GAO Audit Says DOGE Overstated Government Savings
Auditors also found that 108 of the 264 lease terminations credited to DOGE had already been scheduled before the department was established.
Auditors also found that 108 of the 264 lease terminations credited to DOGE had already been scheduled before the department was established.
The report said DOGE was established after President Trump renamed the U.S. Digital Service and directed federal agencies to provide broad access to unclassified records and information systems.
Established in the early months of the second Trump administration and initially led by Elon Musk, DOGE set out to eliminate waste, fraud, and inefficiency in federal spending
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