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GAO could not link $25.63 billion of DOGE grant claims to award records

Reporting and findings

  1. documented

    GAO could not link 3,528 Wall of Receipts grant entries representing $25.63 billion, or 52.1 percent of DOGE's grant-savings total, to federal award data.

  2. documented

    Elon Musk was the Trump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE work.

  3. documented

    Russell Vought was the Trump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB director.

Summary and current status

More than half of the published grant total lacked enough identity data for verification.

3,528 grant entries remained unlinked after GAO matching

People and organizations

Relationships in this file

  1. Elon Muskpublished grant savings that could not be tracedGAO audit of DOGE's Wall of Receipts
  2. Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk
  3. Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought

Money trail

  1. otherUnlinked grant savings claims$25.63 billion
    Reported source
    Federal grant baselines
    Reported recipient
    DOGE savings ledger
    Measured subject
    Grant recipients, agencies, and taxpayers
    reported · 2026-07-07 · observedRead source record
    Calculation detailsPopulation 3,528 Wall of Receipts grant entriesPeriod 2025-02-01 to 2026-07-07Basis GAO matching against federal award records.Limits Unlinked entries could not be independently recalculated.