The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has announced that, in line with its guidance, multiple federal agencies terminated contracts worth nearly $300 million last week, coming amid claims that the task force was effectively scrapped with months to go on its charter.
In a post on X on Nov. 28, DOGE said that over the past three days, agencies terminated or reduced 15 contracts with a ceiling value of $289 million and an estimated savings of $140 million.
The contracts that were terminated include a Department of State training contract for “Global Peace Operations Initiative capacity building assistance in Togo,” the African country, an $80,000 Health and Human Services contract for “executive coaching,” and a $2.7 million Housing and Urban Development consulting contract for “multi-family assessment contractors for green resilient and retrofit program.” Details of the other contracts were not provided….