DOGE Findings

[DaisyDay]

Lots of mistakes were made by globalists who were in the first Trump administration. Why do you think 9 million dollars ain't too much money for a simple project like the one we are debating?

Without knowing the specs, we really aren't in the position to judge whether that was too much or a bargain. Going off a blurb to judge seems ... less than ... well informed. I can't tell if you believe that cyber security for citizens shouldn't be done at all or should be done on the cheap.

 

[civilwarbuff]

Federal agencies each have their own internal watchdogs — known as inspectors general — meant to hunt for misuse of taxpayer dollars. More than a dozen of them have been fired by the Trump administration.

And they were fired because they hadn't been doing their jobs....because no one was watching the watchman.

 

[essentialsaltes]

And they were fired because they hadn't been doing their jobs....

That has not been demonstrated.

As many have noted, there doesn't seem to be much (any?) fraud/misuse being uncovered by DOGE's activities. Just getting rid of things Elon Musk doesn't like.

Trump's Executive Orders (to the extent they hold up in court) made certain things illegal to spend money on that were previously legal to spend money on. There was no fraudulent use of money for the IGs to find in DEI, for example.

 

[rambot]

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/doge-resignations-elon-musk-022731

Crazy. Looks like some DOGE employees are NOT interested in kneecapping government services.

It's almost like they recognize what they are doing as harmful because they see what they are actually doing and told to do.

 

[civilwarbuff]

That has not been demonstrated.

It has only been a little over a month. Patience grasshopper.....

Just getting rid of things Elon Musk doesn't like.

Or getting rid of things you like?

Trump's Executive Orders (to the extent they hold up in court) made certain things illegal to spend money on that were previously legal to spend money on. There was no fraudulent use of money for the IGs to find in DEI, for example.

Fraud, WASTE, and abuse. It is, after all, OUR tax money that is being spent.....unless YOU don't pay taxes. And the president was elected by those of us who most definitely want this stopped....now!

Sorry, you'll have to wait until the next election for your vote to count.

 

[Pommer]

It has only been a little over a month. Patience grasshopper.....
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Or getting rid of things you like?

Fraud, WASTE, and abuse. It is, after all, OUR tax money that is being spent.....unless YOU don't pay taxes. And the president was elected by those of us who most definitely want this stopped....now!

Sorry, you'll have to wait until the next election for your vote to count.

Your meme implies that there’s some great overarching “plan”, there ain’t.
Oh, to be sure there was the plan to gut the government of all “unnecessary workers”, but they’re finding that there’s precious few of those.

 

[rambot]

DOGE Removes Biggest Spending Cuts From Wall Of Receipts; Here’s What It Could Mean For DOGE Dividend Checks

Last week, DOGE proudly posted a "wall of receipts," showcasing its biggest cost-cutting victories. Immediately, organizations including the New York Times, Washington Post, Politico and others started fact-checking and found that the list was riddled with errors. Earlier today, The New York Times reported that DOGE has deleted all of the five biggest savings on that original list, quietly. The errors range from simple miscalculations to outright misrepresentations of government contracts. And yet, despite backtracking on its initial figures, DOGE now claims it has saved $65 billion (up from $55 billion a few days ago) —without any clear explanation of how it reached that number.


“The 'wall of receipts’ is the only public ledger the organization has produced to document its work,” The Times notes. “The scale of that ledger’s errors — and the misunderstandings and poor quality control that seemed to underlie them — has raised questions about the effort’s broader work, which has led to mass firings and cutbacks across the federal government.”

I remember a poster coming on here disparaging public employees for being lazy and ineffective. My response is that there are terrible people in every job.

So it should come as exactly 0 surprise that Trump and Ebones selected individuals with no plan or background knowledge.

And now there's no accountability for what's happening. We are given a number and told, that's it.

That's not accountability.

 

[wing2000]

DOGE Removes Biggest Spending Cuts From Wall Of Receipts; Here’s What It Could Mean For DOGE Dividend Checks

I remember a poster coming on here disparaging public employees for being lazy and ineffective. My response is that there are terrible people in every job.

So it should come as exactly 0 surprise that Trump and Ebones selected individuals with no plan or background knowledge.

And now there's no accountability for what's happening. We are given a number and told, that's it.

That's not accountability.

What? The "Wall of Receipts" was nothing but an illusion?

 

[essentialsaltes]

No, seriously. Zeroing out this program will remove health care from veterans.

DOGE to cancel government contracts that help veterans, records show​

Records show the 875 contracts included support for medical and burial services, cancer programs and efforts to recruit doctors for critical vacancies

Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins took to social media on Tuesday to tout sweeping cuts to contracts that he said would save the department nearly $2 billion without touching core services.

But the 875 contracts on the chopping block help cover medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors and provide burial services to veterans, according to internal VA documents.

[Sen] Blumenthal in an emailed statement about the cancellations late Tuesday listed contracts used to conduct outreach to veterans and their families about burial services; and to recruit doctors and other medical workers to hard-to-staff areas among the cuts.

These services matched terminated programs contained in an excel spreadsheet of the contracts maintained by VA employees, which was reviewed by The Washington Post.

Another supported environmental testing to meet the Joint Commission’s safety standards. “Failure to do so may lead to facility closure and hospital acquired infections,” according to internal documents reviewed by The Post.

Only the best MRSA for our troops!

 

[wing2000]

But the 875 contracts on the chopping block help cover medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors and provide burial services to veterans, according to internal VA documents.

....sad.

 

[Valletta]

DOGE to cancel government contracts that help veterans, records show​

Records show the 875 contracts included support for medical and burial services, cancer programs and efforts to recruit doctors for critical vacancies

Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins took to social media on Tuesday to tout sweeping cuts to contracts that he said would save the department nearly $2 billion without touching core services.

