An @npr.org review of the more than 1,100 contracts in an initial release of data finds that DOGE's "maximally transparent" calculations still overstate its estimated savings totals -- by billions of dollars.
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Just over half of the contract cancelations touted by DOGE, accounting for $6.5 billion in alleged savings, haven't actually been terminated or closed out as of Wednesday.
Half of the alleged $16 billion in savings in the initial batch of DOGE receipts comes from a typo in the federal contracting database that made a max value of $8 million into $8 *billion.*
DOGE says it corrected weeks ago — though it wasn’t fixed in its own data until yesterday.
$55B in cuts claimed the DOGE website.
Massive errors show that numbers not right.
Confusing billion with million? Quite a laugh.
Like exploding SpaceX rockets. Bad math.
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In all, estimated savings from the initial DOGE list of just over 500 contracts that @npr.org found to be cancelled runs closer to $2 billion.
DOGE says it corrected weeks ago — though it wasn’t fixed in its own data until yesterday.
$55B in cuts claimed the DOGE website.
Massive errors show that numbers not right.
Confusing billion with million? Quite a laugh.
Like exploding SpaceX rockets. Bad math.