia.
The second screenshot shows an IT management support services contract based in the United States, categorized under computer systems design services. The statement outlines the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ work focused on maintaining and managing online communications, including websites, web pages, mobile devices, and social media platforms.
The Quality Learning Center in Minnesota was at the center of the state’s alleged child care fraud scandal. (Madelin Fuerste / Fox News Channel)
The DOGE post did not provide additional details about when contracts were first awarded, how much funding was obligated or spent, or what agency actions produced the savings figure cited in the post.
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The announcement comes amid intense scrutiny this week into several Somali-owned, government-funded nurseries in Minnesota accused of fraudulently collecting millions of dollars worth of taxpayer funds.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House, DOGE, the State Department and HHS for additional information.
