The U.S. General Services Administration has saved $1 million by converting decades-old information storage technology, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Friday.
In a post on X, DOGE said that the agency, which supplies office space, transportation and other basic services to federal agencies, saved money by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes to permanent modern digital records.
The move is part of the Elon Musk-led group’s mission to get rid of wasteful government spending.
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Earlier this week, the group said 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.
While combing through loads and loads of data, DOGE discovered a previous contract by the VA for its website maintenance.
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“Good work by @DeptVetAffairs,” DOGE said in an X post 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.”
GAS said on Thursday it will save $4.5 million by “optimizing leases & reducing our footprint” with less unused office space.
“Smart moves like this mean more efficiency & better spaces for agencies to deliver for the American people,” a GSA post on X states.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the GSA, but did not hear back by the time of publication.
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