It’s a bad day to be a Big Tech mogul.
On May 31, The Wall Street Journal reported that “the government’s monthslong quest to wring savings from federal contractors is widening beyond consulting firms and entering a new phase focused on tech companies.” Agencies are now asking contractors to justify their costs and identify areas to cut — and that’s great news for taxpayers.
President Trump is right to be leading the charge. This stems directly from the executive order he signed in March, directing federal agencies to consolidate procurement — especially IT contracts — under the General Services Administration (GSA), the agency responsible for government contracting. The goal: Eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in the roughly $490 billion the federal government spends each year on goods and services.
Since the order’s implementation, over 11,000 contracts across 60 agencies have been canceled, saving taxpayers an estimated $33 billion. That’s the kind of accountability Americans have been demanding.
The next place to look should be Microsoft and the crony deal it secured from the Biden administration just days before President Trump returned to office.
In mid-2024, while most corporations were quietly backing away from divisive DEI programs under mounting public, political, and legal pressure, Microsoft made a different choice. In July 2024, the company publicly reaffirmed its commitment to these policies, stating: “Our focus on diversity and inclusion is unwavering and we are holding firm on our expectations, prioritizing accountability, and continuing to focus on this work.”
At a time when even left-leaning companies were abandoning race-based programming and ESG mandates, Microsoft proudly doubled down — and it may have been handsomely rewarded for it.
Just five days before President Biden left office in January 2025, his administration quietly finalized a sweeping technology contract with Microsoft through the GSA. There was no press release, no announcement, just a last-minute deal that handed even more federal infrastructure over to a politically connected, DEI-entrenched corporation.