{
  "id": 17234,
  "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2026/08/doge-took-credit-savings-never-happened-watchdog-finds/415265",
  "title": "DOGE took credit for savings that never happened, watchdog finds",
  "summary": "The Department of Government Efficiency claimed tens of billions of dollars in savings on its infamous “Wall of Receipts,” but the Government Accountability Office found it touted savings that never happened and could not be substantiated.",
  "authors": "Christian Robles",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "transparency",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-06T18:32:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-07T05:10:58.501Z",
  "source_slug": "x-nextgov-fcw",
  "source_name": "NextGov/FCW",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.nextgov.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17234",
  "original_url": "https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2026/08/doge-took-credit-savings-never-happened-watchdog-finds/415265",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}