Governor Ron DeSantis held a news conference on Monday morning to announce the statewide DOGE task force, focused on reducing government spending.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a new “comprehensive initiative” on Monday focused on government efficiency in Florida while praising the efforts of DOGE at the federal level.

The governor plans to eliminate more than 700 state jobs and use AI to investigate and “eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy,” he said.

DeSantis also said all state universities will be audited for what he calls any unnecessary spending and classes that don't need to be taught.

Ron DeSantis announced Monday a new state program ... some of what we've seen in Washington that they're doing with Elon Musk and apply it to Florida," DeSantis told reporters in Tampa.

Ron DeSantis announced a Florida version of the Department of ... “I’m excited about this effort to take some of what we’ve seen in Washington that they’re doing with Elon Musk and apply it to Florida,” DeSantis said at a press conference in ...

In a move inspired by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk, Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered the creation of a DOGE team in Florida

The state task force will use AI to make spending cuts and mirror the efforts controversially spearheaded by Elon Musk at the federal level.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference in his state yesterday in order to tout his own state version of Elon Musk's DOGE agency.