DOGE claimed $1.76B savings from terminated military health IT contract; GAO found contract was never terminated

Published Aug 10, 09:33 PM UTC

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reported $1.76 billion in savings from terminating a Defense Health Agency (DHA) IT contract supporting over 700 military medical facilities. However, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the contract was never terminated, no work was removed, no funds were deobligated, and no savings were achieved. After DHA officials discussed the contract with DOGE, DOGE agreed not to terminate it, yet the savings claim remains on DOGE's public 'Wall of Receipts.' GAO could not verify DOGE's methodology as DOGE did not respond to requests for documentation. The review also found broader discrepancies: of 13,476 contracts DOGE claimed as terminated, 2,503 had no termination action recorded in federal data, representing $27.4 billion in reported savings.