The Department of Government Efficiency shared in an update on its website that it has saved the federal government $55 billion through its efforts, which have included reducing the federal workforce.
“Let’s balance the budget! DOGE’s total estimated savings are $55 billion, which is a combination of fraud detection/deletion, contract/lease cancellations, contract/lease renegotiations, asset sales, grant cancellations, workforce reductions, programmatic changes, and regulatory savings,” the post says.
Among the top savings being reported by DOGE was the U.S. Agency for International Development, which accounted for nearly $6.5 billion in savings through contract savings.
The next departments listed by the department included the Department of Education, which is believed to have totaled $502 million in savings after cuts, and the Office of Personnel Management.
DOGE has also claimed to be behind contract cuts in numerous top agencies, including the Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, and more.
Other moves made by DOGE that have saved costs include ending several leases. This included cutting ties with a Department of Justice office in Cincinnati, a State Department office in Miami, and a GSA office in Illinois.
The total savings from cutting the leases were over $144 million.
On its website, DOGE also has a “wall of receipts” that highlights when contracts were cut and how much it saved as an agency. Among the receipts listed on the site include cutting media subscriptions to Bloomberg Government, Politico, and the Washington Post from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau budget.
According to the receipts, DOGE has saved the government nearly $30 million from canceling subscriptions alone.
Other savings included $199 million, which DOGE claims was saved through cutting DEI programs.
However, about $38 billion of the $55 billion in savings it claims to have made are not accounted for at this time.
Updates are expected on the website twice a week with its latest data, as it works to “upload all of this data in a digestible and fully transparent manner with clear assumptions, consistent with applicable rules and regulations.”