The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has made more alarming discoveries, uncovering obscene fees being paid out with taxpayer dollars.
According to a recent report by Fox News, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been paying hundreds of thousands a month for minor website changes and maintenance.
This was before the new administration canceled the contract due to an internal staff takeover facilitated by DOGE.
The agency discovered the staggering $380,000 per-month bill while parsing through loads of data DOGE received from the VA.
The data revealed the massive charge for minor site maintenance.
“Good work by @DeptVetAffairs,” DOGE said in a post on X on Wednesday.
“VA was previously paying ~$380,000/month for minor website modifications.
“That contract has not been renewed, and the same work is now being executed by 1 internal VA software engineer spending ~10 hours/week.”
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins defended the cuts being recommended by DOGE at the VA.
The cuts are being made as part of the Trump administration’s money-saving efforts.
According to Collins, the changes will allow his department to serve veterans better, something that should be an undisputed goal for the agency.
Good work by @DeptVetAffairs
VA was previously paying ~$380,000/month for minor website modifications. That contract has not been renewed and the same work is now being executed by 1 internal VA software engineer spending ~10 hours/week.
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) April 2, 2025
DOGE has moved through federal departments at an astonishing pace.
The department has been making recommendations to the president to cut funding to entities and projects that many Americans didn’t even know existed.
As of April 2, figures distributed by DOGE assert that the agency has saved Americans $140 billion in frivolous spending, which equates to $869.57 per taxpayer.
Musk has been the face of DOGE since President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the agency on January 20, the day he took office.
The organization was given 18 months to complete the task of optimizing the federal government, streamlining operations, and cutting spending.
Critics of DOGE claim that the organization is dangerous because it has too much access to federal systems.
Musk’s detractors say that DOGE shouldn’t be permitted to be involved in the cancellation of federal contracts or make cuts within federal agencies.
However, those critics appear to be the same people who were benefiting from the abuse of taxpayer funds in the federal government.
As it stands, DOGE does not make cuts.
Rather, DOGE makes recommendations to the president for changes to current budgets and systems.
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