States Rush to Create Their Own Cost-Cutting Agencies Inspired by Federal DOGE

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Republican-led states are moving swiftly to establish their own versions of the controversial federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an agency created by President Donald Trump on his first day in office. With billionaire Elon Musk at the helm, the federal DOGE operates outside of government oversight, focusing on cutting federal funding for DEI programs, dismantling agencies, and halting digital modernization projects.

 

 

Since its inception, several state leaders have followed suit, launching their own departments aimed at streamlining state budgets and reducing government spending. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt recently announced the formation of the Division of Government Efficiency, or DOGE-OK. Similarly, New Hampshire introduced its own offshoot, known as the Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE).

 

"We are going to have to look to find better ways to do things with fewer dollars," New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte declared during her inaugural address last month. "Because I know nothing is harder than getting politicians to not spend money, today I am announcing the creation of the Commission on Government Efficiency, or as I like to call it – the ‘COGE.’"

 

Georgia is also jumping on board, with Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch backing a bill that mandates agencies review cost-cutting measures every four years. "What we’re seeing with the Trump administration doing right with Elon Musk is exactly what we need to do at every level of government around the country," Gooch told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

 

Texas lawmakers are working on forming a 13-member Delivery of Government Efficiency team to identify and eliminate inefficiencies in state agencies, according to Fox7 Austin. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has made passing the DOGE bill a top legislative priority. In South Carolina, legislators have introduced plans for a Commission on Fiscal Restraint and Government Efficiency. “We don’t have an Elon Musk in South Carolina, but it’ll be similar to what’s going on in Washington,” said Majority Leader Davey Hiott in an interview with the South Carolina Daily Gazette.

 

Missouri has taken a proactive approach by establishing the Government Efficiency Committee, tasked with identifying areas where state spending can be reduced. The committee’s chair has even launched a public portal for residents to report cases of government waste, duplication, or inefficiencies. However, not everyone is on board with these efforts. Democratic Minority Leader Rep. Ashley Aune cautioned against potential partisan motives, telling KFVS12, “I think that what we’re going to likely see are folks identifying and targeting programs they simply don’t agree with politically.”

 

Meanwhile, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has touted her state’s long-standing commitment to fiscal responsibility. During a Congressional panel, she highlighted Iowa’s efficiency initiatives, stating that her state had been “doing DOGE before DOGE was a thing,” as reported by the Des Moines Register.

 

As more states consider establishing their own versions of DOGE, the movement to trim government spending appears to be gaining momentum nationwide. Whether these agencies will deliver real efficiencies or become politically charged battlegrounds remains to be seen.

 

Based on a report by The Independent News 2025-02-13

 

 

[dinsdale]

Meanwhile in the Blue states sales of paper shredders have soared, and strange sights are being seen in dumpsters as all traces of corruption are being destroyed at breakneck speed.

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

Republicans destroying the federal and state programs that millions of Americans rely on.

 

The ‘Find Out’ stage will show up.

 

[KhunLA]

About time people, voters, tax payers, knew where their hard earned tax dollars were being spent.

[hotsun]

28 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Republicans destroying the federal and state programs that millions of Americans rely on.

 

The ‘Find Out’ stage will show up.

 

The find out stage is now. We are finding out the extent of the biden administrations corruption. The <deleted>show has only begun

[Chomper Higgot]

10 minutes ago, hotsun said:

The find out stage is now. We are finding out the extent of the biden administrations corruption. The <deleted>show has only begun

Let me know when you actually find some.

[dinsdale]

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Republicans destroying the federal and state programs that millions of Americans rely on.

 

The ‘Find Out’ stage will show up.

 

Programs relying on tax payers money such as

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep/

• $1.5 million to “advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities”
• $70,000 for production of a “DEI musical” in Ireland
• $2.5 million for electric vehicles for Vietnam
• $47,000 for a “transgender opera” in Colombia
• $32,000 for a “transgender comic book” in Peru
• $2 million for sex changes and “LGBT activism” in Guatemala
• $6 million to fund tourism in Egypt
• Hundreds of thousands of dollars for a non-profit linked to designated terrorist organizations — even AFTER an inspector general launched an investigation
• Millions to EcoHealth Alliance — which was involved in research at the Wuhan lab
• “Hundreds of thousands of meals that went to al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria”
• Funding to print “personalized” contraceptives birth control devices in developing countries
• Hundreds of millions of dollars to fund “irrigation canals, farming equipment, and even fertilizer used to support the unprecedented poppy cultivation and heroin production in Afghanistan,” benefiting the Taliban

[mogandave]

Poor, poor lefties. 

[mogandave]

All the DEI hires can flee to the rich blue states an be mayors and fire chiefs and whatnot.

 

How about all the great work the Department of Education has done? 

 

Leftists: “Ignorant and arrogant, often wrong, never in doubt.”

