Can be spotlight Government efficiency department Since the departure of Elon MuskBut the trump administration’s Dogi continues to post about the cost cut on his so -called “Wall of receiptsAccording to CBS News Review, once again, some of its claims about savings were reduced to a great extent.
The review of three of the biggest cuts claimed so far indicates savings from contracts that Dogi is less than 3% than what Dogi said.
On July 27, Dogge added 705 canceled contracts to the website that it uses to track and declare savings from the cost cut of agency in the federal government, three of them have been posted since President Trump since the biggest claimed cuts. Launched Will you be in January.
Three contracts – from all Health and Human Services Department – funded Kovid -19 test And treatment for those who were unlicensed or less during epidemic. Dogi claims that $ 6.4 billion was saved to cancel those contracts.
But a review of CBS News’s transaction records indicates that there is a small part of real savings – approximately $ 165 million.
By the time Mr. Trump took over and Dogi was launched, how much money was abandoned in three contracts. There was about 7 billion dollars, but this figure represented a roof that federal contract experts say that he has rarely arrived.
Doge jointly adjusted that total potential value from $ 6.4 billion – and then reported it as a savings. But the epidemic is unlikely to be very low, which included contractors and CVS, with long -term contracts and the contracts ending on 31 May of this year, it would have spent anywhere near that yoga on Covid -19 testing and treatment.
“Expenditure” was not going to reach this number, “said Nat Malkus, a senior partner at the Conservative-Surrents American Enterprise Institute. “” You did not need to end this contract, you are the government – just don’t leave any more money. ”
Since it was launched, several news outlets including CBS News have reported that Dogi’s “Dogi Ke”Wall of receipts“Many times have reduced the amount of fund cuts and discovered several errors in group accounting.
Dogi now claims that it has saved $ 52.2 billion – just from canceled contracts. Malakas, who analyzed the real assignments of the cancellation rather than the roof values, put the number close to $ 17.8 billion. But this will only happen when the Congress agrees Re -stop the funds It had already voted to spend.
The DOGE website reported a total grand total of $ 199 billion, when factoring in cutting of personnel such as real estate lease cancellation and other deductions. However, it does not provide any documents for about half of that amount. According to the dog, savings are equal to $ 1,236.02 per capita in America
Malkus said, “The amount they have per capita is imagination.” “This is a transparency theater.”
HHS did not respond to the CBS news request to comment on three contracts. The White House redigned the request for the General Service Administration, which refused to comment.
A large part of those alleged savings is the result of cuts for USAID. recently Study Lancet in the medical journal says that those cuts can come up with a human toll. From the estimates of the study, damage in humanitarian aid may lead to 14 million deaths in children under 5 years of age by 2030.
Malkus told CBS News, “His claims are generally to say,” Hey this is a lot of pain, but it is worth it. ” ,
Update is only second when Musk, who launched Dogi, Departing From his role in the White House advising Mr. Trump.
Shortly before Musk’s tenure as a special government employee, he told reporters, “This is not the end of Dogi, but really the beginning.”
“Dogi team will only be strong with time. The effect of Dogi will only be strong,” he told the Oval Office on May 30, saying that he was confident over time that Dogi would shut down the $ 1 trillion in savings.
It is not clear how Doge has worked since then. In late June, Washington Post Informed The federal officials were instructed to direct the group to prevent the grant-construction process through Dog, canceling the control of the online clearinghouse for all grant opportunities from the group. In the latest updates of Dogge, only an additional canceled grant was added.
Many government employees associated with Dogi have left in recent weeks, which includes the department of the interior’s Tyler Hasen, the last day was Friday, the New York Times InformedHasen was originally hired as an employee of a Dogi, and then tasked with trimming costs in the internal department, where he was nominated to be the chief deputy assistant secretary of the interior.
Internal Secretary Dag Bergam had allowed them to deduct the budget and staffing, and under their clock, an employee associated with a dogi claimed that a single survey cost $ 1 billion dollars Was cut. The claim was repeated by Elon Musk and Bergam, but never provided any evidence to return it.
