Here a DOGE, there a DOGE, everywhere a DOGE.
And they’ve adopted quirky names, including the GOAT committee in Wisconsin and FLOGE in Florida.
One state even has a BullDOGEr on the case.
The state auditor would lead the group, alongside 20 members of the public.
Democratic leaders are more circumspect.
And many expressed fear over the prospect of losing funding at both the federal level and the state level.
Oklahoma, Iowa, North Carolina, oh my
In Oklahoma, Republican Gov.
Kevin Stitt announced the launch of DOGE-OK early last month during his State of the State address.
Kim Reynolds of Iowa, meanwhile, signed an executive order last month to create a state DOGE.
But she said it planned to prioritize efficient spending and technology like artificial intelligence.
“I’m not trying to go on a witch hunt,” Kidwell said.
“I’m going on a tax hunt.”
“Why can’t these issues be addressed through the usual executive oversight?”
“It does have a kind of gimmicky feel to it.”
“If there’s wasteful spending, it happened on his watch,” she said.
Stitt and Reynolds say their tenures are a selling point.
“I would like to talk about a lot of things with Elon,” she said.
He’s “arguably the most successful person in our country,” she added.
Nedweski said that the federal DOGE may inspire even more downstream copycats.
He described it as “most akin to a spring cleaning.”
“No one’s for waste, fraud, and abuse,” he said.
“But obviously, one person’s waste is another person’s vital program.”
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