County requests DOGE audit

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County last week became the second in the state to voluntarily request a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) audit at the behest of Gov. Ron DeSantis. DOGE is the newly created federal agency led by billionaire Elon Musk. The controversial agency is dedicated to finding waste in the U.S. government and has largely accounted for the slashing of budgets and programs, downsizing or elimination of agencies, and the firing of innumerable federal employees. In February, DeSantis created the Florida DOGE task force, touting the state as a standard setter for fiscally conservative governance and vowing to work toward a more responsible stewar