DOGE slashes over $5 million by cutting thousands of unused software licenses

The Department of Executive Efficiency DOGE saved over million a year after discovering several agencies paid for far more utility than they were in fact using For example the IRS was paying for licenses for program but only used Once DOGE discovered the waste it cut the remaining of the licenses Agencies often have more application licenses than employees and the licenses are often idle i e paid for but not installed on any computer DOGE wrote in a post on X These audits have been continuously run since first posted in February The Department of Labor slashed of unused project planning system licenses DOGE noted and the Securities and Exchange Commission cut of the remote desktop program programs it was paying for after finding the commission was only using of the programs TOP MOST OF OUTRAGEOUS PROCEDURES THE EXECUTIVE HAS WASTED YOUR TAXES AS UNCOVERED BY ELON MUSK'S DOGEAccording to DOGE the three changes saved over million a year DOGE raised a red flag in February that agencies were paying for more system licenses than employees when it shared a post about the U S General Services Administration GSA With employees GSA was paying for licenses for WinZip a initiative used to archive and compress files DOGE'S GREATEST HITS LOOK BACK AT THE DEPARTMENT'S PREPONDERANCE HIGH-PROFILE CUTS DURING TRUMP'S FIRST DAYSThe agency also pays for training system subscriptions project management application seats for a division with only employees and three different ticketing systems The most of fresh post comes as billionaire Elon Musk actions down as the face of DOGE While DOGE was tasked with cutting trillion from the budget its efforts led to roughly billion in savings due to asset sales contract cancellations fraud payment cuts and other methods to eliminate costs according to an update on DOGE s website MUSK SAYS DOGE SET TO TOP B IN FRAUD SAVINGS IN FY The savings translate to about in per taxpayer the website notes Musk explained reporters in the Oval Office Friday the savings will continue to build and he is confident total cuts will amount to trillion in the coming years CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The DOGE influence will only grow stronger Musk disclosed I liken it to a sort of person of Buddhism It's like a way of life so it is permeating throughout the authorities And I'm confident that over time we'll see trillion of savings and a reduction in trillion of waste fraud reduction Fox News Digital s Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this summary