From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics
Subject: Re: Proof Liberals Have ZERO Sense of Humour
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:35:01 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-02-17 17:49, AlleyCat wrote:
>
> On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 16:51:05 -0800, Alan says...
>
>>> "Receipts coming over the weekend!"
>>>
>>> You gonna piss and moan if they have to work on their website a
>>> few more days, to straighten out the kinks?
>
>> You gonna make excuses like this forever?
>
> Nope.
>
> Oops.
>
> DOGE Department of Government Efficiency
>
> The people voted for major reform.
>
> Savings
>
> Let's balance the budget! DOGE's total estimated savings are $55
> billion, which is a combination of fraud detection/deletion,
> contract/lease cancellations, contract/lease renegotiations, asset
> sales, grant cancellations, workforce reductions, programmatic
> changes, and regulatory savings.
>
> We are working to upload all of this data in a digestible and fully
> transparent manner with clear assumptions, consistent with
> applicable rules and regulations. To get started, listed below are a
> subset of contract and lease cancellations; for the former, the
> contracts listed are those that have been posted publicly on
> www.fpds.gov. Note that the FPDS posting of the final termination
> notices can have up to a 1-month lag. These specific listed
> contracts account for approx. 20% of overall DOGE savings.
>
> Last updated February 17, 2025. This will initially be updated twice
> per week; over time, the website will improve and the updates will
> converge to real-time.
>
> https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/jsp/viewLinkController.jsp?
> agencyID=9507&PIID=9523ZY19F0048&modNumber=P00001&idvAgencyID=&idvPIID=GS02F026DA&contractType=AWARD
How was this WASTE, Phil?
"Renew West print subscriptions for various legal titles for eight
different accounts in every CFTC location."
Do you know what West Publishing Corporation publishes, Phil?
"West (also known by its original name, West Publishing) is a business
owned by Thomson Reuters that publishes legal, business, and regulatory
information in print, and on electronic services such as Westlaw. "
You don't think that US government entities need to know the laws and
rulings, doofus?
And for the record, this is straight off of doge.gov:
'WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION
Total Contract $21,382
Savings $0'
> https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/jsp/viewLinkController.jsp?
> agencyID=9507&PIID=9523ZY21P0041&modNumber=P00003&idvAgencyID=&idvPIID=&contractType=AWARD
> https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/jsp/viewLinkController.jsp?
> agencyID=955F&PIID=9531CB23F0100&modNumber=P00002&idvAgencyID=&idvPIID=03310319D0026&contractType=AWARD
> https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/jsp/viewLinkController.jsp?
> agencyID=955F&PIID=9531CB24C0024&modNumber=P00001&idvAgencyID=&idvPIID=&contractType=AWARD
> https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/jsp/viewLinkController.jsp?
> agencyID=955F&PIID=9531CB25P0012&modNumber=P00001&idvAgencyID=&idvPIID=&contractType=AWARD
> https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/jsp/viewLinkController.jsp?
> agencyID=955F&PIID=9531CB25P0014&modNumber=P00002&idvAgencyID=&idvPIID=&contractType=AWARD
> https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/
> establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-
> government-efficiency/
>
> Top 10 Agencies: Total Contract Savings
>
> USAID(US Agency for International Development) ED(Department of
> Education) OPM(Office of Personnel Management) HHS(Health and Human
> Services) USDA(Department of Agriculture) DHS(Department of Homeland
> Security) GSA(General Services Administration) Commerce(Department
> of Commerce) EPA(Environmental Protection Agency) HUD(Housing and
> Urban Development)
But no actual figures...
>
> Top 10 Agencies: Contract Savings as % of Budget
>
> USAID(US Agency for International Development) CFPB(Consumer
> Financial Protection Bureau) EOP(Executive Office of the President)
> GSA(General Services Administration) ED(Department of Education)
> OPM(Office of Personnel Management) DHS(Department of Homeland
> Security) Commerce(Department of Commerce) EPA(Environmental
> Protection Agency) USDA(Department of Agriculture)
But no actual figures...
> Wall of Receipts
>
> A transparent account of DOGE's findings and actions. Contracts
>
> Real Estate Main AgencyLocationSq FtSaved DEPARTMENT OF STATEMIAMI,
> FL3,076 $112,278 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICECINCINNATI,
> OH3,068 $75,739 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEKANSAS CITY51,138
> $900,000 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATIONO"FALLON, IL4,599
> $99,000 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATIONFAIRBORN, OH2,983 $51,000
> DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESATLANTA, GA119,812
> $2,473,060
>
Some of those are quite interesting. For example:
'DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, KANSAS CITY, 51,138(sq.ft), $900,000'
They chalk that up as "saving" $1,275,000...
...but also say:
'Tenant will relocate into another local building.'
So that's going to be free, is it?