April 03rd, 2025
-$265K for Queens College in New York to research “why BIPOC teens” read Japanese comic books
-$250K to erect “LGBTQ+ historical markers” across Ohio
-Agencies cancelled 47 wasteful contracts with $87.5M ceiling value and $30.2M in savings, including a $3.4M @StateDept management consulting contract for “aviation advisors in Kenya”.
-VA was previously paying ~$380,000/month for minor website modifications. That contract has not been renewed and the same work is now being executed by 1 internal VA software engineer spending ~10 hours/week.
Agencies terminated 80 wasteful contracts today with a ceiling value of $203.6M and savings of $139.1M, including a $2.1M @StateDept management consulting contract for a “senior advisor in the Democratic Republic of Congo”.
-On March 31, 2025, agencies cancelled 109 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $1.1B and savings of $420M, including a $3.1M @ENERGY contract for “website development services” and a $2.7M @CommerceGov contract for “marketing consulting services outreach and engagement support services”.
Each year, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) receives $55M in congressional (taxpayer) funds.
- Prior management would sweep excess funds into its private Endowment (zero congressional oversight).
-In the past 10 years, USIP has transferred ~$13M to its private Endowment, mainly used for private events and travel.
USIP contracts (now cancelled) include:
- $132,000 to Mohammad Qasem Halimi, an ex-Taliban member who was Afghanistan's former Chief of Protocol.
- $2,232,500 to its outside Accountant, who attempted to delete over 1 terabyte of accounting data (now recovered) after new leadership entered the building
- $1,307,061 to the Al Tadhamun Iraqi League for Youth
- $675,000 for private aviation services
-For the past 4 weeks, @SocialSecurity has been executing a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 9.9 million numberholders, all listed age 120+, have now been marked deceased. Another ~2 million to go. back...
-$250K to erect “LGBTQ+ historical markers” across Ohio
-Agencies cancelled 47 wasteful contracts with $87.5M ceiling value and $30.2M in savings, including a $3.4M @StateDept management consulting contract for “aviation advisors in Kenya”.
-VA was previously paying ~$380,000/month for minor website modifications. That contract has not been renewed and the same work is now being executed by 1 internal VA software engineer spending ~10 hours/week.
Agencies terminated 80 wasteful contracts today with a ceiling value of $203.6M and savings of $139.1M, including a $2.1M @StateDept management consulting contract for a “senior advisor in the Democratic Republic of Congo”.
-On March 31, 2025, agencies cancelled 109 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $1.1B and savings of $420M, including a $3.1M @ENERGY contract for “website development services” and a $2.7M @CommerceGov contract for “marketing consulting services outreach and engagement support services”.
Each year, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) receives $55M in congressional (taxpayer) funds.
- Prior management would sweep excess funds into its private Endowment (zero congressional oversight).
-In the past 10 years, USIP has transferred ~$13M to its private Endowment, mainly used for private events and travel.
USIP contracts (now cancelled) include:
- $132,000 to Mohammad Qasem Halimi, an ex-Taliban member who was Afghanistan's former Chief of Protocol.
- $2,232,500 to its outside Accountant, who attempted to delete over 1 terabyte of accounting data (now recovered) after new leadership entered the building
- $1,307,061 to the Al Tadhamun Iraqi League for Youth
- $675,000 for private aviation services
-For the past 4 weeks, @SocialSecurity has been executing a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 9.9 million numberholders, all listed age 120+, have now been marked deceased. Another ~2 million to go. back...
