Pentagon's DOGE Unit to Scrutinize 400,000 Contracts for Cuts [View all]
Source: Bloomberg
August 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT
The Pentagon is preparing for its in-house DOGE team to examine almost half a million contracts and grants in a bid to trim waste.
More than 400,000 open contracts and grants will be scrutinized for “additional savings” in fiscal 2026 and later, and as “efficiencies are identified,” officials will submit formal requests to Congress to shift purported savings to other programs, according to the recently posted 2026 Budget Highlights document.
Department of Government Efficiency efforts “are multi-layered and will be enacted over multiple budget cycles” as the Pentagon is “focused on immediately eliminating spending in conflict with Presidential priorities through a detailed review of every contract in the Department,” according to the document.
The Pentagon’s published plans are a sign that DOGE is still embedded in the fabric of government operations even months after the controversial unit lost its architect and de facto leader, Elon Musk. Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson told reporters earlier this month that the in-house DOGE team continues to have about a dozen people and that “DOGE’s work at the department is not going to stop — that is absolutely for certain.”
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