Musk's firms receive billions in contracts

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As Musk works to slash federal spending, his own firms have received billions in government contracts

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Elon Musk's companies SpaceX and Tesla have received billions in federal contracts over the last decade .

NASA is the single largest customer of Musk 's company SpaceX.

SpaceX has earned more than $13 billion in contracts from NASA , second only to the amount awarded to the California Institute of Technology .

Musk is the head of the Department of Government Efficiency , which is trying to cut government spending.

Musk has promised transparency within DOGE 's work, but so far that's been limited to posting quick overviews of federal contracts it has terminated.

Unlike cabinet level officials and most high-ranking political appointees, special government employees go through the OGE 's financial disclosure and ethics review process without disclosing their financial interests.

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