{"id":2402360,"date":"2025-02-13T14:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doug-burgum-suggests-interiors-consultants-could-be-targeted-by-doge-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T14:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:22:12","slug":"doug-burgum-suggests-interiors-consultants-could-be-targeted-by-doge-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doug-burgum-suggests-interiors-consultants-could-be-targeted-by-doge-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Burgum suggests Interior\u2019s \u2018consultants\u2019 could be targeted by DOGE &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoug-burgum-suggests-interiors-consultants-could-be-targeted-by-doge-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402360&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Interior Secretary Doug Burgum\u2062 is under\u200b scrutiny \u200bas he aims too <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">reduce unnecessary spending<\/a> on consultants within the Department of the Interior. He indicated that his department would be examined by \u2064the Department \u2062of Government\u200c Efficiency, following similar measures in the Environmental Protection Agency regarding $20 billion in alleged grant overpayments. Burgum intends to investigate the use of \u200dconsultants to determine if the department could handle certain tasks internally, emphasizing the need for efficient management of AmericaS vast natural resources. He also criticized the current \u2063energy prices and linked them \u2062to policies of the \u2062previous governance. As part of his agenda,\u2063 Burgum is committed to revitalizing the country\u2019s energy \u2062production\u200d and aims to achieve\u200d a\u2064 better return on investment for American taxpayers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Doug Burgum suggests Interior&rsquo;s &lsquo;consultants&rsquo; could be targeted by DOGE<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1993236\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Interior Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-burgum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Doug Burgum<\/a> said his department will face scrutiny from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> in the near future, specifically to eliminate unnecessary payments to consultants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Environmental Protection Agency Administrator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lee-zeldin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lee Zeldin<\/a> detailed how he and the agency are seeking to claw back around $20 billion in grant funding, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3319270\/epa-claw-back-20b-gold-bars-climate-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Zeldin accused the Biden administration of rushing out<\/a>. Burgum suggested that similar levels of waste could potentially be found in the interior department and that he and his team are &ldquo;looking everywhere&rdquo; for it.<\/p>\n<p>One area that Burgum and DOGE will look at first is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nps-cited-anti-israel-group-with-lack-of-disclosure-before-violent-protest-permit-shows-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden NPS cited anti-Israel group with lack of disclosure before violent protest, permit shows - Washington Examiner\">interior department&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s grants and consultants, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unearthed-emails-between-nyt-and-interior-department-raises-questions\/\" title=\"Unearthed Emails Between NYT and ... Raises Questions\">secretary asked<\/a>, &ldquo;what is our own team doing?&rdquo; if the department is paying consultants to do its own work.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And this is the thing we&rsquo;ll take a close look at, but every agency has got an opportunity for improvement,&rdquo; Burgum explained on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/em>. &ldquo;But in interior, of course, we&rsquo;ve got real work to do. We have all the national parks, 500 million acres of land, 700 million acres of sub service, 1.7 billion of off shore acres, and President Trump wants us to get a return on investment for the American people on our balance sheet, and our balance sheet, interior, is America&rsquo;s balance sheet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2800604&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=d4e1e44c4242bcd95652efd4d93daa3e\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Burgum added that the Interior Department has people &ldquo;ready to get going&rdquo; on helping the United States revive its energy production, something President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> campaigned on during his 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-manages-to-trigger-leftists-by-doing-something-millions-of-americans-do-every-year\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Manages To Trigger Leftists by Doing Something Millions of Americans Do Every Year\">interior secretary<\/a> also dismissed how energy prices have yet to go down, suggesting the Biden administration worked to &ldquo;shove money out the door&rdquo; right before former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> left the White House. As of Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the national average gas price sits at roughly $3.160 per gallon<\/a>, slightly higher than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revealed-solarwinds-director-sold-45-7-million-in-stock-options-last-week-before-cisa-announcement-sunday\/\" title=\"REVEALED: SolarWinds Director Sold .7 MILLION in Stock Options Last Week Before CISA Announcement Sunday\">average price<\/a> of $3.065 a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum was confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3305737\/senate-confirms-doug-burgum-trump-pro-drilling-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">as interior secretary last month in a 79-18 vote<\/a>, with the majority of Senate Democrats voting for him. Previously, Burgum served two terms as North Dakota&rsquo;s governor as a Republican.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1993236\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1993236\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Burgum indicates DOGE may target Interior&#8217;s consultants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2402363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Burgum-DOGE-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[12577,23466,32286,45047,32171],"class_list":["post-2402360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-doge","tag-doug-burgum","tag-interior-department","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Burgum-DOGE-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402360"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402365,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402360\/revisions\/2402365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}