[Chomper Higgot]

12 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Programs relying on tax payers money such as

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep/

• $1.5 million to “advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities”
• $70,000 for production of a “DEI musical” in Ireland
• $2.5 million for electric vehicles for Vietnam
• $47,000 for a “transgender opera” in Colombia
• $32,000 for a “transgender comic book” in Peru
• $2 million for sex changes and “LGBT activism” in Guatemala
• $6 million to fund tourism in Egypt
• Hundreds of thousands of dollars for a non-profit linked to designated terrorist organizations — even AFTER an inspector general launched an investigation
• Millions to EcoHealth Alliance — which was involved in research at the Wuhan lab
• “Hundreds of thousands of meals that went to al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria”
• Funding to print “personalized” contraceptives birth control devices in developing countries
• Hundreds of millions of dollars to fund “irrigation canals, farming equipment, and even fertilizer used to support the unprecedented poppy cultivation and heroin production in Afghanistan,” benefiting the Taliban

If any of that is even remotely true, which are the corruption you were referring to?

[Cryingdick]

They realize their Biden bucks are about to end. In a very real and profound way.

[dinsdale]

12 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

If any of that is even remotely true, which are the corruption you were referring to?

Obviously you open with a denial which is predictable but if you think kickbacks weren't involved you're deluded. Strange how you say "if true" but won't say this is a total waste of tax payer's money funded by the Biden administration. Receipts have been and continue to be found. Deny all you want it won't change the fact that DOGE is uncovering massive amounts of waste..

[frank83628]

6 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Meanwhile in the Blue states sales of paper shredders have soared, and strange sights are being seen in dumpsters as all traces of corruption are being destroyed at breakneck speed.

 

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

Obviously you open with a denial which is predictable but if you think kickbacks weren't involved you're deluded. Strange how you say "if true" but won't say this is a total waste of tax payer's money funded by the Biden administration. Receipts have been and continue to be found. Deny all you want it won't change the fact that DOGE is uncovering massive amounts of waste..

If you allege kickbacks then it is for you to provide evidence.

 

You haven’t done so.

[Yagoda]

3 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Republicans destroying the federal and state programs that millions of Americans rely on.

 

The ‘Find Out’ stage will show up.

 

Obviously you defend theft from American taxpayers, you dont live there and you arent paying.

[Yagoda]

2 hours ago, hotsun said:

The find out stage is now. We are finding out the extent of the biden administrations corruption. The <deleted>show has only begun

A few months ago, I predicted the chickens would come home to roost. The Lawfare, the theft, the corruption and the incompetence is all coming out. The amount of frothingspit screeching on the part of the Socialists and their tools is telling.

[Chomper Higgot]

46 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Obviously you defend theft from American taxpayers, you dont live there and you arent paying.

I do not defend theft from my taxes or indeed anyone else’s.

 

Which is why I question Musk, the biggest single private recipient of federal money being given the keys to the nation’s accounts.

[Yagoda]

6 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I do not defend theft from my taxes or indeed anyone else’s.

 

Which is I question Musk, the biggest single private recipient of federal money being given the keys to the nation’s account.

Just a blatant out and out lie. You dont question you spittlespew polemics with no basis in fact, law or reality.

 

Whats he gonna do, write a check to himself?

[Chomper Higgot]

4 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Just a blatant out and out lie. You dont question you spittlespew polemics with no basis in fact, law or reality.

 

Whats he gonna do, write a check to himself?

Actually yes.

 

Cut federal spending that befits the poor and ordinary working people to fund tax cuts for the hyper wealthy.

 

 

[Yagoda]

4 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Actually yes.

 

Cut federal spending that befits the poor and ordinary working people to fund tax cuts for the hyper wealthy.

 

 

Well its all on line, why dont you go find where he is cutting that?

[Tropicalevo]

I find it all a tad amusing.

Different states rushing to create new departments.

Hiring extra staff, renting offices and all of the associated costs with setting up a 'business' - all in the name of saving money! 

[Watawattana]

5 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

I find it all a tad amusing.

Different states rushing to create new departments.

Hiring extra staff, renting offices and all of the associated costs with setting up a 'business' - all in the name of saving money! 

Absolutely spot on.  I have zero issues with finding waste and unnecessary budgets and cutting them.  What is 'waste' and what is 'uneccessary' in my opinion might be different to others of course.

 

But.  Finding waste and unnecessary budgets and cutting them costs money too.  In Texas that's a 13-person DOGE team for example; that ain't cheap to set up and maintain.

 

I strongly suspect the cost of DOGE (or COGE or whatever) would be much less than the savings that will be found in the first couple of years, but then I think the balance may tip the other way as savings become more difficult to find.  And, someone needs to be sure that the savings are sensible when compared with what each State or Federal Agency is supposed to be doing.  Someone needs to look over the shoulder of these DOGEs?  And the costs mount up.

 

A classic for me is the FAA.  Yeah, find the DEI stuff and cull it.  But don't automatically cut their budget to match.  The FAA needs to modernise its systems and procedures, and it needs more front-line staff to do that, and then to deliver a better/safer air traffic control service.  It needs the budget to do that.  DOGE needs to use common sense, and not a testosterone-fuelled race to the bottom.

 

But I'll reiterate, I'm glad this is being done.

[mogandave]

1 hour ago, Tropicalevo said:

I find it all a tad amusing.

Different states rushing to create new departments.

Hiring extra staff, renting offices and all of the associated costs with setting up a 'business' - all in the name of saving money! 

You’re thinking of blue states. Red states will just make the the salaried people work overtime.

[scottiejohn]

2 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Whats he gonna do, write a check to himself?

What he is doing is the equivalent of doing just that!

[John Drake]

Simple to start. Prohibit any state or local funding from going to non-citizens. Meanwhile, proof of citizenship or a doubling of property taxes becomes mandatory.