美国政府问责办公室(GAO)近日发布审计报告，指出特朗普政府下设的政府效率部门(DOGE)在其"收据墙"网站上所报告的节省数据存在严重问题。[1][2]根据审计发现，DOGE声称的110亿美元节省中，存在不正确或缺乏支持证据的情况。[2]具体而言，DOGE未能为其声称节省中的96%提供充分的计算方法验证信息。[2]
在具体案例中，问题更为明显。在264份被确定终止的租赁中，108份在DOGE成立时已处于终止流程中，这些租赁所代表的节省中有1530万美元本不应被计入DOGE的功劳。[1][2]此外，DOGE报告称为终止国防部信息技术服务合同可节省17亿美元，但该合同从未实际被终止。[1][2]DOGE自2月17日开始在网站上发布估计节省数据，至7月7日时累计报告节省110亿美元。[1]
民主党参议员加里·彼得斯表示："埃隆·马斯克和特朗普政府声称了数十亿美元的节省，但无法证实这些数字。"[1]GAO审计指出，缺乏透明的节省计算方法和数据质量问题限制了该网站对政策制定者的价值，并损害了公众对政府的信任。[1]特朗普的行政命令规定DOGE的运作于7月4日终止。[1]
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has determined that the Department of Government Efficiency significantly overstated the savings claimed on its public "receipts" website.[1][2] The audit, which examined DOGE's operations from January 20 through July 7, 2025, found that the department reported $110 billion in savings as of that date, yet lacked adequate documentation to support most of these claims.[1][2]
Among the key findings, auditors identified that of 264 leases DOGE marked for termination, 108 were already in the process of being terminated before the department was established, accounting for $15.3 million of the claimed $53.5 million in savings from lease terminations.[1][2] Additionally, DOGE reported $1.7 billion in savings from a Department of Defense contract for IT services, but the agency took no actual steps to terminate that contract.[1][2] The GAO determined that DOGE failed to provide adequate verification of calculation methods for 96 percent of its claimed savings.[2]
Democratic Senator Gary Peters, who requested the audit, criticized the administration's claims. Peters stated: "Elon Musk and the Trump Administration claimed billions of dollars in savings it could not substantiate."[1] The GAO report noted that the lack of transparent methodology and data quality issues significantly limited the website's value to policymakers and undermined public confidence in government.[1] DOGE began posting estimated savings on February 17, 2025, and ceased operations on July 4 as mandated by President Donald Trump's executive order establishing the department.[1]