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58 matching recordsDOGE labeled a $3.75 billion Air Force contract-ceiling cut as savings2026-08-06Elon Muskcounted a ceiling reduction on an active contract as savingsDepartment of the Air Force1 sourceDOGE claimed $62.7 million on an Air Force IT contract; GAO found $21.6 million deobligated2026-08-06Elon Muskclaimed savings from an Air Force IT contract actionDepartment of the Air Force1 sourceA $28 million DCSA savings claim was followed by a $27.4 million replacement award2026-08-06Elon Muskterminated and repurchased finance-modernization servicesDefense Counterintelligence and Security Agency1 sourceDOGE claimed more than $1.7 billion on a Defense Health IT contract with no recorded reduction2026-08-06Elon Muskclaimed savings without altering the active health IT contractDefense Health Agency1 sourceA closed COVID testing contract released roughly $50.2 million while DOGE showed zero2026-08-06Elon Muskpublished zero for a contract with recorded deobligationsU.S. Department of Health and Human Services1 sourceHHS restored $4.5 million after DOGE claimed $6.5 million on an epidemic system2026-08-06Elon Muskcut and then extended an epidemic-notification contractU.S. Department of Health and Human Services1 sourceA $14.7 million HHS registry claim yielded $141,489 in recorded deobligation2026-08-06Elon Muskclaimed savings from routine contract closeoutU.S. Department of Health and Human Services1 sourceDOGE overstated lease savings by $81.1 million, GAO found2026-08-06Elon Muskpublished internally inconsistent lease savingsGeneral Services Administration1 sourceOne DOGE-rescinded lease was replaced at more than $1.5 million extra per year2026-08-06Elon Muskrescinded a lease later replaced at higher costGeneral Services Administration1 sourceCarr accepted more than $63,000 in CBS- or Paramount-funded gala tickets2026-07-15Donald J. Trumpagency ethics process cleared chair's attendanceFederal Communications Commission2 sourcesPentagon announces Dell Federal Systems software purchasing agreement2026-05-27U.S. Department of Defenseawarded software blanket purchase agreementDell Federal Systems, L.P.1 sourceTrump's sons backed Powerus while the drone company sought Pentagon business2026-03-11Powerusreported bidder for Pentagon drone-manufacturing businessU.S. Department of Defense2 sourcesCrypto.com gave $1 million to Trump's inauguration and $10 million to MAGA Inc. before an SEC dismissal2025-12-16Securities and Exchange Commissionformally dismissed investigation on March 27, 2025Crypto.com5 sourcesGulf state funds supplied $24 billion of Paramount's initial WBD bid backing2025-12-10Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabiabid financing without management rightsParamount Skydance Corporation4 sourcesGulf state funds supplied $24 billion of Paramount's initial WBD bid backing2025-12-10Qatar Investment Authoritybid financing without management rightsParamount Skydance Corporation4 sourcesPentagon and Commerce announced $620 million and $50 million for Vulcan2025-11-04U.S. Department of Defense$620 million conditional loan commitmentVulcan Elements2 sourcesPentagon and Commerce announced $620 million and $50 million for Vulcan2025-11-04U.S. Department of Commerce$50 million incentive commitmentVulcan Elements2 sourcesUSDA canceled 94 million pounds of planned food-bank deliveries2025-10-08Elon Muskcut farm-to-food-bank deliveriesU.S. Department of Agriculture1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $152.3 million for CFPB administrative leave2025-07-31Russell Voughtpaid staff while suspending consumer-protection workConsumer Financial Protection Bureau1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $160,000 to destroy contraceptive supplies2025-07-31Elon Muskplanned destruction rather than delivery of purchased suppliesU.S. Agency for International Development1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $14.76 billion for deferred resignations2025-07-31Elon Muskpromised continued pay through deferred departuresOffice of Personnel Management1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $263.3 million in lost Energy loan interest and fees2025-07-31Elon Muskreduced or delayed federal loan-program receiptsU.S. Department of Energy1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $91.5 million for Education Department leave2025-07-31Elon Muskpaid employees kept from performing education workU.S. Department of Education1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $155.1 million in time spent on DOGE's weekly email2025-07-31Elon Muskrequired recurring employee status responsesOffice of Personnel Management1 sourceSenate minority staff documented plans to destroy 496 metric tons of food2025-07-31Elon Muskincurred disposal cost for stranded food aidU.S. Agency for International Development1 sourceSenate minority staff counted $4.49 million lost across three NIH grants2025-07-31Elon Muskstranded prior research spending through grant terminationNational Institutes of Health1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $41.8 million for OPM office relocations2025-07-31Elon Muskincurred relocation costs during organizational restructuringOffice of Personnel Management1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $443.9 million for probationary workers placed on leave2025-07-31Elon Musktriggered paid leave and litigation-driven reversalsOffice of Personnel Management1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $1.68 million from three purchase-card freezes2025-07-31Elon Muskfroze routine purchases and created administrative costNational Aeronautics and Space Administration1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $16.8 million to reinstate wrongly dismissed staff2025-07-31Elon Muskrequired agencies to reinstate workers after defective dismissalsOffice of Personnel Management1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $38.0 million for reduction-in-force planning2025-07-31Elon Muskrequired agencies to plan large reductions in forceOffice of Personnel Management1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $5.01 billion in severance exposure2025-07-31Elon Muskcreated modeled severance obligations through mass reductionsOffice of Personnel Management1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $66.5 million from unused SSA and park staff2025-07-31Elon Muskleft paid public-service capacity unusedSocial Security Administration1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $69.6 million for USAGM administrative leave2025-07-31Elon Muskpaid staff while disabling public broadcasting operationsU.S. Agency for Global Media1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $298.1 million for USAID administrative leave2025-07-31Elon Muskpaid staff while suspending aid administrationU.S. Agency for International Development1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $109.7 million in spoiled or stranded USAID commodities2025-07-31Elon Muskfroze delivery systems holding perishable aidU.S. Agency for International Development1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $61.9 million for separation incentive payments2025-07-31Elon Muskused cash incentives to accelerate departuresOffice of Personnel Management1 sourcePentagon awarded Musk's xAI a contract with a $200 million ceiling2025-07-14xAIreceived a frontier-AI contract fromU.S. Department of Defense1 sourceHHS accumulated a billion-dollar grant backlog after DOGE controls2025-07-11Elon Muskadded review and staffing constraints that stalled grantsU.S. Department of Health and Human Services1 sourceQatar supplied the luxury 747 Trump wanted as a replacement Air Force One2025-05-21Donald J. Trumphad administration accept presidential aircraft fromState of Qatar1 source