But the 875 contracts on the chopping block help cover medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors and provide burial services to veterans, according to internal VA documents.

[Sen] Blumenthal in an emailed statement about the cancellations late Tuesday listed contracts used to conduct outreach to veterans and their families about burial services; and to recruit doctors and other medical workers to hard-to-staff areas among the cuts.

These services matched terminated programs contained in an excel spreadsheet of the contracts maintained by VA employees, which was reviewed by The Washington Post.

Another supported environmental testing to meet the Joint Commission’s safety standards. “Failure to do so may lead to facility closure and hospital acquired infections,” according to internal documents reviewed by The Post.

Only the best MRSA for our troops!

Look at all of the homeless veterans that have not been taken care of. Time to get rid of the fraud, to stop all of the kickbacks. There is no reason for politically connected companies to keep getting the contracts. The billions in savings can be used to help our veterans.

 

[essentialsaltes]

The billions in savings can be used to help our veterans.

This "Black is White" stuff just isn't persuasive. #1 some of these things being cut are clearly helping veterans. #2 the stated goal of this process is not to redirect spending, but to cut spending. These savings are part of the House plan to partially pay for the tax cuts.

 

[FAITH-IN-HIM]

Look at all of the homeless veterans that have not been taken care of. Time to get rid of the fraud, to stop all of the kickbacks. There is no reason for politically connected companies to keep getting the contracts. The billions in savings can be used to help our veterans.

Please correct me if I am mistaken, but are conservatives advocating for a welfare system that supports individuals who are capable of working yet choose to stay at home and watch television?

 

[civilwarbuff]

Your meme implies that there’s some great overarching “plan”, there ain’t.
Oh, to be sure there was the plan to gut the government of all “unnecessary workers”, but they’re finding that there’s precious few of those.

Actually they are finding quite a few of them.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Actually they are finding quite a few of them.

Firing the newly hired and recently promoted (less than 2 years) is not "finding unnecessary workers", it is just a crude "reduction in force" without thought about who or what is actually needed.

 

[SimplyMe]

As I think about it, I have to wonder how many billions of government money Musk has personally received? We know that Musk gets billions of dollars in payments from Tesla, Space X, and his other companies, and that these companies have received billions in federal revenue (in terms of SpaceX, billions every year). So it seems like, if we are going to eliminate government waste, shouldn't Musk return the billions he's personally been paid from his businesses that have directly come from government payments?

 

[civilwarbuff]

Just a few things from DOGE.gov:

Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
Great job by @SecVetAffairs
@DeptVetAffairs

This included cancelling a $3M contract for “organizational culture training” to instruct VA leadership on what culture and values they should have.

VA Secretary Doug Collins@SecVetAffairs
We found nearly $2 billion in @DeptVetAffairs contracts that we’ll be canceling so we can redirect the funds back to Veterans health care and benefits.
No more paying consultants to do things like make Power Point slides and write meeting minutes!
Today at 07:53 AM

Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
Today, the Federal Government exceeded $100M in annual rent savings through cancellations of 250+ vacant/underutilized leases totaling 3M+ square feet. With ~7,250 current leases, there is plenty of available office space for the current workforce.

Yesterday at 08:35 PM

Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
This audit was repeated at the Department of Labor. Initial results:

- 380 Microsoft 365 licenses with zero users
- 128 Microsoft Teams conference room licenses; only installed in 30 rooms
- 250 VSCode licenses; only using 33
- 129 Photoshop licenses; only using 22.
- 5… Read more

Department of Government Efficiency@DOGE
Agencies often have more software licenses than employees, and the licenses are often idle (i.e. paid for, but not installed on any computer). For example, at GSA, with 13,000 employees, there are:
- 37,000 WinZip licenses
- 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple… Read more
Yesterday at 07:57 PM


Musk speaking during the Cabinet meeting and explaining what they are doing and taking questions from them.

 

[civilwarbuff]

Elon is the best thing to happen to D.C. in decades.......





Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE


US taxpayer dollars were going to be spent on the following items, all which have been cancelled: -$69mm for the Eurasia Foundation to do "digital transformation activity" in Europe -$32mm to Internews for programs including "media enabling democracy, inclusion, and accountability in Moldova" and the promotion of “sustainable media outlets" -$7mm for the American Bar Association to promote the "resilience" of the "Eurasian legal sector and civic society" -$520mm for a consultant to do ESG investments in Africa and "mobilize private sector resources and expertise” -$25mm to “promote biodiversity conservation and promote licit livelihoods” by developing “socially responsible” behaviors in Colombia -$40mm to "improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants" -$42mm for Johns Hopkins to research and drive "social and behavior change" in Uganda -$45mm to "address[] the needs, opportunities, and challenges identified by activists and other civic actors engaged in nonviolent collective action" -$52mm for the World Economic Forum

GO GETT'EM ELON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[essentialsaltes]

Just a few things from DOGE.gov:

VA Secretary Doug Collins@SecVetAffairs
We found nearly $2 billion in @DeptVetAffairs contracts that we’ll be canceling so we can redirect the funds back to Veterans health care and benefits.
No more paying consultants to do things like make Power Point slides and write meeting minutes!

No more assistance to veterans with planning burials!
No more disinfectants for VA hospitals!

DOGE to cancel government contracts that help veterans, records show​

But the 875 contracts on the chopping block help cover medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors and provide burial services to veterans, according to internal VA documents.

Another supported environmental testing to meet the Joint Commission’s safety standards. “Failure to do so may lead to facility closure and hospital acquired infections,” according to internal documents reviewed by The Post.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings​

That’s usually because the total value of the contracts has already been fully obligated, which means the government has a legal requirement to spend the funds for the goods or services it purchased and in many cases has already done so.