Nearly 40 percent of federal contracts canceled by DOGE aren't expected to save the government any money. That's according to data from the Trump administration.

Of 1,125 federal government contracts that the cost-cutting body recently terminated, 417 will result in zero savings, per a report.

The slash-and-burn effort Musk is leading diverges from what was initially outlined by Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign. DOGE, a nod to Musk's favorite cryptocurrency meme coin, was initially presented as a blue-ribbon commission that would exist outside government.

The confusion over Elon Musk's email that government workers justify their jobs or lose them intensified after the he said they had "another chance" to respond.