123 Wasteful Government Contracts Valued at Over $5 Billion Canceled, DOGE Says

More than $200 billion in government spending has been saved so far by DOGE, which comes to nearly $1,300 per taxpayer.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website is displayed on a phone, in this photo illustration. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has terminated 123 “wasteful contracts” over the past five days with a ceiling value of $5.3 billion and savings of $4.2 billion, DOGE said in an Aug. 16 X post.

The canceled contracts included an $857,000 contract from the Department of the Interior for a technical adviser in Lagos, Nigeria, it said.