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Ron DeSantis Announces Launch of DOGE for Florida Government

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the creation of the Florida State Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) task force, which will work to further eliminate waste within state government, save taxpayers money, and ensure accountability in Florida.

“Florida has set the standard for fiscally conservative governance, and our new Florida DOGE task force will do even more to serve the people of Florida,” said Desantis said in an official statement. “It will eliminate redundant boards and commissions, review state university and college operations and spending, utilize artificial intelligence to further examine state agencies to uncover hidden waste, and even audit the spending habits of local entities to shine the light on waste and bloat.”

Florida Republican State Rep. Tiffany Esposito, who represents the Ft. Myers area, submitted HB 305 earlier this week, which called for the state to create a DOGE department similar to the one recently launched by President Donald Trump’s administration.

According to a press release from DeSantis’ office, Florida’s DOGE will:

Implement a multi-pronged approach to eliminating bureaucratic bloat and modernizing our state government to best serve the people of Florida.

  • Utilize AI and new technologies to identify waste and noncompliance.
  • Abolish an additional 70 boards and commissions this year.
  • Conduct a deep dive into all facets of college and university operations and spending and make recommendations to the Board of Governors and State Board of Education to eliminate any wasteful spending.
  • Utilize AI to supplement ongoing efforts to review operations at our state agencies and identify more ways to cut unnecessary spending and eliminate bureaucracy.
  • Look into local government expenditures by utilizing publicly available county and municipal spending records to expose bloat within local governance.
  • Aid DOGE’s federal efforts to save taxpayers’ money by returning unused or surplus federal dollars allocated to the state.

Read the enacting Executive Order here.

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