Thursday, March 27, 2025 - Billionaire, Elon Musk-led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has announced it terminated 113 contracts valued at $4.7 billion, including a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) consulting contract for Peru’s climate change activities.
“[Tuesday] agencies terminated 113 wasteful contracts with a ceiling
value of $4.7 billion and savings of $3.3 billion, including a $145K USDA
consulting contract for ‘Peru climate change activities,'” the department
posted on X.
Also eliminated was $5 million to elevate women’s participation in the
workplace in West Africa, $4.3 million to assist foreign migrant workers in
Malaysia, $3 million to enhance Social Security access and worker protection
for internal migrant workers in Bangladesh, and $3 million for safe and
inclusive work environments in the southern African country of Lesotho.
DOGE is a temporary organisation within the White House created via
executive order earlier this year.
President Donald Trump tasked the organisation with the tax to cut the
cost of governance in the US.
The department has cancelled numerous diversity, equity, and inclusion
(DEI) initiatives at federal agencies, consulting contracts, leases for
underused federal buildings, and duplicate agencies and programmes.
As of March 26, DOGE, on its site, said it has saved Americans $130
billion, or $807.45 per taxpayer fund.
Meanwhile, DOGE has faced several criticisms, especially from Democrats,
with numerous US court restrictions.
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