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FergusArgylllast Thursday at 9:21 AM1 replyview on HN

"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."


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matwoodlast Thursday at 9:35 AM

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.