The website detailing alleged federal cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) includes 11 Minnesota offices whose leases are about to be terminated.
The offices are spread across the state, with some in the Twin Cities and others in greater Minnesota.
They include an Indian Health Service area office in Bemidji, two National Park offices, and two IRS offices. The federal cuts have also had an impact on a mining office in northern Minnesota.
Since Donald Trump was elected as the 47th President, tech billionaire Elon Musk and his team at DOGE have made significant changes to federal agencies, resulting in mass layoffs in various sectors, canceled contracts, and frozen grants.
Its website claims it has saved $105 billion by cutting funds across the country, but numerous reports suggest that the agency is exaggerating the amount of savings realized.
The DOGE website lists the following 11 Minnesota officers, claiming that canceling their leases will save a total of $1.5 million. There is no information on the DOGE website about the impact this will have on the services provided at these facilities.
Here’s a list of the places impacted by DOGE’s federal cuts:
- Indian Health Service in Bemidji : $133,916
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in South St. Paul : $48,315
- Internal Revenue Service National Office in St. Cloud : $81,992
- Farm Service Agency – County in Baudette : $22,509
- Internal Revenue Service National Office in Bloomington : $653,701
- National Park Service in Crane Lake : $44,476
- Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division in Minneapolis : $99,407
- Employment Standards Administration, Office of Contract Compliance PR in Minneapolis : $136,192
- Mine Safety Health Administration in Hibbing : $49,581
- National Park Service in St. Paul : $210,810
- Federal Highway Administration in St. Paul : $114,723
Senators raise alarm over Indian Health Service termination
Sens. Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar have written a letter demanding an explanation for the termination of the Indian Health Service lease in Bemidji, which provides health services to 34 Travel Nations and four Indian health programs in five states.
“Thousands of members of federally recognized Tribal Nations receive healthcare within the Bemidji Area Office’s purview,” they informed us. “This includes emergency care, treatment for substance use disorders, mental health, primary, specialty, and dental care, among other things.
Without an operational Area Office, recipients of this care will experience immediate service disruptions and health consequences. It is unconscionable to jeopardize the health of children and families in this manner.”
The senators want to know whether the US General Services Administration intends to terminate the lease and what plans are in place to prevent service disruptions.
