DOGE’s claim of $110B in savings was vastly inflated and riddled with errors: GAO
Summary
A government review found that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk until recently, greatly overstated its claimed savings of $110 billion from cutting federal spending. The report said most of the savings could not be verified, and many cuts were either not made or were already planned before DOGE's involvement.Key Facts
- DOGE reported $110 billion in taxpayer savings from canceled grants and contracts.
- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) could not verify 96% of those savings.
- DOGE did not follow its own method to calculate about half of the reported savings.
- Some contracts and leases DOGE claimed to have canceled were never actually ended.
- $27.4 billion of claimed savings was never put into action.
- The GAO could not get DOGE officials to explain why data problems were not disclosed.
- Elon Musk left DOGE, which formally ended on July 4, but its website still shows $215 billion in savings.
- The DOGE website continued to claim large savings despite the GAO’s findings showing errors and overestimates.
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