Florida is creating a “DOGE task force” to “eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy and to continue to ensure tax dollars are used in the most efficient way possible,” Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday.
The Republican said the Sunshine State “has never been in better fiscal health,” but “we always want to get better, and so we looked to see what [Elon] Musk is doing with the [Department of Government Efficiency] in Washington, D.C.”
“And the one thing I think that they are doing that we need to incorporate is to utilize and leverage technology like artificial intelligence to be able to police the payments and the operations and the contracts that are done in government,” DeSantis continued, speaking behind a lectern with the message “Keeping Florida Efficient.”
“For example, we have people that review these contracts and if there is DEI, they nix it and things like that. But this is some high-powered stuff and I think would be able to provide us with some good information,” he added. “We have already been doing this stuff. This will really help enhance that.”
There was no immediate reaction to DeSantis’ announcement from Musk.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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