By David Beard, The Weirton Daily Times
MORGANTOWN — A federal building lease canceled in Parkersburg appears to be un-canceled. And Morgantown is seeing a tiny ripple among $20 billion in DOGE contract cancellations.
On the Parkersburg un-cancellation, DOGE had listed the Internal Revenue Service national office there among eight federal office closures across the state. The office is 7,671 square feet, with a $184,015 annual lease. DOGE expected total savings of $306,692 by closing it.
But Business Insider followed up a New York Times report last week that DOGE had removed 136 leases from the list of 793 planned terminations, reducing expected savings from $500 million to $350 million.
A review of the list on Friday shows the Parkersburg IRS office no longer there. The Parkersburg News & Sentinel reported on Wednesday that the office is still open.