▲ | FergusArgyll 2 days ago | |
"By examining past versions of the contract listed on the Federal Procurement Data System, The Upshot determined that the federal award, approved in September 2022, had initially listed a total value of $8 billion. But on Jan. 22 this year, that figure was updated to $8 million... It's possible that DOGE or someone else in the Trump administration can claim credit for fixing the error in the contracting database, given that the value was downgraded to $8 million two days after President Trump took office. " -NYT TFA So Bureaucracy incompetence, mistake is around for >2 years, DOGE fixes it. Screenshot and FPDS DB were out of sync, "PDS posting of the final termination notices can have up to a 1-month lag." | ||
▲ | matwood 2 days ago | parent [-] | |
It was a typo. No one was paid that amount and wouldn't have been paid that amount. If fixing a typo in a reporting system is a huge win for you I guess...ok. |