Doges Zombie contracts: They were killed, but are brought to life

At least 44 of the state contracts that have been canceled on orders of Elon Musk's cost reduction were revived by federal authorities and more than $ 220 million of the alleged savings of his group, as can be seen from an analysis of the federal expenses in New York Times.

But the group of Mr. Musk continues to list 43 of these contracts as “terminations” on the website, which it refers to as “wall of the receipts”. The group even added a few days or weeks after it had resurrected again. The result was another in a number of data errors on the website, which the group more successful in reducing government costs.

The White House says that this is a paperwork delay that is remedied.

The revived contracts ranged from small agreements to software licenses to large partnerships with providers who managed state data and records. Most contracts were canceled in February and March when Mr. Musk's group, the efficiency of the government's efficiency, demanded that agencies submit enormous expenses and employees.

Then they restored the agencies, sometimes only a few days later. In one case, the Environmental Protection Agency revived a contract after only 2½ hours. The group of Mr. Musk listened to this for weeks, even after it was revived and then expanded – so that it will now cost more than before.

These reversals not only illustrate the fights of Mr. Musk's team to create precise data about his results, but also to reduce the disadvantages of his fast, secret approach to reducing expenses in the context of comprehensive efforts to reduce 1 billion US dollar from US dollar in a few months.

Claims said that the group of Mr. Musk had recommended that his hurry to kill contracts that would probably not remain dead. Some were prescribed by law. Others required skills that the government needed but not.