GAO: Trump-era DOGE couldn't verify most of its $1.7B savings claim
The Government Accountability Office found the Department of Government Efficiency’s $1.7 billion savings claim—tied to a single Pentagon health contract—was unsupported because the contract was never canceled and no taxpayer savings occurred.
The Government Accountability Office concluded that President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could not substantiate much of a claimed $1.7 billion in savings. DOGE said it identified a single Pentagon health contract that would produce the savings, but the contract was never canceled and no taxpayer savings resulted, the GAO found.