# 2025-03527: President's DOGE Initiative Targets Government Waste and Spending

2025-03527, Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency Initiative, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-03-03, effective 2025-02-26 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-03527
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-03527
- Title: Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency Initiative
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 11095
- Published: 2025-03-03
- Effective: 2025-02-26
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

President's DOGE Initiative Targets Government Waste and Spending

## Summary

The new order makes sure federal agencies spend your tax dollars wisely by tracking every contract and grant with clear reasons. It affects all government agencies (except the President’s own office) and kicks off a tech upgrade to keep spending transparent and accountable starting now. This means smarter spending and better savings for taxpayers across the board!

## Effects PRIA read

- Public Posting of Payment Justifications: benefit, low. Agencies must create systems to record every payment under covered contracts and grants and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, post the brief, written justification for those payments publicly. This posting requirement takes effect as soon as each agency’s system is established under the orde…
- 30-Day Review to Cut Contract and Grant Spending: benefit, medium. Each agency must review all covered contracts and grants and, where appropriate and consistent with law, terminate or modify them to reduce overall Federal spending; the review must be completed within 30 days of February 26, 2025 and must prioritize funds disbursed to educational institutions and…
- Fast Real Property Inventory and Disposition: benefit, medium. Agencies must update the Federal Real Property Profile within 7 days of February 26, 2025, identify lease termination rights within 30 days, and the Administrator of General Services must submit a plan for disposing of unneeded Government-owned real property to OMB within 60 days of February 26, 20…

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## Sources
- [2025-03527 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/03/2025-03527/implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency-cost-efficiency-initiative)
- [2025-03527 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-03/pdf/2025-03527.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-03527 (as of 2026-11-04).