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Staggering Incompetence Exposed as Audit Probes Elon Musk's Ghost Government Contract Savings
['Francis Miñoza']
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DOGE's website ultimately reported an estimated $215 billion (£160 billion) in overall savings, covering contract and lease cancellations, grants, workforce reductions, regulatory changes and several other categories.
DOGE's Wall of Receipts listed more than 13,000 contract terminations, yet auditors found that contracts representing $27.4 billion (£20.4 billion) in reported savings had not actually been terminated as described.
The GAO also found substantial problems with DOGE's reported contract savings.
GAO found that only about 27.5% of reported contract savings were calculated using the methodology DOGE had publicly described.
Its savings page, last updated on 1 January, continues to display an estimated $215 billion (£160 billion) in overall savings.