Musk’s Doge follows government consultants. Who will create the list?

Doge’s goal of removing $1 trillion from government budgets is not limited to federal employees. Consultants also need to prove their worth. What was their reaction? “Our only job is to help our clients save money in the long term.” Is it enough? Now, you have to decide on the musk.

The General Services Administration (GSA) reports that it has asked all federal agencies to list and justify consulting agreements from the 10 companies by the end of this week.

There is a long history of consulting companies that make a lot of money from government inefficiency. In the United States, they are hired to support governments on a wide range of tasks, including making the Department of Homeland Security website safer and easier to use, and making it safer and easier to use for those who borrow money from schools.

This looks very vague. Some sort of USAID for the US? However, not all government transactions are at equal risk. GSA wants to remove the so-called “OASIS” contracts that cover specialized services such as accounting, engineering, logistics and banking services.

This means that companies that provide services based on technologies such as cybersecurity and AI are less likely to be affected. Even Mask is an engineer and believes in technology. Palantir Technologies, an AI-powered data analytics company, is co-founded and run by Peter Thiel, who has worked with Musk for a long time.

Defense is what the Palantiers do their best, and the US government gave 42% of their revenue last year. Even with prices drop recently, stock prices have doubled since November. There are still some downsides. Knowledge of mask skills gives the consultants involved space to ask the right questions. Perhaps the risk is even higher.

Consultant companies at risk of mask x

According to the GSA, the 10 consulting companies are expected to receive more than $65 billion in fees over the next few years. Companies are Deloitte Consulting LLP, Accenture Federal Services LLC, General Dynamics IT, Booz Allen Hamilton, Leidos, Guidehouse, Hill Mission Technologies Corp., Science Applications International Corp., CGI Federal, and IBM.

Cutting down some of these contracts means musk and doge milestones.

Stephen Ehikian, written by acting GSA administrator, “In line with the Trump administration’s goals and instructions to eliminate waste, reduce spending and increase efficiency, the US General Services Agency has taken its first step with a government-wide initiative to eliminate non-essential consulting contracts.” This shows support for Doge.

Let’s take a look at the companies that are making the most profitable. Booze Allen Hamilton is the biggest beneficiary and the most open of the large consultants. The business split from the private sector consulting sector in 2008.

Now, almost all of that income comes from the public sector. This amount increased to $11 billion last fiscal year. This is more than twice as much as 10 years ago. This is huge.

Booz Allen CEO Horacio Rozanski says the company is well aligned with the Trump administration’s priorities and has already spoken with staff about how to deploy technology in areas such as space defense and fraud reduction. However, since Donald Trump was elected in November, its shares have fallen 43%.

Next is Leidos Holdings. I’m employed to work in hacking, encryption key management and other fields. Last year, Leidos received $9 billion, the latest amount being $37 million from the Department of Defense.

This translates to approximately 87% of the company’s total revenue. Meanwhile, Leidos Holdings stock fell by more than a third. I think investors are afraid of the Trump government, but you probably saw this coming.

Accenture also earns around 8% of its revenue from the US government. However, last month, the company lost about 14% of its market value.

Americans’ attitude towards Doge Cuts

This is a huge blow to the Americans. Federal workers will lose their jobs, businesses will lose their government funds, and of course more people will lose their jobs. In fact, according to economists, the number of layoffs for Elon Musk’s Doge can be much higher than most people think.

The 1 million job cuts associated with Doge could be much higher than the frequently mentioned 300,000 cuts. The 300,000 cuts do not take into account the impact on the 5.2 million federal contractors working for the government, as both Musk and Trump’s governments are targeted simultaneously.

It’s not good for financial markets as Doge layoffs have high unemployment rates and government stimuli could slow GDP growth. However, these issues may only last a short time for assets to gain a long-term boost from a more stable fiscal outlook, according to Michael Wilson, head of US equity strategy at Morgan Stanley.

Photographed on February 28th, 2025. Source: Flickr

According to Americans who may not understand much, at least what they expect is a lower standard of living and perhaps a lower tax. If that doesn’t happen, the government has questions to answer.

Something else exciting for Americans is that when everything is said and done, they will get the money Doge has raised. There is Trump’s proposal to give American citizens 20% of their savings from Doge’s cost-cutting measures. Additionally, the same amount will be used to repay federal obligations.

If implemented, checks of up to $5,000 can be sent per household after Musk-led Doge finishes their work in July 2026. It’s not bad. But this is a year away. That’s not a guarantee yet.

Americans are still slimy about the Doge as they are torn apart about their mission. Certainly they are under the federal opinion, but they may be ready to hold back on that deep flaw as long as they deliver their merchandise.