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Subject: Re: Proof Liberals Have ZERO Sense of Humour
From: marika <marika5000@gmail.com>
Organization: Forte - www.forteinc.com
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:40:27 GMT
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 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
Thanks
The books would cost a lot more
>
> 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?
>