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The new federal Efficiency of the Government Efficiency Department (DOGE) On Friday, he announced that taxpayers would have a little more than $ 1 billion saving by removing 104 contracts related to diversity, equity and inclusion (Dei).
From Wednesday, DOGE had registered the cancellation of 85 contracts “said” of 25 federal agencies. On Friday afternoon, this number had grown up to 104 contracts for $ 1,000,060,792, according to a statement from DOGE News.
It is noteworthy that 21 Treasure Department contracts were canceled, saving a total of $ 25,247,783. Second, the Department of Health and Human Services, which canceled 15 contracts worth 28,187,448 $ 28.
While the staff management office had only three canceled contracts, the dollar figure was set at $ 494,956,233, with an average of $ 165 million per Dei contract.
Other agencies with the highest contracts canceled by the Trump Administration include agriculture with 11 and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and National security With seven each.
According to a statement Monday from the Department of Veterans Affairs, 60 employees who were only focused on DEI were put on administrative permission, and spokesman Morgan Ackley said that the administration is “laser focused on providing the best care and benefits Possible to veterans, their families, carers and survivors. “
“We are proud to have abandoned Divisive Dei policies of the past and return to VA’s main mission,” said Ackley.
Rapid-firing deletions occur one week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order addressed to efforts, officially described as “ending illegal discrimination and restoring the merit-based opportunity.”
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However, a Liberal State Law Consortium faced Trump with the warning that movements “have nothing to do with the fight against discrimination.”
A joint statement directed by Rhode Island Ag Peter Neronha On Friday he called the executive orders that caused the dismantling of “unnecessary and unpleasant” Dei policies and programs.
Neronha and his co-signants (California, Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Washington State for discrimination if Trump chose “Laws of long -term civil rights instead of the path he has chosen.
“Contrary to President Trump’s claims, the policies he aims to end do not reduce the importance of individual merit, nor does it mean that entrepreneurs lower their standards, hire unskilled candidates or participate in race and sex -based preferences,” ” The statement said.
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“The initiatives simply say that there are fair opportunities for everyone, helping to maximize the contributions of all employees and allow companies and organizations to be successful in their missions.”
In Congress, representing Aaron Bean I It is. Joni Ernst They have been leading DOGE’s efforts to further reduce government waste and abuse.
Bean, a Republican from Jacksonville, Florida, founded the Doo Caucus Congress in November, and Ernst, Iowa, has taken the post of pressure on work requirements for federal employees and sales of unused federal offices. or not used.
