Trump Orders Agencies to Review All Contracts for Waste With DOGE

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 26 that gives new cost-cutting directives to all federal agencies while they coordinate with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The order directs departments to immediately review all contracts and grants for “waste, fraud, and abuse,” and justify and publicly release government payments and travel expenses, where possible. The General Services Administration will also create a plan for offloading any unnecessary government-owned or leased real estate property. Trump is also ordering agency heads to work with DOGE team members at their agencies to “review and terminate all unnecessary contracts.” Wednesday’s order is the latest from the Trump administration directing federal agencies to coordinate with Elon Musk’s DOGE as the team works to cut government spending and decrease the size of the federal workforce....