Checking the math behind DOGE’s claimed savings

An NPR analysis of federal contract data found that the potential savings so far from cuts to federal contracts are far less than the Department of Government Efficiency’s estimates.

DOGE claim of estimated overall savings:

$55 billion

Savings initially claimed from a subset

of terminated contracts:

$16.5 billion

Savings after fixing a data entry error:

$8.5 billion

Savings from contracts that haven’t

been terminated yet:

$6.5 billion

Estimated savings from contracts

NPR confirmed as canceled:

$2 billion

DOGE claim of estimated

overall savings:

$55 billion

Savings initially claimed from

a subset of terminated contracts:

$16.5 billion

Savings after fixing a data entry error:

$8.5 billion

Savings from contracts that

haven’t been terminated yet:

$6.5 billion

Estimated savings from contracts

NPR confirmed as canceled:

$2 billion

DOGE claim of estimated

overall savings:

$55 billion

Savings initially claimed from a subset of terminated contracts:

$16.5 billion

Savings after fixing a data entry error:

$8.5 billion

Savings from contracts that haven’t been terminated yet:

$6.5 billion

Estimated savings from contracts NPR confirmed as canceled:

$2 billion