Government agencies terminated and descoped 103 wasteful contracts over the past five days, with a ceiling value of $4.4 billion and savings of $103 million, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) stated in an X post on Nov. 1.The canceled contracts included “a $13.4M VA consulting contract for ‘coaching support and dashboard services’, a $43k State Dept. educational training contract for ‘crucial influence and getting things done courses’, and a $44k State Dept. educational training contract for ‘crucial conversations and power of habit courses,’” the department said.
According to the official DOGE website, the initiative has saved an estimated $214 billion for taxpayers as of Oct. 4, through actions such as asset sales, deletion of improper and fraudulent payments, and contract/lease calculations and renegotiations.
This comes to $1,329 saved per American taxpayer.
The agencies that have registered the most savings include the Department of Health and Human Services, the General Services Administration, the Social Security Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Small Business Administration.
DOGE continues to reduce waste and fraud, Musk said, adding that the initiative has become less publicized because people who oppose it no longer have a singular individual to target following his exit.
“They applied immense pressure to me to just stop it. So then the best thing for me is to just cut out of this. In any case, as a special government employee, I could only be there for 120 days anyway, something like that,” Musk said.
“You turn off the money spigot to fraudsters, they get very upset, to say the least. My death threat level went ballistic, you know, was like a rocket going to orbit. But now that I’m not in D.C., I guess they don’t really have a person to attack anymore,” Musk said.
There are several whistleblower disclosures regarding DOGE staff allegedly copying sensitive Social Security and employment data of Americans into a cloud database without any verified security controls, the statement said.
DOGE operatives work across various agencies simultaneously without having the required training or adhering to privacy protections and cybersecurity protocols, the statement added.
“DOGE isn’t making government more efficient—it’s putting Americans’ sensitive information in the hands of completely unqualified and untrustworthy individuals,” Peters said.
“They are bypassing cybersecurity protections, evading oversight, and putting Americans’ personal data at risk.
“We cannot allow this shadow operation to continue operating unchecked while millions of people face the threat of identity theft, economic disruption, and permanent harm. The Trump Administration and agency leadership must immediately put a stop to these reckless actions that risk causing unprecedented chaos in Americans’ daily lives.”
“There’s a new sheriff in town. @POTUS will not tolerate waste, fraud, or abuse while hardworking Americans go hungry.”
