The doge.gov/savings page then lists a “wall of receipts,” DOGE’s first major data release that initially claimed to show more than $16 billion in savings from ending contracts. After correcting an apparent clerical error, it now shows $8.5 billion.
An NPR review of the more than 1,100 contracts in that initial release finds that DOGE’s “maximally transparent” calculations still overstate its estimated savings totals by billions of dollars.