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I found and posted that here Monday before the NYT:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43084891

Apparently DOGE are the ones that did it first. DOGE were the ones to update the value to the $8M from $8B that was incorrectly in the system.

So they reported they saved $8 billion after discovering it was really $8 million?

I'm not sure that's better.

No, they were the ones who found that someone entered $8B in the system, asked them to change it to $8M. They never reported saving $8B in their own savings for this program. The numbers they used are tied into the systems so it only updates with the system.

DOGE did claim $8B in savings on their own system on Monday. That's the whole article is about. There's even a screenshot.

The $8B -> $8M change was made in Federal Procurement System on January 22nd.

So if DOGE is who found the issue in the procurement system originally, that means they lied about saving $8B weeks after they discovered it was only for $8M.

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