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TONIGHT. SCOTT THANKS. WELL IOWA IS GETTING ITS OWN DOGE, WHICH STANDS FOR DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. GOVERNOR REYNOLDS MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT LAST NIGHT IN HER CONDITION OF THE STATE ADDRESS. ����vlog CHIEF POLITICAL REPORTER AMANDA ROOKER IS LIVE AT THE STATE HOUSE NOW WITH MORE ON THE NEW TASK FORCE. AMANDA, THIS IS WHAT PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP HAS PROPOSED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. THAT’S RIGHT. STACY. WE’VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE TERM DOGE, MOSTLY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BECAUSE IN LATE NOVEMBER, TRUMP ANNOUNCED HE WAS PROPOSING A NEW DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY THAT WOULD TRY TO GET RID OF MASSIVE WASTE AND FRAUD IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. NOW, IOWA IS GETTING ITS OWN DOGE. THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THAT LAST NIGHT, IN HER CONDITION OF THE STATE ADDRESS, SHE SAID EMILY SCHMIDT, THE GENERAL COUNSEL OF SUKUP MANUFACTURING, WILL LEAD THAT TASK FORCE. I’M LAUNCHING OUR OWN STATE, DOGE, TO FIND EVEN GREATER SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCIES IN BOTH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE TO PASS MEANINGFUL PROPERTY TAX REFORM, WE ALSO NEED TO BE LEAN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. WE DON’T KNOW YET WHO ELSE WILL BE ON THE IOWA DOGE TASK FORCE OR WHAT SPECIFICALLY THEY’LL BE REVIEWING. BUT THE GOVERNOR SAYS THIS WILL BUILD UPON THE WORK THAT SHE’S DONE. REORGANIZING STATE GOVERNMENT, WHICH SHE SAYS HAS ALREADY SAVED TAXPAYERS $217 MILLION IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. IOWA STATE AUDITOR ROB SAND SAYS HIS OFFICE ALREADY RUNS A GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY PROGRAM CALLED PUBLIC INNOVATIONS AND EFFICIENCIES, OR PI. HE SAYS THE PROGRAM’S WEBSITE LISTS WAYS THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SUGGEST IS PUBLICLY OWNED SOLAR INSTALLATIONS. YOUR AVERAGE THROUGH A REPORT THAT WE’VE PUT TOGETHER A FEW YEARS BACK, YOUR AVERAGE PUBLICLY OWNED SOLAR INSTALLATION WILL SAVE TAXPAYERS $750,000 OVER THE COURSE OF THAT INSTALLATION. AND SAND SAYS THAT THAT PI PROGRAM HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLICATED IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AND AT THE CITY LEVEL IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. LIVE FROM THE STATEHOUSE AMANDA ROOKER KCC