US Cancels 54 Contracts, Saves $804 Million in 2 Days: DOGE

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

Federal government agencies terminated 54 contracts over two days that netted $804 million in savings, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said in a July 5 post on social media platform X.

The canceled “wasteful contracts” had a ceiling value of $1.8 billion, it said. These include an “$842k USAID professional services contract for a ‘director of the Armenia innovation hub within the USAID/Armenia Economic Growth Office’ and a $33k USAGM contract for ‘24/7 FM broadcast services to the Togolese Republic.’”