Daily Doge. Separating the Pigs from the trough.
Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
Great work by @SecDef
Over $580M in wasteful contracts and grants terminated this week, including an HR IT development program called DCHRMS that is $280 million (780%) over budget and 5 years behind schedule, with at least 2 more years to go.
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DOD Rapid Response
@DODResponse
👀👀 @DOGE and @elonmusk just found another $580M in wasteful spending?! In less than a month, that’s nearly $800M found so far…..
More to come!
Today at 01:53 AM
Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
Good work by @NASA this week:
-Eliminated their unused Purchasing Cards (~80%)
-Terminated ~$420M in unneeded contracts, including $45M ($15M each) to three separate consultants, all for "Change Management Support Services”
Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
RT @GovRonDeSantis: For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings att…Read more
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Ron DeSantis
@GovRonDeSantis
For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings attached by the Biden Administration—but they couldn't even figure out how to accept it. Today, I met with @elonmusk and the DOGE team, and we got this done in the
Yesterday at 10:42 PM
Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
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Mar 21
The IRS has the transaction volume of a mid-sized bank, running similar infrastructure. Those banks typically have an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) budget of ~$20M/yr.
The IRS has a ~$3.5B O&M budget (which doesn’t include an additional $3.7B modernization budget). ~80% of that O&M budget goes to contractors.
Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
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Mar 21
There is a pattern across all agencies where IT “modernization” contracts do not pay for outcomes/performance; instead, they pay for time. Therefore, the incentive is for contractors to “never finish,” resulting in incredible waste.
As an example, IRS modernization started in 1990 to be delivered in 1996. Today, the work is not complete and the contractors say it’s still 5 years away. 29 years behind schedule and ~$15b over budget. Everyone loses, except the government contractors.
This must change. This week, the IRS froze ~$1.5B in modernization contracts, none of which have any effect on tax filings. All of those contracts will then either be cancelled or the contract terms will be changed to pay-for-performance.
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