The entire reason the so-called Department of Government Efficiency was allowed to rampage through the government was that it would save literal trillions in taxpayer money. But for an entity supposedly set up to root out fraud and waste, run by baby IT geniuses, somehow the federal government is on track to spend more on IT contracts than ever before.
Heckuva job, DOGEy.
Federal agencies are set to spend $50 billion in the fourth quarter alone, with overall IT spending pushing $130 billion for FY 2025, a $4 billion jump from the previous year. DOGE was literally created for “modernizing federal technology and software to maximize efficiency and productivity.” The administration has insisted it was crucial that DOGE’s tween fascists be granted access to databases containing the most sens