nbcmiami.com: Lawmakers propose Florida's own Department of Government Efficiency

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nbcmiami.com - Lawmakers propose Florida's own Department of Government Efficiency

Leading the charge in this effort is Florida Rep. Tiffany Esposito, a Republican from Deltona, who is proposing a bill that would create a "Florida DOGE" or "FLOGE."

By Julian Quintana • Published February 23, 2025 • Updated on February 23, 2025 at 5:08 pm

With the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, aiming at the federal government by attempting to cut jobs, the idea of reducing bureaucracy is appealing to Florida lawmakers who want to do the same.

Leading the charge in this effort is Florida Rep. Tiffany Esposito, a Republican from Deltona, who is proposing a bill that would create a "Florida DOGE" or "FLOGE."

To combat what several lawmakers refer to as unnecessary red tape, Florida Bill HB305 will allow lawmakers to have more control over administrative rules. Some other key aspects of the bill are to introduce automatic expiration dates for state agency rules that are deemed outdated and to have cost-benefit analyses for new regulations.

Esposito has outlined that Florida has over 170,000 regulatory restrictions and aims to streamline that with this bill.

“Rules and regulations are burdensome to our businesses, right? Like, it costs time, and time is money,” said Esposito. “So, I think it saves the government money in not having to look at that administrative piece of every single one, every single one of those rules and regulations — but more importantly, it saves our businesses money and saves our Floridians and our taxpayers money.”

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1. We've always had Departments of Government Efficiency. It was the Inspectors General, but Trump fired them.