The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, has announced the cancellation of 148 additional federal contracts deemed wasteful, totaling $420 million in value.
The announcement was made late Monday via the department’s official X (formerly Twitter) account. Among the scrapped contracts is a $143,000 agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the “potency monitoring of confiscated marijuana samples.”
According to DOGE, the latest round of terminations has already saved the United States $198 million.
“In the last two days, agencies terminated 148 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $420M and savings of $198M,” the department stated.
This move follows a similar action just days ago, when DOGE cancelled 401 contracts worth approximately $2.1 billion, part of its sweeping campaign to cut unnecessary government spending.
DOGE was established under President Donald Trump’s current administration to identify and eliminate inefficiencies across federal agencies. The president recently praised the department’s efforts, hinting that DOGE may become a permanent fixture in government.
The department’s aggressive cost-cutting strategy continues to generate both attention and controversy, as it reviews expenditures across sectors and terminates projects it considers redundant or unproductive.
