DOGE claims $50.1 million saved on contract 70B03C24F00000046; FPDS records leave at most $4.3 million unspent
What's new DOGE's published savings list claims $50.1 million saved on Department of Homeland Security contract 70B03C24F00000046, which it lists at $416.6 million; the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) record shows $412.3 million already obligated, which leaves at most $4.3 million of that value unspent.
Why it matters Savings on a contract cannot exceed the part of its value not yet obligated, so the claim and the official record do not agree by $45.8 million; neither record says why.
DOGE's list gives the contract's deletion date as 3/17/2025; the FPDS record holds 23 actions for this contract number.
PostNewz compares the two by the contract number (PIID) only, and records the difference as a data fact (data_irregularities #74), not as a finding about either agency.
Records: doge_claims #125, fpds_contracts #38, data_irregularities #74.
Room for disagreement
DOGE may count savings that FPDS has not recorded yet, or use a different contract value; FPDS records are also revised over time.
About the data
Every figure in this story is read from PostNewz's doge_claims, fpds_contracts and data_irregularities tables (api.doge.gov, FPDS) (3 rows read Nov 11, 12:31 AM UTC): claimed savings $50.1 million exceed the unspent amount $4.3 million (listed value $416.6 million minus FPDS obligations $412.3 million) by $45.8 million (bar: $1 million, #275); MacKenzie's bar is met; data_irregularities #74 is open, re-pulled 24 h later; doge claim data_irregularities #74; Written by code from those rows (pnjour2-pnj-v31; no model prose); neutrality check passed. All dates and times are UTC.