An investigation by Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has found an agency within the Department of Education known as the Institute of Education Sciences where it is able to get rid of dozens of contracts worth about $900 million.
Madison Biedermann, an agency spokesperson, said the DOGE team has terminated 89 contracts worth $881 million, including $1.5 million to a contractor hired to “observe mailing and clerical operations” at a mail center. Another post said 29 DEI training grants totaling $101 million had been cut. DEI stands for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs which President Trump has targeted across the federal government.
Biedermann said the action will not affect IES’ primary work, including the NAEP assessment, known as the nation’s report card, and the College Scorecard, a database of university costs and outcomes.
