The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), established under the second Donald Trump administration in 2025 and led by Elon Musk, has been tasked with auditing federal spending to eliminate waste. Below is a list of DOGE’s key findings as of March 22, 2025, based on available reports.
Combination of asset sales, contract/lease cancellations and renegotiations, fraud and improper payment deletion, grant cancellations, interest savings, programmatic changes, regulatory savings, and workforce reductions.
DOGE Findings
Department of Education (ED)
- Contracts Terminated: 450
- Grants Terminated: 1,200
- Leases Terminated: 50
- Total Savings: $5,000,000,000
- Notes: Cuts include consulting contracts and data reporting initiatives, totaling approximately $5 billion.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Contracts Terminated: 600
- Grants Terminated: 2,000
- Leases Terminated: 100
- Total Savings: $6,500,000,000
- Notes: Savings from terminating international development contracts (e.g., climate action, medical support) amount to $6.5 billion.
Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Contracts Terminated: 300
- Grants Terminated: 50
- Leases Terminated: 20
- Total Savings: $2,000,000,000
- Notes: Includes a $1 billion IT support contract cancellation, contributing to $2 billion in savings.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- Contracts Terminated: 250
- Grants Terminated: 100
- Leases Terminated: 30
- Total Savings: $1,900,000,000
- Notes: Savings of $1.9 billion from canceling contracts like a $3 million organizational culture training program.
Department of the Interior (DOI)
- Contracts Terminated: 200
- Grants Terminated: 300
- Leases Terminated: 40
- Total Savings: $1,500,000,000
- Notes: Includes dissolution of the Federal Consulting Group, saving $1.5 billion.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Contracts Terminated: 150
- Grants Terminated: 500
- Leases Terminated: 25
- Total Savings: $1,200,000,000
- Notes: Savings of $1.2 billion from terminating 21 grants and related contracts.
General Services Administration (GSA)
- Contracts Terminated: 350
- Grants Terminated: 50
- Leases Terminated: 200
- Total Savings: $1,000,000,000
- Notes: Includes $660 million from lease terminations, totaling $1 billion.
Department of Defense (DOD)
- Contracts Terminated: 100
- Grants Terminated: 20
- Leases Terminated: 10
- Total Savings: $80,000,000
- Notes: Identified $80 million in wasteful spending on non-core mission programs.
Overall Agency Spending Cuts
- Total Contracts Terminated: 4,083
- Total Grants Terminated: 6,289
- Total Leases Terminated: 748
- Combined Total Savings: $30,660,000,000
Overall Savings according to the DOGE website is listed at $115 billion in identified waste and fraud.
All Payments (see website for update findings: DOGE Findings on Payments
Agency Spending
| Agency | FY2019 | FY2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services#9 | $1213.8B | $1720.6B |
| Social Security Administration#8 | $1101.8B | $1519.7B |
| Department of the Treasury#15 | $689.5B | $1311.9B |
| Department of Defense#17 | $654.0B | $826.3B |
| Department of Veterans Affairs#11 | $199.6B | $325.0B |
| Department of Education#2 | $104.4B | $268.4B |
| Department of Agriculture#7 | $150.1B | $203.4B |
| Office of Personnel Management | $103.1B | $126.2B |
| Department of Transportation#19 | $80.7B | $117.4B |
| Department of Homeland Security#10 | $56.3B | $89.3B |
| Independent Agencies | $19.6B | $77.8B |
| Other Defense Civil Programs | $60.9B | $66.2B |
| Department of Labor#4 | $35.8B | $65.7B |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development#13 | $29.2B | $52.0B |
| Department of Energy#20 | $28.9B | $49.3B |
| Department of Justice#18 | $35.1B | $44.0B |
| Department of State#22 | $28.0B | $37.0B |
| International Assistance Programs | $23.6B | $35.8B |
| Small Business Administration#14 | $0.5B | $33.2B |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration#21 | $20.2B | $25.0B |
| Department of the Interior#6 | $13.9B | $17.1B |
| Department of Commerce#16 | $11.3B | $14.7B |
| Environmental Protection Agency#3 | $8.1B | $13.7B |
| Corps of Engineers | $6.5B | $11.3B |
| Judicial Branch | $8.0B | $9.5B |
| National Science Foundation | $7.3B | $9.4B |
| Legislative Branch | $5.0B | $6.8B |
| Executive Office of the President | $0.4B | $0.6B |
| General Services Administration#1 | $-1.1B | $-0.2B |
| Undistributed Offsetting Receipts | $-247.8B | $-330.6B |
| Total Spending | $4446.6B | $6746.5B |
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