DOGE Says Cost-Cutting Efforts Have Saved an Estimated $55 Billion So Far

Contract cancellations alone accounted for about 20 percent of the overall savings, DOGE stated.
DOGE Says Cost-Cutting Efforts Have Saved an Estimated $55 Billion So Far
DOGE head Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 11, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
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The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, led by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, said its cost-cutting efforts across several federal agencies have saved an estimated $55 billion as of Feb. 17.

The savings came from a combination of fraud deletion, contract and lease cancellations and renegotiations, asset sales, grant cancellations, workforce reductions, programmatic changes, and regulatory savings implemented across federal agencies, according to DOGE’s website.
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