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    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/22/doge-data-errors-inconsistencies-00002576

    But among the 1,100-plus contracts purportedly canceled, POLITICO found:

    • Contracts that had not yet been awarded
    • Instances where a single pot of money is listed multiple times — tripling or quadrupling the amount of savings claimed
    • Purchase agreements that have no record of being canceled, but were instead stripped of language related to diversity, equity and inclusion
    • Contract savings identified by DOGE that do not match with records they refer to in the Federal Procurement Data System
    • Contracts where the underlying document is for an entirely different contract