According to data released by the Trump administration, almost 40% of the federal contracts it claims to have canceled as part of its cost-cutting program are not expected to save the government any money, Channel 3000 reports.
Last week, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) run by Elon Musk published an initial list of 1,125 contracts across the federal government that it recently terminated, and data published on its “Wall of Receipts” shows that 417 of these are anticipated to yield no savings.
Typically, that means the total value of the contracts has already been fully obligated, meaning the government is legally required to spend the funds for the goods or services it purchased and, in many cases, has already done so.
Many of the contracts included already-paid subscriptions to the Associated Press, Politico, and other media services the administration has said it would discontinue, while others were for research studies that have been awarded, training already conducted, software already purchased, and internships that have taken place.
