37 percent of contracts on DOGE list not expected to save any money

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has initiated the process to terminate roughly 1,125 government contracts, however 37 percent of those cancellations aren’t expected to yield any savings.

DOGE’s "Wall of Receipts" lists 417 contract annulments, many of which are for the embattled Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), on the homepage of their website with a dollar amount for total savings.

Various suspended agreements show $0 in proposed savings.

Many agencies are legally obligated to fulfill the total value of a contract despite cancellations, The Associated Press reported. Research grants, news subscriptions, office functions and software that have already been purchased according to the news wire.

The Department still maintains that it has saved a total of $65 billion in federal spending after weeks of layoffs, closures and contract suspensions.

“DOGE's total estimated savings are $65 billion, which is a combination of fraud detection/deletion, contract/lease cancellations, contract/lease renegotiations, asset sales, grant cancellations, workforce reductions, programmatic changes, and regulatory savings,” a statement on the website reads.

The advisory group also notes that the site will be updated twice per week. DOGE added that there could be up to a 1-month lag from the Federal Procurement Data System, a separate website which outlines specifics regarding enforced cuts.

Their write up declares “over time, the website will improve and the updates will converge to real-time.”

DOGE is also tabulating an agency leader board for efficiency. The U.S. Department of Education currently leads the list for most total savings, while the State Department is cited as having the least total savings followed by the National Institute of Health (NIH) which is housed within the Department of Health and Human Services.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services and will likely advance stark changes within the department in the coming weeks.

The data comes as Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk continue their work to overhaul the federal workforce, including making moves to thin or dismantle agencies and full departments.

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