Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have been slashing federal funding to various departments, agencies, and grants. With many grants given to local universities and non profits facing an uncertain future. 

One way in which federal money is allocated is in the form of federal leases, in which the government buys property, usually to serve as offices for federal agencies. In the city of Worcester, Musk terminated two leases, one of which was for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and another for the US Trustee Program. 

Worcester was not the only city in Massachusetts that was affected by the slash in federal funds. According to the Worcester Business Journal, The Office for the Food and Drug Administration was shut down in the City of Boylston, for example. In total, the cuts resulting from terminations of federal leases total 22 million dollars in the state of Massachusetts. Worcester officials have not responded to the closings.