DOGE uncovers VA’s agreement to pay $380K per month for minor website modifications
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a month for website changes before canceling the contract and having an internal staffer take over, according to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
While combing through loads and loads of data, DOGE discovered a previous contract by the VA for its website maintenance.
“Good work by @DeptVetAffairs,” DOGE said in a post on X on Wednesday. “VA was previously paying ~$380,000/month for minor website modifications. That contract has not been renewed, and the same work is now being executed by 1 internal VA software engineer spending ~10 hours/week.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the VA for comment about the former contract.
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Signage outside the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
VA Secretary Doug Collins has defended DOGE cuts at the VA as part of the new administration’s efforts to reform the department and better serve veterans.
In February, the VA announced that the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees would enable the department to redirect over $98 million per year in resources back to health care, benefits and services for VA beneficiaries.
Billionaire Elon Musk has been the face of DOGE since President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the department on Jan. 20.
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Elon Musk was tasked with leading DOGE and finding waste and fraud across the government. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump tasked the organization with optimizing the federal government, streamlining operations and slashing spending and gave the agency 18 months to do it.
Along with discoveries like the former contract VA signed for website maintenance, DOGE continues to find waste and fraud among federal agencies.
Last week, DOGE announced the termination of 113 contracts valued at $4.7 billion, including a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) consulting contract for Peru’s climate change activities.
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President Donald Trump brought on Elon Musk to lead DOGE in finding waste and fraud across the government. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
DOGE also announced the Department of Labor had canceled $577 million in “America Last” grants, totaling $237 million in savings.
The funding that was canceled included $10 million for “gender equity in the Mexican workplace,” $12.2 million for “worker empowerment in South America” and $6.25 million for “improving respect for workers’ rights in agricultural supply chains” in the countries of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
As of April 2, DOGE claims on its site it has saved Americans $140 billion, or $869.57 per taxpayer.
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DOGE critics contend the organization has too much access to federal systems and should not be permitted to cancel federal contracts or make cuts to various agencies.
