SEC Chair Says DOGE Found $90M in Cost Savings, but Public Receipts Don’t Add Up

SEC chair says DOGE found $90M in cost savings, but public receipts don’t add up

Welcoming the Department of Government Efficiency into the Securities and Exchange Commission has resulted in $90 million in cost savings at the independent financial regulator, Chairman Paul Atkins told lawmakers this week — but a FedScoop review of DOGE data found the current total to be tens of millions of dollars less than that estimate. Appearing before a House Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday, Atkins said members of DOGE “already have b…

Duval DOGE says it's found $20M in unspent funds

City Council members on the Special Committee on Duval DOGE say they’ve found another $1.869 million in unspent capital project funding, bringing the committee’s total to $19.684 million since April. Directors of the city Departments of Public Works and Parks, Recreation and Community Services worked with the City Council auditors to find a handful of additional projects with no expense active since October 2023 that could be considered closed. …