The report released on Thursday detailed discrepancies with DOGE’s so-called “Wall of Receipts,” which was created during Elon Musk’s time in the Trump administration, from February 17, 2025 to July 7, 2026.
The GAO found that DOGE’s claims of $110 billion in savings as of July 7, 2026, lacked “supporting evidence” or were “incorrect.” Many of the leases listed on the “Wall of Receipts” were in the process of being terminated before DOGE was established, according to the report.
In addition, the report indicated that DOGE identified certain contracts for cancellation but ultimately did not follow through on slashing the funding. One example cited involved DOGE reporting $1.7 billion in savings from the Department of Defense’s Defense Health Agency contract for IT services. DOGE met with Pentagon officials regarding the contract but ultimately chose not to cancel it.
The watchdog also found itself unable to verify DOGE’s purported savings because the agency did not explain how it calculated them, including 96% of reported savings from canceled federal grants.
The report lends further credence to reporting from Politico in February 2025, which noted that only $1.4 billion of DOGE’s alleged $32.7 billion in contract savings were accurate.