TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Sen. Jason Brodeur pointed to the distinction between Florida and federal policymaking, saying he thinks the state was doing “numerous DOGE-related stuff earlier than DOGE was cool.”
On Florida’s Voice Radio with Drew Steele Thursday, Brodeur stated it’s an “attention-grabbing level” at the moment of 12 months: Not solely is it the start of a brand new federal administration, however it’s the start of the beginning of the legislative session on the state stage in Florida.
“I feel that solely highlights how totally different the issues are that we’re doing,” Brodeur stated. “One of many issues we’re doing that’s very comparable is, I feel we had been doing numerous DOGE-related stuff earlier than DOGE was cool. We’ve been shifting some payments to extend authorities effectivity and effectiveness, and I feel that’s highlighted by a invoice I handed at present out of a fiscal coverage committee.”
NEW: State Sen. @JasonBrodeur contrasts Florida and federal policymaking
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Brodeur defined that after each 4 years, Florida calls collectively a “Authorities Effectivity Taskforce” and highlighted what that job power is at the moment engaged on.
Brodeur, a member of the duty power, emphasised the necessity to modernize the state’s long-range program plans, that are annual work plans produced by every company.
“We went by way of to see what’s it we are able to do to assist make authorities run extra effectively and extra successfully,” he stated.
He identified that the present metrics, a few of which haven’t been up to date in a long time, are largely ignored.
“Yearly we uncover these paperwork that we power these businesses to report, and so they drop them on our desk, and no one reads them, proper?” Brodeur stated. “So we’re not doing something with them. We would as properly not make them do them.”
Brodeur highlighted a bit of laws he stated seeks to revamp these metrics, significantly in gentle of developments in information assortment and evaluation. He emphasised the significance of aligning company targets with legislative priorities.
“We wish to know in each company, how a lot are you spending on salaries and the way a lot are you spending delivering service? That’s vital metric,” Brodeur stated.
He additionally harassed the necessity to evaluate authorized spending throughout businesses.
“We’re asking the businesses, how a lot do you spend on exterior authorized counsel? It ought to be that the lawyer basic does all of our authorized work on the state stage, however each company we assessment has all this cash going to exterior authorized efforts,” he stated.
WATCH: Each 4 years Florida calls collectively a “Authorities Effectivity Taskforce,” Sen. @JasonBrodeur highlights what that taskforce is engaged on proper now pic.twitter.com/amIDImcZQr
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) March 27, 2025
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