US Agencies Terminate ‘Wasteful’ Contracts Worth $1.6 Billion Ceiling Value: DOGE

According to a Jan. 1 update on the DOGE website, the initiative has so far saved an estimated $215 billion, or about $1,335 per taxpayer.

The Department of Government Efficiency website displayed on a cellphone, in this photo illustration. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times

Over the past three days, federal agencies have terminated and descoped 55 “wasteful” contracts with a ceiling value of $1.6 billion, resulting in savings of $542 million, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said in a Jan. 2 post on X.

The canceled contracts include a $47 million State Department contract for “Africa/Djibouti, Somalia armored personnel carriers and Somalia National Army crew,” DOGE stated.