The Minister of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced on Friday that the department ended nearly 80 contracts, including for a Brazilian forest and gender adviser and a Midden -American consultant for gender assessment.
Rollins said that the 78 contracts that were active under the Biden administration amounted to more than $ 132 million in total, and that more than 1,000 contracts are assessed for possible termination.
The findings come after a review of the Elon Musk-Leiden Department of Government Efficiency, of which Rollins said it will help the agricultural department to stop waste expenditure.
“I welcome Doge’s efforts at USDA because we know that the work makes us better, stronger, faster and more efficient. I will expect full access and transparency in the coming days and weeks,” Rollins said.
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Brooke Rollins Secretary of Agriculture speaks on February 14, 2025 with members of the press outside the White House in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
The $ 132 million in ended contracts Contains $ 374,000 for a diversity, equity and inclusion on Onboarding specialist, $ 254,000 for dialogue workshops for diversity, $ 298,000 for international development for historical interpreting communities, $ 229,000 for a Brazilian forest and gender consultant, $ 121,000 for a women’s and forestoplane And $ 29,000 for a mentoring of the forest and $ 29,000 a Midden -American consultant for sex rating.
Rollins has previously published a memo to officially engage all programs for diversity, fairness, inclusion and accessibility to concentrate on unity, equality and meritocracy instead.
Now the agricultural department has canceled 948 training courses of employees, 758 of which are only focused on dei. The other canceled training courses related to topics, including environmental justice and gender ideology.
Brooke Rollins speaks on Friday, February 14, 2025 with members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Another terminated contract was an “African and Central Eastern and Latin -America and Caribbean regions for training, education and access to professional and economic opportunities for women and to increase their participation in adaptation activities for climate change” of a total of $ 91,000.
There was also a bus for electric vehicles for electric vehicles for $ 33,000 and a Hawaii Conference Room rental for a meeting of the Agriculture Department of 100 people on biodiversity for $ 11,000.
The agricultural department has also reduced $ 277 million for media contracts, including subscriptions to Politico Pro, a news and information service that offers resources such as following legislation. Polrico said that the overwhelming majority of the Subscribers of Politico Pro was in the private sector.
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A sign of the Ministry of Agriculture can be seen on the USDA entrance in Washington DC, on December 18, 2022. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu Agency)
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Federal agencies and legislators, including republicans in the congress, are subscribed to Politico Pro, but the White house Recently announced that the administration would eliminate subscriptions to some news organizations as part of a plan to reduce government spending.
The agricultural department, Rollins said, also tries to optimize its workforce by eliminating positions that are no longer necessary, so that his employees have to return to the office and move employees to the heart of the nation.
