10 consulting firms’ contracts with government are in DOGE’s sights

Federal agencies have now been asked by DOGE to review their spending as well as contract costs with consulting firms. The 10 major firms whose contracts with the government are now under review include Deloitte, Booz Allen Hamilton, Accenture, General Dynamics, Leidos, Guidehouse, HII Mission Technologies Corp, Science Applications International Corporation, CGI Federal, and International Business Machines Corporation, according to Business Insider.

The list of 10 firms earns billions of dollars a year performing outsourced tasks in contracts with different federal agencies. They are usually hired to advise the federal government on how to asses as well as advise the government on how to perform its functions better.

Deloitte, in the 2024 financial year, earned just 9 percent of its revenue from contracts with the government. Consulting firms like Booz Allen Hamilton, however, heavily rely on contracts with the government.

The consulting firm separated from its private sector consulting arm in 2008 and nearly all its revenue comes via government contracts at around $11 billion. Leidos Holdings is a consulting firm that provides technology for national security purposes. Many of the consoling firms work directly with the Defense Department.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Executives from Booz Allen, Ernst and Young, as well as other major consulting firms met with the Trump administration in recent weeks in an attempt to convince the administration to not cancel their contracts with the government.

The firms are being asked to "defend the spend," and explain why their services are key to the goals of the Trump administration. Josh Gruenbaum, the Federal Acquisition Service commissioner in the General Services Administration (GSA) said, “The private sector provides incredible products that help make the government better. We value their partnership, which is why we’re meeting with them. We welcome them working with us to decrease our excessive government spending while continuing to provide the essential services the government needs.”

Gruenbaum, however, stressed that the meetings with the consulting firms are needed because of the debts the United States has accrued over time.