Schumer Asks for Documents That Prove a Claim on DOGE’s Website

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has posted an online “the Wall of Receipts,” to provide the proof behind its claims to have cut billions from the federal budget.

But one of the most important receipts is missing.

The group says that it saved $318,310,328 by canceling a “request for proposal” that the Office of Personnel Management put out last year, seeking bids for a potential contract. But it has not provided the request itself.

Neither have the White House or the Office of Personnel Management, despite requests from The New York Times.

On Tuesday, the Senate’s top Democrat sent a letter to Charles Ezell, the acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, requesting that the agency release that document — and proof that it had been canceled.

“By failing to provide clear documentation and denying access to records surrounding this solicitation, O.P.M. has made it impossible to determine whether the cancellation of this proposal resulted in the savings DOGE has claimed,” the senator, Chuck Schumer of New York, wrote in his letter. “The public is left in the dark as to whether these savings are based on real, verifiable data.”