In statehouses across the country, legislators, policy analysts, and commentators are all asking: “Could (or should) we have a Department of Government Efficiency in state government like Donald Trump just created?”
To be candid, part of the biggest obstacle I’ve come across with a state version of DOGE is that too few people can break the concept away from Elon Musk. To be clear, you don’t have to find a person who no one ever invited to parties in high school but who everyone wanted to copy homework from to head it up.
Case in point: Virginia’s Office of Regulatory Management. According to a story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on April 21, the reforms that the Office of Regulatory Management already has enacted saved Virginia $105 million just in procurement costs alone. Reforms included streamlining permitting, application, and reimbursement processes for…
