{"id":2410460,"date":"2025-03-06T11:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doge-terminates-obama-presidential-library-lease\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T11:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:52:26","slug":"doge-terminates-obama-presidential-library-lease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doge-terminates-obama-presidential-library-lease\/","title":{"rendered":"DOGE Terminates Obama Presidential Library Lease"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fdoge-terminates-obama-presidential-library-lease%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=2410460&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>Elon musk&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has\u2064 canceled the lease for the Barack Obama\u200b Presidential Library in Chicago, which was planned to be relocated already, as part of a strategy to\u2063 shrink the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-7-million-covid-vaccines-given-in-u-s-with-70-of-available-doses-unused\/\" title=\"6.7 million COVID Vaccines Given in U.S. With 70% of Available Doses Unused\">federal government&#8217;<\/a>s \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deplorable-and-predatory-behavior-the-lincoln-project-condemns-cofounder-after-nyt-reports-he-allegedly-sexually-harassed-14-year-old-boy\/\" title=\"\u2018Deplorable And Predatory Behavior\u2019: The Lincoln Project Condemns Cofounder After NYT Reports He Allegedly Sexually Harassed 14-Year-Old Boy\">physical presence<\/a>. The National Archives adn Records Management, which has\u200b been leasing the facility as 2016 at a \u200ccost of $1.4 million \u200cannually, \u200binitially intended to vacate the site. This \u200bdecision is \u200bprojected to save $5 million yearly across multiple facilities, with archivists emphasizing the intention to\u200b reinvest these savings \u200dinto digital initiatives. <\/p>\n<p>In \u200dtotal,DOGE has terminated around 748 federal leases nationwide,claiming a potential savings of approximately $660 million. Notably, the library currently houses over 35,000 artifacts from the Obama presidency, along with \u2064digitization efforts underway for archival materials. The library&#8217;s collections will eventually be moved to a\u200b new \u200dpermanent site in College park, Maryland, while the larger Obama presidential Center\u200b in \u200cChicago, which is\u2063 still under construction, will open next year. Some critics have suggested that the cancellation may have political undertones \u200bor \u2063be \u200ban exaggerated claim of savings.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency canceled the lease for the Barack Obama Presidential Library in Chicago, although the program was already slated to move elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>The DOGE nixed the lease as part of a broad effort to reduce the physical footprint of the federal government, according to a Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/03\/03\/musks-doge-says-its-closing-hoffman-estates-obama-presidential-library-site-but-federal-officials-had-already-announced-lease-ending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the Chicago Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>But the federal officials with the National Archives and Records Administration who run the Barack Obama Presidential Library had previously planned to leave the property.<\/p>\n<p>The agency has been leasing the facility since 2016 and has paid $1.4 million in rent each year.<\/p>\n<p>The end of the Chicago lease, as well as four other facilities, is estimated to save $5 million per year, Archivist of the U.S. Colleen Shogan said last year.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The decision to close facilities was not made lightly,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These changes will allow us to invest in digital transformation, expanding access, improving customer service and increasing public engagement with the history of our nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The website for DOGE meanwhile listed the cancellation of some 748 federal leases across all 50 states and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>That included the National Archives facility that currently holds the Barack Obama Presidential Library.<\/p>\n<p>The list claimed $660 million in total cost savings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/unprecedented-elons-chainsaw-digs-irs-least-113-offices-closing-almost-every-soft-term-lease-nuked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOGE<\/a> also canceled contracts for a $168,000 exhibit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doge-finds-shocking-168k-special-contract-anthony-fauci-terminates-immediately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honoring<\/a> Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institutes of Health Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Tiefer, a retired University of Baltimore professor and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">government contracting expert<\/a>, asserted to the Tribune that the move may have come from &ldquo;some particular malice toward the real estate holding the archives for the last really popular two-term president.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But it&rsquo;s more likely that it&rsquo;s fakery about unrealized savings, the same as in hundreds of other contracts,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The library is currently used as a storage site for over 35,000 artifacts from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-deputies-look-shatter-obama-legacy-shutting-catch-release-loophole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama<\/a> years.<\/p>\n<p>The items in storage include a jeweled sword from Saudi Arabia, dresses worn by former First Lady Michelle Obama to inauguration ceremonies, and a baseball signed by the 2010 San Francisco Giants.<\/p>\n<p>The library is located in northwest Chicago in the Hoffman Estates neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with the National Archives have been working to digitize the records held there and are planning to open the first digital presidential library this year.<\/p>\n<p>The artifacts, as well as millions of hard copies of documents, will be moved to a new permanent location in College Park, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>The library is different from the much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poetic-justice-obama-library-delayed-discrimination-lawsuits-environmental-injunctions-enrichment-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">larger<\/a> Obama Presidential Center in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, which is expected to open next year.<\/p>\n<p>The building is still under construction and has cost $830 million to erect, thus far.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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