More discoveries from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have uncovered more obscene fees being paid by taxpayer dollars.
According to a recent report by Fox News, the Department of Veterans Affairs has been in the habit of paying hundreds of thousands a month for minor website changes and maintenance.
This was before the new administration canceled the contract due to an internal staff takeover facilitated by DOGE.
The agency discovered the $380,000 per month bill while parsing through loads of data DOGE received from the VA, showing the charge for site 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."
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins defended the cuts being recommended by DOGE at the VA as part of the Trump administration's money saving efforts.
According to Collins, the changes will allow his department to serve veterans better, something that should be an undisputed goal for the agency.
Good work by @DeptVetAffairs
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.
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) April 2, 2025
DOGE has moved through federal departments at an astonishing pace, making recommendations to the president to cut funding to entities and projects that many Americans didn't know existed.
As of April 2, figures distributed by DOGE assert that the agency has saved Americans $140 billion in frivolous spending, which equates to $869.57 per taxpayer.
Musk has been the face of DOGE since President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the agency on Jan. 20, the day he took office.
The organization was given 18 months to complete the task of optimizing the federal government, streamlining operations, and cutting spending.
Critics of DOGE critics claim that the organization is dangerous because it has too much access to federal systems.
Musk's detractors say that DOGE shouldn't be permitted to be involved in the cancellation of federal contracts or make cuts within federal agencies.
As it stands, DOGE does not make cuts; rather, it makes recommendations to the president for changes to current budgets and systems.
