Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that the Trump administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save any money.

The Department of Government Efficiency run by Elon Musk last week published an initial list of 1,125 contracts that it terminated in recent weeks across the federal government. Data published on DOGE’s “Wall of Receipts” shows that more than one-third of the contract cancellations, 417 in all, are expected to yield no savings.

That’s usually because the total value of the contracts has already been fully obligated, which means the government has a legal requirement to spend the funds for the goods or services it purchased and in many cases has already done so.

That’s usually because the total value of the contracts has already been fully obligated, which means the government has a legal requirement to spend the funds for the goods or services it purchased and in many cases has already done so.

“It’s like confiscating used ammunition after it’s been shot when there’s nothing left in it. It doesn’t accomplish any policy objective,” said Charles Tiefer, a retired University of Baltimore law professor and expert on government contracting law. “Their terminating so many contracts pointlessly obviously doesn’t accomplish anything for saving money.”

  • @[email protected]
    18•19 hours ago

    fuck ap too. find someone to talk to who will address what these chucklefuck fascists are doing, rather than their 100% bullshit explanations for what they’re doing

    Well some circles call this kind of non-biased reporting journalism.

    • snooggumsEnglish
      17•18 hours ago

      Avoiding a direct statement of fact that contradicts known liars to appear non-biased is shitty journalism.

    • @grueEnglish
      13•18 hours ago

      This shit is not “non-biased!” By taking Musk’s claimed intent at face value even though the AP knows Project 2025 is a thing, they are blatantly spinning the coverage in the regime’s favor.

      What would actually be non-biased would be to accurately report what’s actually happening, not to uncritically accept and repeat bald-faced lies!

      • @[email protected]
        6•15 hours ago

        Highlighting that Musk’s own data, published by DOGE, says they aren’t making any savings on almost half the cuts doesn’t really seem very positive for the regime. It’s also absolutely neutral reporting.

        • @grueEnglish
          3•11 hours ago

          It is absolutely not neutral because it leaves out the important half of the story, which is that the whole exercise of publishing that data is nothing but a misdirection tactic. Again, we know this from Project 2025 and various public statements that had been made previously, so there’s no excuse for the AP to be so excessively credulous that they mislead rather than inform.

          The AP is parroting the Big Lie. It is absolutely biased and unacceptable!